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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia 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.
District of Columbia 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 27.1% 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 | $34,667 | $35,630 | $36,593 | $37,557 | $38,520 | $39,484 | $40,447 | $41,410 | $42,374 | $43,337 |
| LEO-4 | $38,910 | $39,991 | $41,071 | $42,151 | $43,232 | $44,312 | $45,392 | $46,473 | $47,553 | $48,634 |
| LEO-5 | $44,751 | $45,961 | $47,171 | $48,381 | $49,591 | $50,801 | $52,011 | $53,221 | $54,431 | $55,641 |
| LEO-6 | $47,185 | $48,533 | $49,882 | $51,230 | $52,579 | $53,927 | $55,276 | $56,624 | $57,973 | $59,321 |
| LEO-7 | $50,935 | $52,434 | $53,932 | $55,431 | $56,929 | $58,428 | $59,926 | $61,425 | $62,923 | $64,422 |
| LEO-8 | $53,088 | $54,747 | $56,406 | $58,064 | $59,723 | $61,382 | $63,040 | $64,699 | $66,358 | $68,016 |
| LEO-9 | $56,805 | $58,638 | $60,470 | $62,303 | $64,136 | $65,969 | $67,801 | $69,634 | $71,467 | $73,300 |
| LEO-10 | $62,556 | $64,574 | $66,593 | $68,611 | $70,629 | $72,648 | $74,666 | $76,685 | $78,703 | $80,721 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, 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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