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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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 CINCINNATI-WILMINGTON-MAYSVILLE, OH-KY-IN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.55% 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 | $31,378 | $32,249 | $33,120 | $33,992 | $34,863 | $35,735 | $36,606 | $37,477 | $38,349 | $39,220 |
| LEO-4 | $35,225 | $36,203 | $37,181 | $38,159 | $39,137 | $40,115 | $41,093 | $42,071 | $43,049 | $44,027 |
| LEO-5 | $40,512 | $41,607 | $42,703 | $43,798 | $44,894 | $45,989 | $47,085 | $48,180 | $49,275 | $50,371 |
| LEO-6 | $42,711 | $43,931 | $45,151 | $46,371 | $47,591 | $48,811 | $50,030 | $51,250 | $52,470 | $53,690 |
| LEO-7 | $46,110 | $47,466 | $48,822 | $50,179 | $51,535 | $52,891 | $54,247 | $55,604 | $56,960 | $58,316 |
| LEO-8 | $48,061 | $49,563 | $51,065 | $52,567 | $54,069 | $55,571 | $57,074 | $58,576 | $60,078 | $61,580 |
| LEO-9 | $51,425 | $53,083 | $54,742 | $56,400 | $58,059 | $59,717 | $61,376 | $63,034 | $64,693 | $66,351 |
| LEO-10 | $56,631 | $58,458 | $60,285 | $62,112 | $63,939 | $65,766 | $67,592 | $69,419 | $71,246 | $73,073 |
The Cincinnati locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Kentucky 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 | $30,216 | $31,055 | $31,894 | $32,733 | $33,572 | $34,411 | $35,250 | $36,089 | $36,928 | $37,768 |
| LEO-4 | $33,920 | $34,862 | $35,804 | $36,746 | $37,688 | $38,629 | $39,571 | $40,513 | $41,455 | $42,397 |
| LEO-5 | $39,012 | $40,067 | $41,122 | $42,176 | $43,231 | $44,286 | $45,341 | $46,396 | $47,451 | $48,505 |
| LEO-6 | $41,130 | $42,304 | $43,479 | $44,654 | $45,828 | $47,003 | $48,178 | $49,353 | $50,527 | $51,702 |
| LEO-7 | $44,403 | $45,709 | $47,015 | $48,321 | $49,626 | $50,932 | $52,238 | $53,544 | $54,850 | $56,156 |
| LEO-8 | $46,282 | $47,728 | $49,174 | $50,621 | $52,067 | $53,514 | $54,960 | $56,406 | $57,853 | $59,299 |
| LEO-9 | $49,520 | $51,117 | $52,715 | $54,312 | $55,909 | $57,506 | $59,103 | $60,700 | $62,297 | $63,894 |
| LEO-10 | $54,534 | $56,293 | $58,053 | $59,812 | $61,571 | $63,330 | $65,089 | $66,849 | $68,608 | $70,367 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Hopkinsville, Lexington-Fayette, Lexington, Fort Knox, 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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