Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2018
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.
District of Columbia 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 WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 28.22% 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 | $35,457 | $36,441 | $37,426 | $38,411 | $39,396 | $40,380 | $41,365 | $42,350 | $43,335 | $44,319 |
LEO-4 | $39,803 | $40,909 | $42,014 | $43,119 | $44,224 | $45,330 | $46,435 | $47,540 | $48,645 | $49,751 |
LEO-5 | $45,775 | $47,012 | $48,249 | $49,487 | $50,724 | $51,961 | $53,198 | $54,436 | $55,673 | $56,910 |
LEO-6 | $48,261 | $49,639 | $51,017 | $52,396 | $53,774 | $55,153 | $56,531 | $57,909 | $59,288 | $60,666 |
LEO-7 | $52,101 | $53,633 | $55,165 | $56,698 | $58,230 | $59,762 | $61,294 | $62,827 | $64,359 | $65,891 |
LEO-8 | $54,308 | $56,005 | $57,703 | $59,400 | $61,098 | $62,796 | $64,493 | $66,191 | $67,889 | $69,586 |
LEO-9 | $58,108 | $59,983 | $61,857 | $63,732 | $65,606 | $67,481 | $69,355 | $71,230 | $73,105 | $74,979 |
LEO-10 | $63,991 | $66,055 | $68,119 | $70,184 | $72,248 | $74,312 | $76,377 | $78,441 | $80,505 | $82,570 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $164,200 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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