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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Texas 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.

Texas 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.

HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS, TX

The HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS, TX General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Houston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 31.74% 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$36,430$37,442$38,454$39,465$40,477$41,489$42,501$43,512$44,524$45,536
LEO-4$40,896$42,032$43,167$44,303$45,438$46,574$47,710$48,845$49,981$51,116
LEO-5$47,031$48,302$49,574$50,845$52,116$53,388$54,659$55,930$57,202$58,473
LEO-6$49,586$51,002$52,418$53,834$55,250$56,667$58,083$59,499$60,915$62,331
LEO-7$53,531$55,106$56,680$58,254$59,828$61,403$62,977$64,551$66,126$67,700
LEO-8$55,798$57,543$59,287$61,031$62,775$64,520$66,264$68,008$69,752$71,497
LEO-9$59,703$61,629$63,555$65,481$67,407$69,333$71,259$73,186$75,112$77,038
LEO-10$65,747$67,868$69,990$72,111$74,232$76,353$78,474$80,595$82,716$84,837

The Houston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Houston, Pasadena, Pearland, and other areas within the region.

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DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX-OK

The DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX-OK General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Dallas and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 23.4% 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$34,124$35,072$36,019$36,967$37,915$38,862$39,810$40,758$41,705$42,653
LEO-4$38,307$39,371$40,434$41,498$42,562$43,626$44,689$45,753$46,817$47,880
LEO-5$44,054$45,245$46,435$47,626$48,817$50,008$51,199$52,389$53,580$54,771
LEO-6$46,447$47,773$49,100$50,426$51,753$53,079$54,406$55,732$57,059$58,385
LEO-7$50,142$51,617$53,092$54,566$56,041$57,516$58,990$60,465$61,939$63,414
LEO-8$52,266$53,900$55,534$57,168$58,801$60,435$62,069$63,703$65,337$66,970
LEO-9$55,924$57,728$59,532$61,336$63,140$64,944$66,748$68,552$70,357$72,161
LEO-10$61,585$63,572$65,559$67,545$69,532$71,519$73,506$75,492$77,479$79,466

The Dallas locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Arlington, Carrollton, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Irving, Lewisville, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano, Richardson, and other areas within the region.

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LAREDO, TX

The LAREDO, TX General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Laredo and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 17.4% 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$32,465$33,366$34,268$35,170$36,071$36,973$37,874$38,776$39,678$40,579
LEO-4$36,444$37,456$38,468$39,480$40,492$41,504$42,516$43,528$44,540$45,552
LEO-5$41,912$43,045$44,178$45,311$46,443$47,576$48,709$49,842$50,975$52,108
LEO-6$44,188$45,450$46,712$47,974$49,236$50,498$51,760$53,023$54,285$55,547
LEO-7$47,704$49,107$50,510$51,913$53,316$54,719$56,122$57,525$58,928$60,331
LEO-8$49,725$51,279$52,834$54,388$55,942$57,497$59,051$60,605$62,160$63,714
LEO-9$53,205$54,921$56,637$58,354$60,070$61,786$63,503$65,219$66,936$68,652
LEO-10$58,591$60,481$62,371$64,261$66,151$68,042$69,932$71,822$73,712$75,602

The Laredo locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Laredo, and other areas within the region.

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AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-GEORGETOWN, TX

The AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-GEORGETOWN, TX General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Austin and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.71% 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$32,274$33,170$34,066$34,963$35,859$36,755$37,652$38,548$39,444$40,341
LEO-4$36,230$37,236$38,242$39,248$40,254$41,260$42,267$43,273$44,279$45,285
LEO-5$41,665$42,792$43,918$45,044$46,170$47,297$48,423$49,549$50,675$51,802
LEO-6$43,928$45,183$46,438$47,692$48,947$50,202$51,456$52,711$53,966$55,220
LEO-7$47,424$48,819$50,213$51,608$53,003$54,397$55,792$57,187$58,581$59,976
LEO-8$49,433$50,978$52,523$54,068$55,613$57,159$58,704$60,249$61,794$63,340
LEO-9$52,892$54,598$56,304$58,011$59,717$61,423$63,130$64,836$66,542$68,249
LEO-10$58,246$60,125$62,005$63,884$65,763$67,642$69,521$71,400$73,279$75,158

The Austin locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Austin, Bastrop, Round Rock, and other areas within the region.

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Rest of Texas Locality Adjustment: 15.37%

Any federal employees in Texas 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: Abilene, Amarillo, Beaumont, Brownsville, Brownwood, College Station, Del Rio, El Paso, Killeen, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Texarkana, Tyler, Waco, Wichita Falls, and other areas within the region.

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* 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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Source: www.federalpay.org/leo/2018/texas