# 5 CFR § 531.213: Setting pay upon change in position without a change in grade

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.213

## Section

- **Citation:** 5 CFR § 531.213
- **Heading:** Setting pay upon change in position without a change in grade
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 5—Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS > PART 531—PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE > Subpart B—Determining Rate of Basic Pay > Setting Pay When Appointment or Position Changes

## Text

For an employee who is moved laterally (by transfer, reassignment, change in type of appointment, change in official worksite, or other change in position) from one GS position to a different GS position without a change in grade or a break in service, the agency must determine the employee's payable rate of basic pay and any underlying rate(s)s of basic pay based on the employee's new position of record, new official worksite, and the step (or relative position in range for a GM employee) in effect before the position change. If an employee is eligible to receive a higher rate under the maximum payable rate rule in § 531.221, the agency may choose to apply that rule. If an employee is entitled to pay retention, the agency must apply the rules in 5 CFR part 536.
[70 FR 31291, May 31, 2005, as amended at 73 FR 66152, Nov. 7, 2008]

## Nearby sections

- [5 CFR § 531.201 § 531.201 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.201.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.202 § 531.202 Coverage.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.202.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.203 § 531.203 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.203.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.204 § 531.204 Entitlement to other rates of pay.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.204.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.205 § 531.205 Converting pay upon change in location of employee's official worksite.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.205.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.206 § 531.206 Order of processing simultaneous pay actions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.206.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.207 § 531.207 Applying annual pay adjustments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.207.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.211 § 531.211 Setting pay for a newly appointed employee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.211.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.212 § 531.212 Superior qualifications and special needs pay-setting authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.212.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.213 § 531.213 Setting pay upon change in position without a change in grade.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.213.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.214 § 531.214 Setting pay upon promotion.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.214.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.215 § 531.215 Setting pay upon demotion.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.215.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.216 § 531.216 Setting pay when an employee moves from a Department of Defense or Coast Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.216.md)
- [5 CFR § 531.217 § 531.217 Special conversion rules for certain non-GS employees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-5-531.217.md)

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