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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey 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 NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in New York City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 28.72% 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 | $34,070 | $35,016 | $35,962 | $36,908 | $37,854 | $38,800 | $39,746 | $40,692 | $41,638 | $42,584 |
| LEO-4 | $38,247 | $39,309 | $40,370 | $41,432 | $42,494 | $43,556 | $44,618 | $45,680 | $46,742 | $47,804 |
| LEO-5 | $43,987 | $45,177 | $46,366 | $47,556 | $48,745 | $49,934 | $51,124 | $52,313 | $53,502 | $54,692 |
| LEO-6 | $46,375 | $47,700 | $49,024 | $50,349 | $51,673 | $52,998 | $54,322 | $55,647 | $56,971 | $58,296 |
| LEO-7 | $50,066 | $51,538 | $53,011 | $54,483 | $55,956 | $57,428 | $58,901 | $60,374 | $61,846 | $63,319 |
| LEO-8 | $52,184 | $53,815 | $55,446 | $57,077 | $58,708 | $60,339 | $61,970 | $63,601 | $65,231 | $66,862 |
| LEO-9 | $55,836 | $57,637 | $59,438 | $61,239 | $63,039 | $64,840 | $66,641 | $68,442 | $70,243 | $72,043 |
| LEO-10 | $61,490 | $63,473 | $65,457 | $67,440 | $69,424 | $71,407 | $73,391 | $75,375 | $77,358 | $79,342 |
The New York City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Wharton, Wrightstown, Colts Neck, and other areas within the region.
The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.79% 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 | $32,235 | $33,131 | $34,026 | $34,921 | $35,816 | $36,711 | $37,606 | $38,501 | $39,397 | $40,292 |
| LEO-4 | $36,187 | $37,192 | $38,197 | $39,202 | $40,207 | $41,211 | $42,216 | $43,221 | $44,226 | $45,230 |
| LEO-5 | $41,619 | $42,745 | $43,870 | $44,995 | $46,121 | $47,246 | $48,371 | $49,497 | $50,622 | $51,747 |
| LEO-6 | $43,879 | $45,132 | $46,385 | $47,638 | $48,891 | $50,145 | $51,398 | $52,651 | $53,904 | $55,157 |
| LEO-7 | $47,370 | $48,763 | $50,157 | $51,550 | $52,943 | $54,337 | $55,730 | $57,123 | $58,516 | $59,910 |
| LEO-8 | $49,375 | $50,918 | $52,461 | $54,004 | $55,547 | $57,090 | $58,633 | $60,176 | $61,720 | $63,263 |
| LEO-9 | $52,830 | $54,534 | $56,238 | $57,942 | $59,645 | $61,349 | $63,053 | $64,757 | $66,461 | $68,165 |
| LEO-10 | $58,179 | $60,056 | $61,933 | $63,809 | $65,686 | $67,563 | $69,440 | $71,317 | $73,193 | $75,070 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, 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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