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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2014
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 | $32,879 | $33,792 | $34,705 | $35,618 | $36,531 | $37,444 | $38,357 | $39,270 | $40,183 | $41,096 |
| LEO-4 | $36,909 | $37,934 | $38,959 | $39,984 | $41,009 | $42,034 | $43,058 | $44,083 | $45,108 | $46,133 |
| LEO-5 | $42,450 | $43,597 | $44,745 | $45,893 | $47,041 | $48,189 | $49,336 | $50,484 | $51,632 | $52,780 |
| LEO-6 | $44,754 | $46,032 | $47,310 | $48,589 | $49,867 | $51,145 | $52,423 | $53,702 | $54,980 | $56,258 |
| LEO-7 | $48,315 | $49,736 | $51,158 | $52,579 | $54,000 | $55,421 | $56,842 | $58,263 | $59,684 | $61,105 |
| LEO-8 | $50,360 | $51,934 | $53,508 | $55,082 | $56,655 | $58,229 | $59,803 | $61,377 | $62,951 | $64,525 |
| LEO-9 | $53,884 | $55,622 | $57,360 | $59,098 | $60,836 | $62,573 | $64,311 | $66,049 | $67,787 | $69,525 |
| LEO-10 | $59,340 | $61,254 | $63,168 | $65,083 | $66,997 | $68,911 | $70,825 | $72,740 | $74,654 | $76,568 |
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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