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(2) If not, the CE should not try to compute an actual daily wage when the employee did
not work a reasonably regular schedule each week. In this situation, computing
compensation on a daily basis is not feasible and the pay rate should be computed on a
weekly basis.
2-0900-10 Computing Weekly Pay Rate
10. Computing Weekly Pay Pate. This paragraph provides guidance on how to compute a basic weekly
pay rate, depending on the form in which pay is reported:
a. Annual Basis. An annual salary, which may be reached either by report from the employing
agency or determination of average annual earnings, is divided by 52.
b. Daily Basis. The amount shown is multiplied by 5 for a five-day work week, 5½ for a
five-and-a-half day workweek, and so on.
c. Hourly Basis.
(1) For Postal Service employees, the amount shown is multiplied by 2080, then divided
by 52.
For USPS employees who work less than a full schedule, the figure of 2080 hours should be
prorated (e.g. 1040 hours when the employee works four hours per day), then multiplied by
the amount shown; or
(2) For regular Federal employees, the amount shown is multiplied by 2087 (by
administrative determination, the number of hours in a full work year based on a 40 hour
work week). This figure is then divided by 52.
For employees who work less than a full schedule, the figure of 2087 hours should be
prorated (e.g., to 1043.5 hours when the employee works four hours per day), then
multiplied by the amount shown.
The figure of 2087 hours equals 52 weeks plus .875 of one workday. To calculate
increments of pay (night, Sunday, etc.), first multiply the hourly increment by 2087, then
divide the sum by 52 to obtain the amount of the weekly increment.
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