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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Boston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.74% 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 | $30,548 | $31,397 | $32,245 | $33,094 | $33,942 | $34,791 | $35,639 | $36,488 | $37,336 | $38,185 |
| LEO-4 | $34,298 | $35,251 | $36,204 | $37,157 | $38,111 | $39,064 | $40,017 | $40,970 | $41,924 | $42,877 |
| LEO-5 | $39,430 | $40,496 | $41,561 | $42,626 | $43,691 | $44,756 | $45,822 | $46,887 | $47,952 | $49,017 |
| LEO-6 | $41,582 | $42,770 | $43,958 | $45,146 | $46,334 | $47,522 | $48,711 | $49,899 | $51,087 | $52,275 |
| LEO-7 | $44,886 | $46,205 | $47,525 | $48,845 | $50,164 | $51,484 | $52,804 | $54,123 | $55,443 | $56,762 |
| LEO-8 | $46,787 | $48,249 | $49,711 | $51,173 | $52,636 | $54,098 | $55,560 | $57,022 | $58,484 | $59,946 |
| LEO-9 | $50,062 | $51,677 | $53,293 | $54,908 | $56,524 | $58,139 | $59,755 | $61,370 | $62,986 | $64,601 |
| LEO-10 | $55,130 | $56,909 | $58,687 | $60,466 | $62,244 | $64,023 | $65,802 | $67,580 | $69,359 | $71,138 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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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