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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
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 | $33,032 | $33,949 | $34,867 | $35,784 | $36,701 | $37,618 | $38,536 | $39,453 | $40,370 | $41,288 |
| LEO-4 | $37,082 | $38,111 | $39,141 | $40,171 | $41,200 | $42,230 | $43,259 | $44,289 | $45,319 | $46,348 |
| LEO-5 | $42,648 | $43,801 | $44,954 | $46,107 | $47,261 | $48,414 | $49,567 | $50,720 | $51,873 | $53,026 |
| LEO-6 | $44,963 | $46,247 | $47,531 | $48,816 | $50,100 | $51,384 | $52,668 | $53,952 | $55,236 | $56,521 |
| LEO-7 | $48,541 | $49,969 | $51,396 | $52,824 | $54,252 | $55,680 | $57,107 | $58,535 | $59,963 | $61,390 |
| LEO-8 | $50,595 | $52,176 | $53,758 | $55,339 | $56,920 | $58,501 | $60,082 | $61,664 | $63,245 | $64,826 |
| LEO-9 | $54,136 | $55,882 | $57,628 | $59,374 | $61,120 | $62,866 | $64,611 | $66,357 | $68,103 | $69,849 |
| LEO-10 | $59,617 | $61,540 | $63,463 | $65,386 | $67,310 | $69,233 | $71,156 | $73,079 | $75,002 | $76,925 |
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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