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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kentucky 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.
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 | $31,697 | $32,578 | $33,458 | $34,339 | $35,220 | $36,101 | $36,982 | $37,862 | $38,743 | $39,624 |
| LEO-4 | $35,583 | $36,571 | $37,560 | $38,549 | $39,538 | $40,526 | $41,515 | $42,504 | $43,492 | $44,481 |
| LEO-5 | $40,915 | $42,021 | $43,127 | $44,233 | $45,339 | $46,446 | $47,552 | $48,658 | $49,764 | $50,870 |
| LEO-6 | $43,143 | $44,376 | $45,609 | $46,841 | $48,074 | $49,307 | $50,540 | $51,773 | $53,006 | $54,239 |
| LEO-7 | $46,569 | $47,938 | $49,307 | $50,677 | $52,046 | $53,415 | $54,784 | $56,154 | $57,523 | $58,892 |
| LEO-8 | $48,543 | $50,060 | $51,578 | $53,095 | $54,612 | $56,130 | $57,647 | $59,165 | $60,682 | $62,200 |
| LEO-9 | $51,939 | $53,614 | $55,289 | $56,964 | $58,640 | $60,315 | $61,990 | $63,665 | $65,340 | $67,015 |
| LEO-10 | $57,197 | $59,041 | $60,886 | $62,731 | $64,575 | $66,420 | $68,265 | $70,109 | $71,954 | $73,799 |
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 | $30,523 | $31,371 | $32,219 | $33,068 | $33,916 | $34,764 | $35,612 | $36,460 | $37,309 | $38,157 |
| LEO-4 | $34,265 | $35,217 | $36,169 | $37,121 | $38,074 | $39,026 | $39,978 | $40,930 | $41,882 | $42,834 |
| LEO-5 | $39,400 | $40,465 | $41,530 | $42,595 | $43,660 | $44,726 | $45,791 | $46,856 | $47,921 | $48,986 |
| LEO-6 | $41,545 | $42,732 | $43,920 | $45,107 | $46,294 | $47,481 | $48,669 | $49,856 | $51,043 | $52,230 |
| LEO-7 | $44,844 | $46,163 | $47,481 | $48,800 | $50,119 | $51,437 | $52,756 | $54,074 | $55,393 | $56,711 |
| LEO-8 | $46,745 | $48,206 | $49,668 | $51,129 | $52,590 | $54,051 | $55,513 | $56,974 | $58,435 | $59,896 |
| LEO-9 | $50,016 | $51,629 | $53,242 | $54,855 | $56,468 | $58,081 | $59,694 | $61,307 | $62,920 | $64,534 |
| LEO-10 | $55,079 | $56,855 | $58,631 | $60,408 | $62,184 | $63,960 | $65,737 | $67,513 | $69,289 | $71,066 |
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 $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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