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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2008
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.
District of Columbia 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 WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 19.73% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEO-3 | $30,044 | $30,878 | $31,713 | $32,547 | $33,382 | $34,216 | $35,051 | $35,885 | $36,720 | $37,555 |
| LEO-4 | $33,732 | $34,669 | $35,607 | $36,544 | $37,481 | $38,419 | $39,356 | $40,294 | $41,231 | $42,169 |
| LEO-5 | $38,779 | $39,827 | $40,875 | $41,922 | $42,970 | $44,018 | $45,065 | $46,113 | $47,160 | $48,208 |
| LEO-6 | $40,895 | $42,064 | $43,232 | $44,401 | $45,569 | $46,738 | $47,906 | $49,075 | $50,243 | $51,412 |
| LEO-7 | $44,144 | $45,442 | $46,740 | $48,038 | $49,336 | $50,634 | $51,932 | $53,230 | $54,527 | $55,825 |
| LEO-8 | $46,015 | $47,453 | $48,891 | $50,329 | $51,766 | $53,204 | $54,642 | $56,080 | $57,518 | $58,956 |
| LEO-9 | $49,235 | $50,824 | $52,413 | $54,002 | $55,591 | $57,179 | $58,768 | $60,357 | $61,946 | $63,535 |
| LEO-10 | $54,220 | $55,969 | $57,718 | $59,467 | $61,217 | $62,966 | $64,715 | $66,465 | $68,214 | $69,963 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $149,000 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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