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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kentucky 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.
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 18.76% 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 | $32,070 | $32,962 | $33,853 | $34,744 | $35,635 | $36,527 | $37,418 | $38,308 | $39,200 | $40,091 |
| LEO-4 | $36,002 | $37,002 | $38,003 | $39,003 | $40,004 | $41,004 | $42,004 | $43,005 | $44,005 | $45,005 |
| LEO-5 | $41,397 | $42,516 | $43,636 | $44,755 | $45,873 | $46,993 | $48,112 | $49,231 | $50,351 | $51,469 |
| LEO-6 | $43,651 | $44,898 | $46,147 | $47,394 | $48,642 | $49,889 | $51,136 | $52,384 | $53,631 | $54,879 |
| LEO-7 | $47,118 | $48,503 | $49,889 | $51,273 | $52,659 | $54,045 | $55,430 | $56,816 | $58,201 | $59,587 |
| LEO-8 | $49,114 | $50,650 | $52,186 | $53,721 | $55,257 | $56,791 | $58,327 | $59,862 | $61,398 | $62,933 |
| LEO-9 | $52,551 | $54,246 | $55,941 | $57,637 | $59,331 | $61,026 | $62,721 | $64,415 | $66,110 | $67,805 |
| LEO-10 | $57,871 | $59,737 | $61,604 | $63,470 | $65,337 | $67,203 | $69,070 | $70,935 | $72,802 | $74,669 |
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 14.35% (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: 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 $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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