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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maine 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.
Maine 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 25.19% 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 | $33,806 | $34,746 | $35,685 | $36,626 | $37,565 | $38,505 | $39,444 | $40,383 | $41,323 | $42,262 |
| LEO-4 | $37,951 | $39,005 | $40,061 | $41,115 | $42,170 | $43,224 | $44,278 | $45,334 | $46,388 | $47,442 |
| LEO-5 | $43,639 | $44,818 | $45,999 | $47,178 | $48,357 | $49,538 | $50,717 | $51,896 | $53,077 | $54,256 |
| LEO-6 | $46,015 | $47,329 | $48,645 | $49,960 | $51,275 | $52,590 | $53,904 | $55,220 | $56,535 | $57,850 |
| LEO-7 | $49,669 | $51,129 | $52,590 | $54,050 | $55,510 | $56,971 | $58,431 | $59,892 | $61,352 | $62,813 |
| LEO-8 | $51,774 | $53,392 | $55,011 | $56,630 | $58,248 | $59,866 | $61,485 | $63,103 | $64,722 | $66,341 |
| LEO-9 | $55,397 | $57,183 | $58,969 | $60,757 | $62,544 | $64,330 | $66,117 | $67,903 | $69,690 | $71,476 |
| LEO-10 | $61,004 | $62,972 | $64,940 | $66,907 | $68,875 | $70,841 | $72,809 | $74,776 | $76,744 | $78,712 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Brunswick, Kittery, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Maine 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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