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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Michigan 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.
Michigan 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 DETROIT-WARREN-ANN ARBOR, MI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Detroit and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.25% 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 | $34,912 | $35,882 | $36,851 | $37,821 | $38,790 | $39,760 | $40,730 | $41,699 | $42,669 | $43,638 |
| LEO-4 | $39,192 | $40,280 | $41,368 | $42,457 | $43,545 | $44,633 | $45,721 | $46,810 | $47,898 | $48,986 |
| LEO-5 | $45,071 | $46,290 | $47,508 | $48,726 | $49,945 | $51,163 | $52,381 | $53,599 | $54,818 | $56,036 |
| LEO-6 | $47,519 | $48,876 | $50,234 | $51,591 | $52,948 | $54,305 | $55,662 | $57,020 | $58,377 | $59,734 |
| LEO-7 | $51,300 | $52,809 | $54,318 | $55,826 | $57,335 | $58,844 | $60,353 | $61,861 | $63,370 | $64,879 |
| LEO-8 | $53,473 | $55,145 | $56,816 | $58,488 | $60,159 | $61,831 | $63,502 | $65,174 | $66,846 | $68,517 |
| LEO-9 | $57,215 | $59,061 | $60,907 | $62,753 | $64,598 | $66,444 | $68,290 | $70,136 | $71,981 | $73,827 |
| LEO-10 | $63,008 | $65,040 | $67,073 | $69,105 | $71,138 | $73,171 | $75,203 | $77,236 | $79,269 | $81,301 |
The Detroit locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Ann Arbor, Detroit, Sterling Heights, Warren, Harrison Township, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Michigan 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 15.37% (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 | $31,903 | $32,789 | $33,675 | $34,561 | $35,447 | $36,333 | $37,220 | $38,106 | $38,992 | $39,878 |
| LEO-4 | $35,814 | $36,809 | $37,803 | $38,798 | $39,792 | $40,787 | $41,781 | $42,776 | $43,770 | $44,765 |
| LEO-5 | $41,187 | $42,300 | $43,414 | $44,527 | $45,640 | $46,754 | $47,867 | $48,980 | $50,094 | $51,207 |
| LEO-6 | $43,424 | $44,664 | $45,905 | $47,145 | $48,385 | $49,625 | $50,865 | $52,106 | $53,346 | $54,586 |
| LEO-7 | $46,879 | $48,258 | $49,637 | $51,015 | $52,394 | $53,773 | $55,151 | $56,530 | $57,909 | $59,287 |
| LEO-8 | $48,865 | $50,392 | $51,920 | $53,447 | $54,975 | $56,502 | $58,030 | $59,557 | $61,085 | $62,612 |
| LEO-9 | $52,285 | $53,971 | $55,658 | $57,345 | $59,031 | $60,718 | $62,405 | $64,091 | $65,778 | $67,465 |
| LEO-10 | $57,578 | $59,435 | $61,293 | $63,150 | $65,008 | $66,865 | $68,722 | $70,580 | $72,437 | $74,295 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Grand Rapids, Lansing, 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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