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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia 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.
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 24.78% 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 | $33,696 | $34,633 | $35,569 | $36,506 | $37,441 | $38,379 | $39,314 | $40,250 | $41,187 | $42,123 |
| LEO-4 | $37,827 | $38,878 | $39,930 | $40,980 | $42,032 | $43,083 | $44,133 | $45,185 | $46,236 | $47,287 |
| LEO-5 | $43,496 | $44,671 | $45,848 | $47,023 | $48,199 | $49,375 | $50,551 | $51,726 | $52,903 | $54,078 |
| LEO-6 | $45,864 | $47,174 | $48,486 | $49,796 | $51,107 | $52,418 | $53,728 | $55,039 | $56,349 | $57,661 |
| LEO-7 | $49,506 | $50,961 | $52,418 | $53,873 | $55,329 | $56,785 | $58,240 | $59,696 | $61,151 | $62,607 |
| LEO-8 | $51,604 | $53,217 | $54,831 | $56,444 | $58,058 | $59,670 | $61,283 | $62,897 | $64,510 | $66,123 |
| LEO-9 | $55,215 | $56,996 | $58,776 | $60,558 | $62,339 | $64,119 | $65,900 | $67,681 | $69,461 | $71,242 |
| LEO-10 | $60,804 | $62,766 | $64,727 | $66,687 | $68,649 | $70,609 | $72,571 | $74,531 | $76,493 | $78,454 |
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 $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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