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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2016
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.
Delaware 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 PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 22.22% 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 | $33,004 | $33,922 | $34,839 | $35,757 | $36,673 | $37,591 | $38,508 | $39,425 | $40,342 | $41,259 |
| LEO-4 | $37,051 | $38,080 | $39,110 | $40,139 | $41,170 | $42,199 | $43,228 | $44,258 | $45,287 | $46,316 |
| LEO-5 | $42,603 | $43,755 | $44,907 | $46,059 | $47,210 | $48,362 | $49,514 | $50,665 | $51,818 | $52,969 |
| LEO-6 | $44,923 | $46,206 | $47,491 | $48,774 | $50,059 | $51,342 | $52,625 | $53,910 | $55,193 | $56,478 |
| LEO-7 | $48,491 | $49,916 | $51,342 | $52,767 | $54,194 | $55,620 | $57,045 | $58,471 | $59,896 | $61,323 |
| LEO-8 | $50,545 | $52,126 | $53,706 | $55,286 | $56,867 | $58,446 | $60,026 | $61,606 | $63,187 | $64,767 |
| LEO-9 | $54,082 | $55,826 | $57,571 | $59,316 | $61,060 | $62,804 | $64,548 | $66,292 | $68,036 | $69,780 |
| LEO-10 | $59,557 | $61,478 | $63,399 | $65,319 | $67,241 | $69,161 | $71,082 | $73,002 | $74,923 | $76,845 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Dover, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Delaware 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 14.35% (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 | $30,879 | $31,738 | $32,595 | $33,454 | $34,312 | $35,171 | $36,028 | $36,886 | $37,745 | $38,602 |
| LEO-4 | $34,665 | $35,628 | $36,592 | $37,555 | $38,519 | $39,482 | $40,444 | $41,408 | $42,371 | $43,334 |
| LEO-5 | $39,860 | $40,937 | $42,016 | $43,093 | $44,170 | $45,248 | $46,325 | $47,403 | $48,481 | $49,558 |
| LEO-6 | $42,030 | $43,231 | $44,433 | $45,634 | $46,835 | $48,036 | $49,237 | $50,439 | $51,639 | $52,841 |
| LEO-7 | $45,368 | $46,702 | $48,036 | $49,369 | $50,704 | $52,038 | $53,372 | $54,706 | $56,040 | $57,374 |
| LEO-8 | $47,291 | $48,769 | $50,248 | $51,726 | $53,205 | $54,682 | $56,161 | $57,639 | $59,118 | $60,596 |
| LEO-9 | $50,600 | $52,232 | $53,863 | $55,496 | $57,128 | $58,760 | $60,392 | $62,023 | $63,655 | $65,287 |
| LEO-10 | $55,722 | $57,519 | $59,317 | $61,113 | $62,911 | $64,707 | $66,505 | $68,301 | $70,099 | $71,896 |
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 $160,300 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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