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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§5107 Classification of Positions

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart D— Pay and Allowances › Chapter 51— CLASSIFICATION › § 5107

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies must put every job they control into the right job class and grade by following rules from the Office of Personnel Management. If no rule fits exactly, they must be consistent with the published rules. If facts change, an agency can move a job to a different class or grade. Subject to subchapter VI of chapter 53 of this title, those agency actions set pay and personnel duties until the Office issues a certificate that changes them.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §5107

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, each agency shall place each position under its jurisdiction in its appropriate class and grade in conformance with standards published by the Office of Personnel Management or, if no published standards apply directly, consistently with published standards. When facts warrant, an agency may change a position which it has placed in a class or grade under this section from that class or grade to another class or grade. Subject to subchapter VI of chapter 53 of this title, these actions of an agency are the basis for pay and personnel transactions until changed by certificate of the Office.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 1102(a).Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, § 502(a), 63 Stat. 958. The words “to which this chapter applies” are omitted as unnecessary in view of section 5102. The words “Subject to section 5337 of this title” are added to reflect the qualification imposed by that section. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”, “Office” for “Commission”, and “subchapter VI of chapter 53” for “section 5337”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by section 803(a)(3)(E) of Pub. L. 95–454, substituting reference to subchapter VI of chapter 53 for reference to section 5337, effective on first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after 90th day after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 801(a)(4) of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 5361 of this title. Amendment by section 906(a)(2), (3) of Pub. L. 95–454, substituting reference to Office of Personnel Management for reference to Civil Service Commission, effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 5107

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60