To calculate the average annual wage of a covered Part E employee as defined in § 30.801(a), OWCP will:
- (a) Aggregate the wages for the 36 months that preceded the trigger month, excluding any month during which the employee was unemployed;
- (b) Add any additional wages earned by the employee during those same months as evidenced by records described in § 30.807;
- (c) Divide the sum of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section by 36, less the number of months during which the employee was unemployed; and
- (d) Multiply this figure by 12 to calculate the covered Part E employee's average annual wage.
[71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, as amended at 84 FR 3060, Feb. 8, 2019]