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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2009
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 23.1% 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 | $31,783 | $32,666 | $33,548 | $34,431 | $35,314 | $36,196 | $37,079 | $37,962 | $38,844 | $39,727 |
| LEO-4 | $35,682 | $36,673 | $37,664 | $38,655 | $39,646 | $40,637 | $41,627 | $42,618 | $43,609 | $44,600 |
| LEO-5 | $41,033 | $42,142 | $43,251 | $44,360 | $45,469 | $46,579 | $47,688 | $48,797 | $49,906 | $51,015 |
| LEO-6 | $43,263 | $44,499 | $45,735 | $46,971 | $48,207 | $49,443 | $50,679 | $51,915 | $53,151 | $54,387 |
| LEO-7 | $46,705 | $48,079 | $49,453 | $50,827 | $52,201 | $53,574 | $54,948 | $56,322 | $57,696 | $59,070 |
| LEO-8 | $48,682 | $50,204 | $51,725 | $53,247 | $54,768 | $56,290 | $57,811 | $59,333 | $60,854 | $62,376 |
| LEO-9 | $52,089 | $53,769 | $55,449 | $57,129 | $58,810 | $60,490 | $62,170 | $63,851 | $65,531 | $67,211 |
| LEO-10 | $57,362 | $59,212 | $61,063 | $62,913 | $64,763 | $66,613 | $68,463 | $70,313 | $72,164 | $74,014 |
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 $153,200 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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