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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in West Virginia 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.
West Virginia 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 WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 24.78% 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 | $33,696 | $34,633 | $35,569 | $36,506 | $37,441 | $38,379 | $39,314 | $40,250 | $41,187 | $42,123 |
| LEO-4 | $37,827 | $38,878 | $39,930 | $40,980 | $42,032 | $43,083 | $44,133 | $45,185 | $46,236 | $47,287 |
| LEO-5 | $43,496 | $44,671 | $45,848 | $47,023 | $48,199 | $49,375 | $50,551 | $51,726 | $52,903 | $54,078 |
| LEO-6 | $45,864 | $47,174 | $48,486 | $49,796 | $51,107 | $52,418 | $53,728 | $55,039 | $56,349 | $57,661 |
| LEO-7 | $49,506 | $50,961 | $52,418 | $53,873 | $55,329 | $56,785 | $58,240 | $59,696 | $61,151 | $62,607 |
| LEO-8 | $51,604 | $53,217 | $54,831 | $56,444 | $58,058 | $59,670 | $61,283 | $62,897 | $64,510 | $66,123 |
| LEO-9 | $55,215 | $56,996 | $58,776 | $60,558 | $62,339 | $64,119 | $65,900 | $67,681 | $69,461 | $71,242 |
| LEO-10 | $60,804 | $62,766 | $64,727 | $66,687 | $68,649 | $70,609 | $72,571 | $74,531 | $76,493 | $78,454 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Kearneysville, and other areas within the region.
The PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE-WEIRTON, PA-OH-WV General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.68% 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 | $31,508 | $32,385 | $33,260 | $34,136 | $35,011 | $35,887 | $36,762 | $37,637 | $38,514 | $39,389 |
| LEO-4 | $35,372 | $36,354 | $37,338 | $38,320 | $39,304 | $40,286 | $41,269 | $42,252 | $43,235 | $44,217 |
| LEO-5 | $40,672 | $41,771 | $42,872 | $43,971 | $45,070 | $46,170 | $47,269 | $48,369 | $49,469 | $50,568 |
| LEO-6 | $42,887 | $44,112 | $45,338 | $46,563 | $47,790 | $49,015 | $50,240 | $51,466 | $52,692 | $53,918 |
| LEO-7 | $46,293 | $47,653 | $49,015 | $50,375 | $51,737 | $53,099 | $54,459 | $55,821 | $57,181 | $58,543 |
| LEO-8 | $48,254 | $49,763 | $51,272 | $52,780 | $54,289 | $55,796 | $57,305 | $58,814 | $60,322 | $61,831 |
| LEO-9 | $51,631 | $53,296 | $54,961 | $56,627 | $58,292 | $59,957 | $61,622 | $63,287 | $64,952 | $66,617 |
| LEO-10 | $56,857 | $58,691 | $60,525 | $62,358 | $64,193 | $66,026 | $67,860 | $69,693 | $71,527 | $73,361 |
The Pittsburgh locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in West Virginia 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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