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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Michigan for 2012
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 24.09% 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 | $32,522 | $33,425 | $34,328 | $35,232 | $36,135 | $37,038 | $37,942 | $38,845 | $39,749 | $40,652 |
| LEO-4 | $36,507 | $37,521 | $38,535 | $39,549 | $40,563 | $41,576 | $42,590 | $43,604 | $44,618 | $45,632 |
| LEO-5 | $41,978 | $43,113 | $44,247 | $45,381 | $46,515 | $47,649 | $48,784 | $49,918 | $51,052 | $52,186 |
| LEO-6 | $44,265 | $45,530 | $46,794 | $48,059 | $49,323 | $50,588 | $51,852 | $53,117 | $54,381 | $55,646 |
| LEO-7 | $47,788 | $49,194 | $50,600 | $52,006 | $53,412 | $54,818 | $56,224 | $57,630 | $59,036 | $60,442 |
| LEO-8 | $49,808 | $51,365 | $52,921 | $54,477 | $56,033 | $57,589 | $59,145 | $60,701 | $62,257 | $63,813 |
| LEO-9 | $53,294 | $55,013 | $56,731 | $58,450 | $60,169 | $61,887 | $63,606 | $65,325 | $67,043 | $68,762 |
| LEO-10 | $58,691 | $60,584 | $62,478 | $64,372 | $66,265 | $68,159 | $70,053 | $71,946 | $73,840 | $75,733 |
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 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: Grand Rapids, 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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