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2016 federal salary rates for unemployment claims
Summary ETA pointed state workforce agencies to the 2016 federal General Schedule salary rates for 31 locality pay areas. It said states could use those rates with other documentation to estimate unemployment entitlement or potentially disqualifying pay when federal agencies did not answer promptly. ETA now lists the historical advisory as Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 6-16
Date issued
December 31, 2015
Status
Withdrawn
ETA's advisory listing marks this letter Canceled as of 2026-10-24, although the PDF prints an expiration date of Continuing. It identifies 2016 salary rates.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UI
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
OUI/DUIO
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DATE
Washington, D.C. 20210 December 31, 2015
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 6-16
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: ERIC SELEZNOW /s/ for PORTIA WU
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: 2016 Pay Adjustments for Annual Salary Rates for General Schedule (GS)
Federal Employees in 31 Locality Pay Areas
1. Purpose. To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal
civilian employees.
2. References. Chapters V and XI, Employment and Training Handbook No. 391,
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) Instructions for State Agencies.
3. Background. On December 18, 2015, the President signed Executive Order, Adjustments of
Certain Rates of Pay, stipulating the 2016 pay rates for the Federal civilian employee pay
schedules. The 2016 pay rates are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2016.
Information about the 2016 Annual Salary Rates is located on the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) Web site at:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2016/general-schedule/
4. Instructions. GS salary rates on the OPM Web site may be used by states in conjunction with
other appropriate documentation for estimating monetary entitlement for unemployment benefits
or in determining the amount of potentially disqualifying remuneration when Federal agencies do
not provide timely responses to requests for information.
5. Action Requested. State Administrators are requested to provide the above information to
appropriate staff.
6. Inquiries. Please direct all inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
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