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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Mexico 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.
New Mexico 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 ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE-LAS VEGAS, NM General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Albuquerque and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 15.36% 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 | $31,464 | $32,339 | $33,213 | $34,088 | $34,962 | $35,837 | $36,711 | $37,585 | $38,460 | $39,334 |
| LEO-4 | $35,316 | $36,297 | $37,277 | $38,258 | $39,239 | $40,219 | $41,200 | $42,180 | $43,161 | $44,141 |
| LEO-5 | $40,617 | $41,715 | $42,814 | $43,912 | $45,010 | $46,108 | $47,206 | $48,305 | $49,403 | $50,501 |
| LEO-6 | $42,826 | $44,050 | $45,274 | $46,498 | $47,722 | $48,946 | $50,170 | $51,394 | $52,618 | $53,842 |
| LEO-7 | $46,231 | $47,591 | $48,951 | $50,311 | $51,671 | $53,031 | $54,391 | $55,751 | $57,111 | $58,471 |
| LEO-8 | $48,185 | $49,690 | $51,196 | $52,701 | $54,207 | $55,712 | $57,217 | $58,723 | $60,228 | $61,734 |
| LEO-9 | $51,558 | $53,221 | $54,885 | $56,548 | $58,212 | $59,875 | $61,539 | $63,202 | $64,866 | $66,529 |
| LEO-10 | $56,778 | $58,610 | $60,442 | $62,274 | $64,106 | $65,937 | $67,769 | $69,601 | $71,433 | $73,265 |
The Albuquerque locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in New Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Alamogordo, Clovis, Las Cruces, 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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