# 5 C.F.R. § 532.201 (2026): Definitions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 5 C.F.R. § 532.201 (2026)
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 5 CFR: Administrative Personnel / Chapter I: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT / Part 532: PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS / Subpart B: Prevailing Rate Determinations / § 532.201: § 532.201   Definitions.

## Text

For the purposes of this part:
Full-scale survey
means a survey conducted at least every 2 years in which data are collected from a current sampling of establishments in the private sector by personal visit of data collectors. With the unanimous consent of the members of a Local Wage Survey Committee, data may also be obtained from a private sector establishment or establishments during a full-scale wage survey by telephone, mail, or electronic means.
Host activity
is the local Federal activity designated by the lead agency to obtain employment statistics from other Federal activities in the wage area and to provide support facilities and clerical assistance for the wage survey.
Lead agency
means the agency designated by the Office of Personnel Management to plan and conduct wage surveys, analyze wage survey data, and determine and issue required wage schedules for a wage area.
Survey area
means that part of the wage area where the private enterprise establishments included in the wage survey are located.
Wage area
means that geographic area within which a single set of regular wage schedules is applied uniformly by Federal installations to covered occupations.
Wage change survey
means a survey in which rate change data are collected from the same establishments and for the same establishment occupations represented in the full-scale survey. These data may be collected by telephone, mail, electronic means, or personal visit.
[46 FR 21344, Apr. 10, 1981, as amended at 86 FR 11858, Mar. 1, 2021]

## Nearby sections

- [5 C.F.R. § 532.201 (2026) § 532.201   Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_201.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.203 (2026) § 532.203   Structure of regular wage schedules.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_203.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.205 (2026) § 532.205   The use of Federal, State, and local minimum wage requirements in determining prevailing rates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_205.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.207 (2026) § 532.207   Time schedule for wage surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_207.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.209 (2026) § 532.209   Lead agency.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_209.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.211 (2026) § 532.211   Criteria for appropriated fund wage areas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_211.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.213 (2026) § 532.213   Industries included in regular appropriated fund wage surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_213.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.215 (2026) § 532.215   Establishments included in regular appropriated fund surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_215.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.217 (2026) § 532.217   Appropriated fund survey jobs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_217.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.219 (2026) § 532.219   Criteria for establishing nonappropriated fund wage areas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_219.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.221 (2026) § 532.221   Industries included in regular nonappropriated fund surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_221.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.223 (2026) § 532.223   Establishments included in regular nonappropriated fund surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_223.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.225 (2026) § 532.225   Nonappropriated fund survey jobs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_225.md)
- [5 C.F.R. § 532.227 (2026) § 532.227   Agency wage committee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T5_P532_S532_227.md)

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