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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
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-ME 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 | $33,368 | $34,295 | $35,222 | $36,150 | $37,077 | $38,004 | $38,931 | $39,859 | $40,786 | $41,713 |
| LEO-4 | $37,459 | $38,500 | $39,540 | $40,581 | $41,622 | $42,663 | $43,704 | $44,745 | $45,785 | $46,826 |
| LEO-5 | $43,072 | $44,237 | $45,401 | $46,565 | $47,730 | $48,894 | $50,059 | $51,223 | $52,387 | $53,552 |
| LEO-6 | $45,417 | $46,715 | $48,013 | $49,311 | $50,609 | $51,907 | $53,205 | $54,503 | $55,801 | $57,098 |
| LEO-7 | $49,024 | $50,465 | $51,907 | $53,348 | $54,790 | $56,231 | $57,673 | $59,114 | $60,555 | $61,997 |
| LEO-8 | $51,102 | $52,699 | $54,297 | $55,894 | $57,492 | $59,089 | $60,686 | $62,284 | $63,881 | $65,479 |
| LEO-9 | $54,677 | $56,441 | $58,204 | $59,968 | $61,731 | $63,494 | $65,258 | $67,021 | $68,785 | $70,548 |
| LEO-10 | $60,212 | $62,154 | $64,096 | $66,038 | $67,980 | $69,922 | $71,864 | $73,805 | $75,747 | $77,689 |
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 $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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