Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Oregon 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.
Oregon 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 PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-SALEM, OR-WA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Portland and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.95% 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 | $33,262 | $34,186 | $35,111 | $36,035 | $36,959 | $37,884 | $38,808 | $39,733 | $40,657 | $41,581 |
LEO-4 | $37,334 | $38,370 | $39,407 | $40,443 | $41,480 | $42,517 | $43,553 | $44,590 | $45,626 | $46,663 |
LEO-5 | $42,937 | $44,098 | $45,259 | $46,420 | $47,581 | $48,742 | $49,903 | $51,064 | $52,225 | $53,386 |
LEO-6 | $45,273 | $46,567 | $47,860 | $49,154 | $50,448 | $51,742 | $53,036 | $54,330 | $55,624 | $56,918 |
LEO-7 | $48,871 | $50,309 | $51,747 | $53,185 | $54,623 | $56,060 | $57,498 | $58,936 | $60,374 | $61,812 |
LEO-8 | $50,937 | $52,529 | $54,120 | $55,712 | $57,303 | $58,895 | $60,486 | $62,077 | $63,669 | $65,260 |
LEO-9 | $54,503 | $56,262 | $58,020 | $59,779 | $61,537 | $63,296 | $65,054 | $66,813 | $68,571 | $70,330 |
LEO-10 | $60,021 | $61,958 | $63,894 | $65,831 | $67,768 | $69,704 | $71,641 | $73,577 | $75,514 | $77,450 |
The Portland locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Gresham, Portland, Salem, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Oregon 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: Eugene, Umatilla, 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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