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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Michigan 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.
Michigan 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 DETROIT-WARREN-ANN ARBOR, MI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Detroit and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 23.56% 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 | $31,902 | $32,788 | $33,674 | $34,560 | $35,446 | $36,332 | $37,218 | $38,103 | $38,989 | $39,875 |
| LEO-4 | $35,815 | $36,810 | $37,804 | $38,799 | $39,794 | $40,788 | $41,783 | $42,778 | $43,772 | $44,767 |
| LEO-5 | $41,186 | $42,300 | $43,413 | $44,526 | $45,639 | $46,753 | $47,866 | $48,979 | $50,092 | $51,206 |
| LEO-6 | $43,425 | $44,666 | $45,906 | $47,147 | $48,387 | $49,628 | $50,868 | $52,109 | $53,350 | $54,590 |
| LEO-7 | $46,880 | $48,259 | $49,638 | $51,017 | $52,396 | $53,775 | $55,153 | $56,532 | $57,911 | $59,290 |
| LEO-8 | $48,864 | $50,391 | $51,919 | $53,446 | $54,973 | $56,500 | $58,027 | $59,555 | $61,082 | $62,609 |
| LEO-9 | $52,283 | $53,970 | $55,656 | $57,343 | $59,030 | $60,716 | $62,403 | $64,089 | $65,776 | $67,463 |
| LEO-10 | $57,576 | $59,434 | $61,291 | $63,148 | $65,005 | $66,862 | $68,719 | $70,576 | $72,433 | $74,290 |
The Detroit locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Ann Arbor, Detroit, Lansing, Sterling Heights, Warren, Harrison Township, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Michigan 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 13.86% (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEO-3 | $29,398 | $30,214 | $31,030 | $31,847 | $32,663 | $33,479 | $34,296 | $35,112 | $35,929 | $36,745 |
| LEO-4 | $33,003 | $33,920 | $34,837 | $35,753 | $36,670 | $37,586 | $38,503 | $39,419 | $40,336 | $41,253 |
| LEO-5 | $37,953 | $38,979 | $40,005 | $41,031 | $42,056 | $43,082 | $44,108 | $45,134 | $46,160 | $47,186 |
| LEO-6 | $40,016 | $41,159 | $42,302 | $43,446 | $44,589 | $45,732 | $46,875 | $48,018 | $49,161 | $50,304 |
| LEO-7 | $43,200 | $44,470 | $45,741 | $47,012 | $48,282 | $49,553 | $50,824 | $52,094 | $53,365 | $54,636 |
| LEO-8 | $45,028 | $46,436 | $47,843 | $49,250 | $50,657 | $52,065 | $53,472 | $54,879 | $56,287 | $57,694 |
| LEO-9 | $48,179 | $49,733 | $51,287 | $52,841 | $54,395 | $55,950 | $57,504 | $59,058 | $60,612 | $62,166 |
| LEO-10 | $53,056 | $54,768 | $56,479 | $58,190 | $59,902 | $61,613 | $63,324 | $65,036 | $66,747 | $68,458 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Grand Rapids, 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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