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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Vermont 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.
Vermont 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 | $33,368 | $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: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Vermont 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: 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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