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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2017
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.
Delaware 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 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 23.87% 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 | $33,786 | $34,724 | $35,663 | $36,602 | $37,541 | $38,480 | $39,419 | $40,358 | $41,297 | $42,236 |
| LEO-4 | $37,922 | $38,974 | $40,027 | $41,080 | $42,133 | $43,186 | $44,239 | $45,292 | $46,345 | $47,398 |
| LEO-5 | $43,613 | $44,793 | $45,972 | $47,151 | $48,330 | $49,510 | $50,689 | $51,868 | $53,047 | $54,227 |
| LEO-6 | $45,985 | $47,300 | $48,614 | $49,928 | $51,243 | $52,557 | $53,871 | $55,185 | $56,500 | $57,814 |
| LEO-7 | $49,641 | $51,101 | $52,562 | $54,022 | $55,483 | $56,943 | $58,403 | $59,864 | $61,324 | $62,785 |
| LEO-8 | $51,739 | $53,356 | $54,972 | $56,589 | $58,205 | $59,822 | $61,438 | $63,055 | $64,671 | $66,288 |
| LEO-9 | $55,361 | $57,147 | $58,934 | $60,720 | $62,506 | $64,292 | $66,078 | $67,865 | $69,651 | $71,437 |
| LEO-10 | $60,966 | $62,933 | $64,900 | $66,868 | $68,835 | $70,802 | $72,769 | $74,736 | $76,703 | $78,670 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Dover, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $161,900 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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