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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2015
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 | $33,213 | $34,136 | $35,059 | $35,982 | $36,905 | $37,827 | $38,750 | $39,673 | $40,596 | $41,519 |
| LEO-4 | $37,285 | $38,321 | $39,357 | $40,393 | $41,429 | $42,465 | $43,501 | $44,537 | $45,573 | $46,609 |
| LEO-5 | $42,872 | $44,031 | $45,190 | $46,349 | $47,508 | $48,667 | $49,826 | $50,985 | $52,144 | $53,303 |
| LEO-6 | $45,206 | $46,498 | $47,790 | $49,082 | $50,374 | $51,666 | $52,957 | $54,249 | $55,541 | $56,833 |
| LEO-7 | $48,796 | $50,231 | $51,666 | $53,100 | $54,535 | $55,970 | $57,405 | $58,839 | $60,274 | $61,709 |
| LEO-8 | $50,864 | $52,454 | $54,044 | $55,634 | $57,224 | $58,814 | $60,404 | $61,994 | $63,584 | $65,175 |
| LEO-9 | $54,423 | $56,178 | $57,934 | $59,689 | $61,444 | $63,199 | $64,955 | $66,710 | $68,465 | $70,220 |
| LEO-10 | $59,932 | $61,865 | $63,798 | $65,731 | $67,664 | $69,597 | $71,530 | $73,462 | $75,395 | $77,328 |
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 $158,700 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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