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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Tennessee 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.
Tennessee 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 HUNTSVILLE-DECATUR, AL-TN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Huntsville and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 17.82% 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 | $32,135 | $33,028 | $33,922 | $34,815 | $35,708 | $36,601 | $37,494 | $38,387 | $39,280 | $40,173 |
| LEO-4 | $36,069 | $37,071 | $38,072 | $39,074 | $40,075 | $41,077 | $42,078 | $43,080 | $44,081 | $45,083 |
| LEO-5 | $41,483 | $42,605 | $43,727 | $44,848 | $45,970 | $47,091 | $48,213 | $49,335 | $50,456 | $51,578 |
| LEO-6 | $43,739 | $44,990 | $46,240 | $47,490 | $48,740 | $49,990 | $51,240 | $52,490 | $53,740 | $54,990 |
| LEO-7 | $47,216 | $48,605 | $49,995 | $51,384 | $52,773 | $54,162 | $55,551 | $56,940 | $58,329 | $59,718 |
| LEO-8 | $49,212 | $50,750 | $52,287 | $53,825 | $55,362 | $56,900 | $58,438 | $59,975 | $61,513 | $63,050 |
| LEO-9 | $52,657 | $54,356 | $56,055 | $57,754 | $59,453 | $61,152 | $62,851 | $64,550 | $66,249 | $67,948 |
| LEO-10 | $57,989 | $59,860 | $61,731 | $63,602 | $65,473 | $67,344 | $69,215 | $71,086 | $72,957 | $74,827 |
The Huntsville locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Tennessee 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: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Kingsport, Knoxville, Memphis, Milan, Millington, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, 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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