Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in South Carolina 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.
South Carolina 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 CHARLOTTE-CONCORD, NC-SC General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Charlotte and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.21% 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 | $32,136 | $33,028 | $33,921 | $34,813 | $35,706 | $36,598 | $37,491 | $38,383 | $39,275 | $40,168 |
LEO-4 | $36,075 | $37,077 | $38,079 | $39,080 | $40,082 | $41,084 | $42,085 | $43,087 | $44,089 | $45,091 |
LEO-5 | $41,487 | $42,608 | $43,730 | $44,851 | $45,973 | $47,094 | $48,216 | $49,337 | $50,458 | $51,580 |
LEO-6 | $43,740 | $44,990 | $46,239 | $47,488 | $48,737 | $49,987 | $51,236 | $52,485 | $53,734 | $54,984 |
LEO-7 | $47,221 | $48,609 | $49,998 | $51,387 | $52,776 | $54,164 | $55,553 | $56,942 | $58,330 | $59,719 |
LEO-8 | $49,221 | $50,759 | $52,298 | $53,837 | $55,375 | $56,914 | $58,452 | $59,991 | $61,530 | $63,068 |
LEO-9 | $52,665 | $54,364 | $56,063 | $57,762 | $59,461 | $61,160 | $62,859 | $64,558 | $66,257 | $67,956 |
LEO-10 | $57,997 | $59,868 | $61,739 | $63,610 | $65,481 | $67,352 | $69,223 | $71,094 | $72,965 | $74,836 |
The Charlotte locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in South Carolina 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 |
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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: Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Goose Creek, North Charleston, Sumter, Parris Island, 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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