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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
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-ME 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 27.48% 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 | $35,252 | $36,231 | $37,210 | $38,189 | $39,168 | $40,147 | $41,126 | $42,105 | $43,084 | $44,063 |
| LEO-4 | $39,574 | $40,672 | $41,771 | $42,870 | $43,969 | $45,068 | $46,167 | $47,266 | $48,365 | $49,464 |
| LEO-5 | $45,510 | $46,741 | $47,971 | $49,201 | $50,431 | $51,661 | $52,891 | $54,122 | $55,352 | $56,582 |
| LEO-6 | $47,982 | $49,353 | $50,723 | $52,093 | $53,464 | $54,834 | $56,205 | $57,575 | $58,945 | $60,316 |
| LEO-7 | $51,800 | $53,324 | $54,847 | $56,370 | $57,894 | $59,417 | $60,941 | $62,464 | $63,987 | $65,511 |
| LEO-8 | $53,994 | $55,682 | $57,370 | $59,058 | $60,745 | $62,433 | $64,121 | $65,809 | $67,497 | $69,185 |
| LEO-9 | $57,773 | $59,636 | $61,500 | $63,364 | $65,228 | $67,091 | $68,955 | $70,819 | $72,683 | $74,546 |
| LEO-10 | $63,621 | $65,674 | $67,726 | $69,779 | $71,831 | $73,884 | $75,936 | $77,988 | $80,041 | $82,093 |
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 $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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