(a) The following geographic pay differentials established as a percentage above the basic salary schedule provided in AS 39.27.011 are approved as an amendment to the basic salary schedule provided in AS 39.27.011:
Duty StationGeographic PayDifferential Anchor Point0 Anchorage0 Anchorage International Airport0 Aniak50 Anvik50 Auke Bay5 Barrow50 Bethel50 Camp Carroll0 Cantwell0 Chena River3 Chignik50 Chitina0 Cold Bay50 Coldfoot Camp37 Cooper Landing0 Cordova11 Craig0 Crown Point0 Deadhorse50 Delta Junction0 Denali0 Dillingham37 Douglas5 Dutch Harbor60 Eagle0 Eagle River0 Eielson Air Force Base3 Elfin Cove0 Elmendorf Air Force Base0 Emmonak50 Fairbanks3 Finger Lake0 Fort Richardson0 Fort Wainwright3 Fort Yukon37 Gakona0 Galena37 Girdwood0 Glennallen0 Gustavus0 Haines0 Harding Lake3 Healy0 Homer0 Hoonah0 Iliamna50 Juneau5 Kaltag50 Kenai0 Ketchikan0 King Cove50 King Salmon50 Klawock0 Kodiak11 Kotzebue60 Mackenzie Point0 Matanuska0 McGrath37 Mount Edgecumbe5 Nancy0 Nenana0 Nikiski0 Ninilchik0 Nome37 Northway0 Palmer0 Pelican0 Petersburg0 Port Alsworth50 Port Moller50 Saint Mary's50 Sand Point50 Selawik60 Seward0 Sitka5 Skagway0 Soldotna0 Sterling0 Sutton0 Talkeetna0 Tazlina0 Tenakee Springs0 Tok0 Trapper Creek0 Unalakleet50 Unalaska60 Valdez11 Wasilla0 Whittier0 Willow0 Wrangell0 Yakutat0 Other states0
(b) If an employee's duty station is not included in (a) of this section and is not in a foreign country, the commissioner of administration shall establish by regulation the appropriate geographic pay differential. The regulations are not subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
(c) The commissioner of administration shall establish geographic pay differentials for positions in foreign countries. The differentials shall be adjusted annually, effective July 1, to maintain equity between salaries for positions in foreign countries and salaries for positions in the state.