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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts 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.

HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD, CT-MA

The HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD, CT-MA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Hartford and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 25.82% 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$32,975$33,891$34,807$35,723$36,639$37,555$38,471$39,387$40,303$41,219
LEO-4$37,016$38,044$39,072$40,100$41,128$42,156$43,184$44,212$45,240$46,268
LEO-5$42,564$43,714$44,864$46,014$47,164$48,314$49,464$50,614$51,764$52,914
LEO-6$44,883$46,165$47,447$48,729$50,011$51,293$52,575$53,857$55,139$56,421
LEO-7$48,455$49,880$51,306$52,731$54,157$55,582$57,008$58,433$59,859$61,284
LEO-8$50,503$52,081$53,658$55,236$56,814$58,392$59,970$61,547$63,125$64,703
LEO-9$54,037$55,780$57,522$59,265$61,008$62,750$64,493$66,235$67,978$69,721
LEO-10$59,509$61,429$63,349$65,269$67,189$69,109$71,029$72,949$74,869$76,789

The Hartford locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Chicopee, Springfield, and other areas within the region.

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BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT

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 24.8% 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$32,708$33,616$34,525$35,433$36,342$37,250$38,159$39,067$39,976$40,884
LEO-4$36,716$37,736$38,755$39,775$40,795$41,814$42,834$43,853$44,873$45,893
LEO-5$42,219$43,359$44,500$45,641$46,781$47,922$49,063$50,203$51,344$52,485
LEO-6$44,519$45,790$47,062$48,334$49,606$50,877$52,149$53,421$54,692$55,964
LEO-7$48,062$49,476$50,890$52,304$53,718$55,132$56,546$57,960$59,374$60,788
LEO-8$50,093$51,658$53,223$54,788$56,353$57,918$59,483$61,048$62,613$64,178
LEO-9$53,599$55,328$57,056$58,785$60,513$62,242$63,970$65,698$67,427$69,155
LEO-10$59,027$60,931$62,836$64,740$66,644$68,549$70,453$72,358$74,262$76,167

The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Worcester, Bedford, Devens, Natick, Sandwich, Woods Hole, and other areas within the region.

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ALBANY-SCHENECTADY, NY-MA

The ALBANY-SCHENECTADY, NY-MA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Albany and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 14.16% 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$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 Albany locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.

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* 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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Source: www.federalpay.org/leo/2011/massachusetts