Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Minnesota for 2018
The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.
Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.
Minnesota has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.
The MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN-WI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Minneapolis and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 23.37% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.
LEO Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
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LEO-3 | $34,116 | $35,063 | $36,010 | $36,958 | $37,905 | $38,853 | $39,800 | $40,748 | $41,695 | $42,643 |
LEO-4 | $38,298 | $39,361 | $40,425 | $41,488 | $42,552 | $43,615 | $44,678 | $45,742 | $46,805 | $47,869 |
LEO-5 | $44,043 | $45,234 | $46,424 | $47,615 | $48,805 | $49,996 | $51,186 | $52,377 | $53,567 | $54,758 |
LEO-6 | $46,435 | $47,761 | $49,088 | $50,414 | $51,740 | $53,066 | $54,393 | $55,719 | $57,045 | $58,371 |
LEO-7 | $50,130 | $51,604 | $53,079 | $54,553 | $56,027 | $57,502 | $58,976 | $60,450 | $61,924 | $63,399 |
LEO-8 | $52,253 | $53,887 | $55,520 | $57,154 | $58,787 | $60,420 | $62,054 | $63,687 | $65,321 | $66,954 |
LEO-9 | $55,910 | $57,714 | $59,517 | $61,321 | $63,125 | $64,928 | $66,732 | $68,536 | $70,339 | $72,143 |
LEO-10 | $61,570 | $63,557 | $65,543 | $67,529 | $69,515 | $71,502 | $73,488 | $75,474 | $77,460 | $79,447 |
The Minneapolis locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Minneapolis, Rochester, Saint Paul, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Minnesota who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 15.37% (shown in the table below).
LEO Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
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LEO-3 | $31,903 | $32,789 | $33,675 | $34,561 | $35,447 | $36,333 | $37,220 | $38,106 | $38,992 | $39,878 |
LEO-4 | $35,814 | $36,809 | $37,803 | $38,798 | $39,792 | $40,787 | $41,781 | $42,776 | $43,770 | $44,765 |
LEO-5 | $41,187 | $42,300 | $43,414 | $44,527 | $45,640 | $46,754 | $47,867 | $48,980 | $50,094 | $51,207 |
LEO-6 | $43,424 | $44,664 | $45,905 | $47,145 | $48,385 | $49,625 | $50,865 | $52,106 | $53,346 | $54,586 |
LEO-7 | $46,879 | $48,258 | $49,637 | $51,015 | $52,394 | $53,773 | $55,151 | $56,530 | $57,909 | $59,287 |
LEO-8 | $48,865 | $50,392 | $51,920 | $53,447 | $54,975 | $56,502 | $58,030 | $59,557 | $61,085 | $62,612 |
LEO-9 | $52,285 | $53,971 | $55,658 | $57,345 | $59,031 | $60,718 | $62,405 | $64,091 | $65,778 | $67,465 |
LEO-10 | $57,578 | $59,435 | $61,293 | $63,150 | $65,008 | $66,865 | $68,722 | $70,580 | $72,437 | $74,295 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $164,200 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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