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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Boston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.73% 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 | $34,566 | $35,526 | $36,487 | $37,447 | $38,408 | $39,369 | $40,329 | $41,290 | $42,251 | $43,211 |
| LEO-4 | $38,797 | $39,874 | $40,952 | $42,029 | $43,106 | $44,183 | $45,260 | $46,338 | $47,415 | $48,492 |
| LEO-5 | $44,620 | $45,827 | $47,033 | $48,240 | $49,446 | $50,653 | $51,859 | $53,066 | $54,272 | $55,479 |
| LEO-6 | $47,047 | $48,392 | $49,736 | $51,081 | $52,426 | $53,770 | $55,115 | $56,459 | $57,804 | $59,149 |
| LEO-7 | $50,787 | $52,281 | $53,775 | $55,269 | $56,764 | $58,258 | $59,752 | $61,246 | $62,740 | $64,234 |
| LEO-8 | $52,934 | $54,588 | $56,242 | $57,895 | $59,549 | $61,203 | $62,857 | $64,511 | $66,164 | $67,818 |
| LEO-9 | $56,639 | $58,467 | $60,294 | $62,122 | $63,949 | $65,777 | $67,604 | $69,432 | $71,259 | $73,086 |
| LEO-10 | $62,374 | $64,386 | $66,399 | $68,411 | $70,424 | $72,436 | $74,449 | $76,461 | $78,474 | $80,486 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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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