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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts 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.

HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD, CT-MA

The HARTFORD-EAST HARTFORD, CT-MA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Hartford and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.2% 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$34,079$35,027$35,973$36,921$37,868$38,815$39,762$40,708$41,656$42,603
LEO-4$38,258$39,320$40,384$41,447$42,510$43,573$44,636$45,700$46,762$47,825
LEO-5$43,991$45,180$46,370$47,558$48,747$49,937$51,126$52,315$53,505$54,694
LEO-6$46,386$47,711$49,038$50,363$51,689$53,014$54,339$55,666$56,991$58,317
LEO-7$50,070$51,541$53,014$54,486$55,958$57,431$58,903$60,375$61,847$63,320
LEO-8$52,191$53,823$55,455$57,087$58,718$60,349$61,981$63,612$65,244$66,876
LEO-9$55,844$57,644$59,445$61,247$63,048$64,849$66,650$68,451$70,252$72,053
LEO-10$61,496$63,480$65,464$67,446$69,430$71,413$73,397$75,379$77,363$79,347

The Hartford locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Chicopee, Springfield, and other areas within the region.

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BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT

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: Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Worcester, Bedford, Devens, Natick, Sandwich, Woods Hole, and other areas within the region.

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ALBANY-SCHENECTADY, NY-MA

The ALBANY-SCHENECTADY, NY-MA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Albany and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 14.49% 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$30,917$31,777$32,635$33,495$34,354$35,214$36,072$36,931$37,791$38,650
LEO-4$34,708$35,672$36,637$37,601$38,566$39,530$40,494$41,459$42,423$43,387
LEO-5$39,909$40,987$42,067$43,146$44,224$45,304$46,382$47,461$48,540$49,619
LEO-6$42,082$43,284$44,487$45,690$46,893$48,095$49,297$50,500$51,703$52,906
LEO-7$45,424$46,759$48,095$49,430$50,766$52,102$53,437$54,773$56,108$57,444
LEO-8$47,348$48,829$50,309$51,790$53,270$54,749$56,229$57,710$59,190$60,671
LEO-9$50,662$52,296$53,929$55,564$57,198$58,832$60,466$62,099$63,733$65,367
LEO-10$55,790$57,590$59,389$61,188$62,988$64,786$66,586$68,385$70,185$71,984

The Albany locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.

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* 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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Source: www.federalpay.org/leo/2016/massachusetts