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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey 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 NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in New York City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 29.2% 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 | $34,889 | $35,859 | $36,828 | $37,799 | $38,768 | $39,738 | $40,707 | $41,676 | $42,646 | $43,615 |
| LEO-4 | $39,167 | $40,255 | $41,344 | $42,432 | $43,521 | $44,609 | $45,697 | $46,786 | $47,874 | $48,962 |
| LEO-5 | $45,037 | $46,254 | $47,472 | $48,689 | $49,906 | $51,124 | $52,342 | $53,559 | $54,777 | $55,994 |
| LEO-6 | $47,489 | $48,845 | $50,203 | $51,560 | $52,918 | $54,274 | $55,631 | $56,989 | $58,345 | $59,703 |
| LEO-7 | $51,260 | $52,767 | $54,274 | $55,781 | $57,289 | $58,796 | $60,303 | $61,811 | $63,317 | $64,825 |
| LEO-8 | $53,432 | $55,103 | $56,773 | $58,444 | $60,114 | $61,783 | $63,454 | $65,125 | $66,795 | $68,466 |
| LEO-9 | $57,171 | $59,015 | $60,858 | $62,703 | $64,547 | $66,391 | $68,234 | $70,078 | $71,922 | $73,765 |
| LEO-10 | $62,958 | $64,989 | $67,020 | $69,050 | $71,081 | $73,110 | $75,141 | $77,171 | $79,202 | $81,233 |
The New York City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Wharton, Wrightstown, Colts Neck, and other areas within the region.
The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 22.22% 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 | $33,004 | $33,922 | $34,839 | $35,757 | $36,673 | $37,591 | $38,508 | $39,425 | $40,342 | $41,259 |
| LEO-4 | $37,051 | $38,080 | $39,110 | $40,139 | $41,170 | $42,199 | $43,228 | $44,258 | $45,287 | $46,316 |
| LEO-5 | $42,603 | $43,755 | $44,907 | $46,059 | $47,210 | $48,362 | $49,514 | $50,665 | $51,818 | $52,969 |
| LEO-6 | $44,923 | $46,206 | $47,491 | $48,774 | $50,059 | $51,342 | $52,625 | $53,910 | $55,193 | $56,478 |
| LEO-7 | $48,491 | $49,916 | $51,342 | $52,767 | $54,194 | $55,620 | $57,045 | $58,471 | $59,896 | $61,323 |
| LEO-8 | $50,545 | $52,126 | $53,706 | $55,286 | $56,867 | $58,446 | $60,026 | $61,606 | $63,187 | $64,767 |
| LEO-9 | $54,082 | $55,826 | $57,571 | $59,316 | $61,060 | $62,804 | $64,548 | $66,292 | $68,036 | $69,780 |
| LEO-10 | $59,557 | $61,478 | $63,399 | $65,319 | $67,241 | $69,161 | $71,082 | $73,002 | $74,923 | $76,845 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, 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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