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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 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: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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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