New EMA Rate Effective December 31, 2022 (Pay Period 02-2023)

Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for Rural Routes

On December 13, 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the November 2022 Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which established the Private Transportation Index at 266.492, a decrease from the August 2022 Index of 273.737. Therefore, based on the November 2022 CPI-W release, the Equipment Maintenance Allowance for rural carriers will decrease 2.5¢ to 93.5¢ per mile.