Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Minnesota 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.
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 22.72% 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 |
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LEO-3 | $33,472 | $34,402 | $35,332 | $36,263 | $37,193 | $38,123 | $39,053 | $39,983 | $40,914 | $41,844 |
LEO-4 | $37,570 | $38,613 | $39,656 | $40,699 | $41,742 | $42,785 | $43,828 | $44,871 | $45,914 | $46,958 |
LEO-5 | $43,208 | $44,377 | $45,545 | $46,713 | $47,882 | $49,050 | $50,218 | $51,387 | $52,555 | $53,723 |
LEO-6 | $45,559 | $46,861 | $48,163 | $49,465 | $50,767 | $52,069 | $53,371 | $54,673 | $55,975 | $57,277 |
LEO-7 | $49,180 | $50,627 | $52,074 | $53,521 | $54,968 | $56,414 | $57,861 | $59,308 | $60,755 | $62,202 |
LEO-8 | $51,259 | $52,860 | $54,462 | $56,063 | $57,665 | $59,266 | $60,868 | $62,469 | $64,071 | $65,672 |
LEO-9 | $54,847 | $56,617 | $58,386 | $60,156 | $61,926 | $63,695 | $65,465 | $67,235 | $69,004 | $70,774 |
LEO-10 | $60,400 | $62,349 | $64,298 | $66,247 | $68,196 | $70,144 | $72,093 | $74,042 | $75,991 | $77,939 |
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 15.06% (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 |
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LEO-3 | $31,383 | $32,255 | $33,127 | $33,999 | $34,871 | $35,743 | $36,616 | $37,488 | $38,360 | $39,232 |
LEO-4 | $35,224 | $36,202 | $37,180 | $38,158 | $39,137 | $40,115 | $41,093 | $42,071 | $43,049 | $44,027 |
LEO-5 | $40,511 | $41,607 | $42,702 | $43,798 | $44,893 | $45,988 | $47,084 | $48,179 | $49,274 | $50,370 |
LEO-6 | $42,715 | $43,936 | $45,156 | $46,377 | $47,598 | $48,819 | $50,040 | $51,260 | $52,481 | $53,702 |
LEO-7 | $46,110 | $47,467 | $48,823 | $50,180 | $51,537 | $52,893 | $54,250 | $55,606 | $56,963 | $58,319 |
LEO-8 | $48,059 | $49,561 | $51,062 | $52,564 | $54,066 | $55,567 | $57,069 | $58,570 | $60,072 | $61,573 |
LEO-9 | $51,424 | $53,083 | $54,742 | $56,401 | $58,060 | $59,720 | $61,379 | $63,038 | $64,697 | $66,356 |
LEO-10 | $56,630 | $58,457 | $60,285 | $62,112 | $63,939 | $65,766 | $67,593 | $69,420 | $71,247 | $73,075 |
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 $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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