Rule lifecycle · RIN:3206-AO83

Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Hennepin, Minnesota, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area

Office of Personnel Management — observed across 2 documents over 99 days. Use the source documents below before deciding whether this affects your business.

In plain English

The federal government stopped using Hennepin County as its own wage zone and combined it into a larger region for federal worker pay and prevailing wage rates. Businesses bidding on federal contracts or working with military bases and federal recreation facilities in the Minneapolis area should update their wage cost estimates.

First seen

Jun 2, 2025

Last seen

Sep 9, 2025

Latest stage

Rule

PRORULE → RULE

99d

Effective on

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Stage timeline

  1. Proposed·Jun 2, 2025

    Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Hennepin, Minnesota, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area

    #2025-09931

  2. Final·Sep 9, 2025

    Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Hennepin, Minnesota, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area

    effective Oct 9, 2025#2025-17309