6 CFR § 158.610 - Salary system.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t6/s158.610"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "6 CFR § 158.610 - Salary system."
title_number: 6
title_name: "Domestic Security"
section_number: "158.610"
section_name: "Salary system."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY"
part_number: "158"
part_name: "CYBERSECURITY TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CTMS)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Subpart H also issued under 5 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 43; 5 CFR parts 410 and 430."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 47893, Aug. 26, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "158"
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# 158.610 Salary system.
(a) Under the compensation system, described in § 158.602 of this part, the Department establishes and administers a salary system with the goals of maintaining:
(1) Sufficiently competitive salaries for DHS-CS employees as stated in § 158.601(a); and
(2) Equitable salaries among DHS-CS employees.
(b) The salary system comprises:
(1) At least one salary structure, described in § 158.611 of this part, bounded by the salary range described in § 158.613 and incorporating the salary limitations described in § 158.614;
(2) The process for providing a local cybersecurity talent market supplement described in § 158.612; and
(3) The salary administration framework described in §§ 158.620 through 158.622.