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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN-WI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Minneapolis and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.3% 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 | $32,756 | $33,667 | $34,577 | $35,488 | $36,397 | $37,308 | $38,218 | $39,128 | $40,039 | $40,948 |
| LEO-4 | $36,772 | $37,793 | $38,816 | $39,837 | $40,860 | $41,881 | $42,903 | $43,925 | $44,947 | $45,968 |
| LEO-5 | $42,283 | $43,425 | $44,569 | $45,712 | $46,855 | $47,998 | $49,141 | $50,284 | $51,428 | $52,570 |
| LEO-6 | $44,585 | $45,859 | $47,134 | $48,407 | $49,682 | $50,956 | $52,229 | $53,504 | $54,778 | $56,053 |
| LEO-7 | $48,126 | $49,540 | $50,956 | $52,370 | $53,786 | $55,201 | $56,616 | $58,031 | $59,445 | $60,861 |
| LEO-8 | $50,165 | $51,733 | $53,302 | $54,870 | $56,438 | $58,006 | $59,574 | $61,142 | $62,711 | $64,279 |
| LEO-9 | $53,675 | $55,406 | $57,137 | $58,869 | $60,600 | $62,331 | $64,062 | $65,793 | $67,524 | $69,255 |
| LEO-10 | $59,108 | $61,015 | $62,922 | $64,828 | $66,734 | $68,640 | $70,547 | $72,452 | $74,359 | $76,266 |
The Minneapolis locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Minneapolis, Rochester, Saint Paul, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Minnesota 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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