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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Tennessee 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.
Tennessee 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 HUNTSVILLE-DECATUR, AL-TN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Huntsville and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.02% 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 | $30,708 | $31,561 | $32,414 | $33,266 | $34,119 | $34,972 | $35,825 | $36,677 | $37,530 | $38,383 |
| LEO-4 | $34,473 | $35,430 | $36,387 | $37,345 | $38,302 | $39,259 | $40,216 | $41,173 | $42,130 | $43,088 |
| LEO-5 | $39,648 | $40,720 | $41,792 | $42,864 | $43,936 | $45,008 | $46,080 | $47,152 | $48,224 | $49,296 |
| LEO-6 | $41,800 | $42,994 | $44,187 | $45,381 | $46,575 | $47,769 | $48,963 | $50,157 | $51,350 | $52,544 |
| LEO-7 | $45,126 | $46,453 | $47,781 | $49,108 | $50,435 | $51,762 | $53,090 | $54,417 | $55,744 | $57,071 |
| LEO-8 | $47,036 | $48,506 | $49,976 | $51,446 | $52,916 | $54,386 | $55,856 | $57,325 | $58,795 | $60,265 |
| LEO-9 | $50,327 | $51,950 | $53,573 | $55,197 | $56,820 | $58,443 | $60,066 | $61,689 | $63,312 | $64,935 |
| LEO-10 | $55,423 | $57,211 | $58,998 | $60,786 | $62,574 | $64,362 | $66,150 | $67,938 | $69,726 | $71,514 |
The Huntsville locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Tennessee 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: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Kingsport, Knoxville, Memphis, Milan, Millington, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, 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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