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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2010
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 24.22% 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 | $32,556 | $33,460 | $34,364 | $35,269 | $36,173 | $37,077 | $37,982 | $38,886 | $39,790 | $40,694 |
| LEO-4 | $36,546 | $37,560 | $38,575 | $39,590 | $40,605 | $41,620 | $42,635 | $43,650 | $44,665 | $45,679 |
| LEO-5 | $42,022 | $43,158 | $44,293 | $45,428 | $46,564 | $47,699 | $48,835 | $49,970 | $51,105 | $52,241 |
| LEO-6 | $44,312 | $45,578 | $46,843 | $48,109 | $49,375 | $50,641 | $51,907 | $53,172 | $54,438 | $55,704 |
| LEO-7 | $47,838 | $49,246 | $50,653 | $52,061 | $53,468 | $54,875 | $56,283 | $57,690 | $59,098 | $60,505 |
| LEO-8 | $49,861 | $51,418 | $52,976 | $54,534 | $56,092 | $57,649 | $59,207 | $60,765 | $62,322 | $63,880 |
| LEO-9 | $53,350 | $55,070 | $56,791 | $58,511 | $60,232 | $61,952 | $63,673 | $65,393 | $67,114 | $68,834 |
| LEO-10 | $58,752 | $60,648 | $62,544 | $64,439 | $66,335 | $68,230 | $70,126 | $72,022 | $73,917 | $75,813 |
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 $155,500 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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