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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2011
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.
Delaware 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 PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.79% 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 | $31,919 | $32,805 | $33,692 | $34,579 | $35,465 | $36,352 | $37,239 | $38,125 | $39,012 | $39,898 |
| LEO-4 | $35,831 | $36,826 | $37,821 | $38,816 | $39,811 | $40,806 | $41,801 | $42,796 | $43,791 | $44,786 |
| LEO-5 | $41,200 | $42,313 | $43,427 | $44,540 | $45,653 | $46,766 | $47,879 | $48,992 | $50,106 | $51,219 |
| LEO-6 | $43,445 | $44,686 | $45,927 | $47,168 | $48,409 | $49,650 | $50,891 | $52,132 | $53,373 | $54,614 |
| LEO-7 | $46,903 | $48,282 | $49,662 | $51,042 | $52,422 | $53,802 | $55,182 | $56,562 | $57,942 | $59,321 |
| LEO-8 | $48,885 | $50,413 | $51,940 | $53,467 | $54,994 | $56,522 | $58,049 | $59,576 | $61,103 | $62,631 |
| LEO-9 | $52,306 | $53,993 | $55,680 | $57,367 | $59,054 | $60,740 | $62,427 | $64,114 | $65,801 | $67,487 |
| LEO-10 | $57,603 | $59,462 | $61,320 | $63,179 | $65,037 | $66,896 | $68,754 | $70,613 | $72,471 | $74,330 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Dover, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Delaware 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 14.16% (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 | $29,919 | $30,750 | $31,581 | $32,412 | $33,243 | $34,074 | $34,906 | $35,737 | $36,568 | $37,399 |
| LEO-4 | $33,586 | $34,519 | $35,451 | $36,384 | $37,317 | $38,249 | $39,182 | $40,115 | $41,047 | $41,980 |
| LEO-5 | $38,619 | $39,663 | $40,706 | $41,749 | $42,793 | $43,836 | $44,880 | $45,923 | $46,967 | $48,010 |
| LEO-6 | $40,723 | $41,886 | $43,050 | $44,213 | $45,376 | $46,540 | $47,703 | $48,866 | $50,029 | $51,193 |
| LEO-7 | $43,964 | $45,258 | $46,551 | $47,844 | $49,138 | $50,431 | $51,725 | $53,018 | $54,312 | $55,605 |
| LEO-8 | $45,823 | $47,254 | $48,686 | $50,117 | $51,549 | $52,981 | $54,412 | $55,844 | $57,275 | $58,707 |
| LEO-9 | $49,029 | $50,611 | $52,192 | $53,773 | $55,354 | $56,935 | $58,516 | $60,097 | $61,678 | $63,259 |
| LEO-10 | $53,994 | $55,736 | $57,478 | $59,221 | $60,963 | $62,705 | $64,447 | $66,189 | $67,931 | $69,673 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: 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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