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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2019
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 29.32% 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 | $36,264 | $37,271 | $38,279 | $39,286 | $40,294 | $41,301 | $42,308 | $43,316 | $44,323 | $45,331 |
| LEO-4 | $40,706 | $41,836 | $42,967 | $44,097 | $45,227 | $46,357 | $47,488 | $48,618 | $49,748 | $50,878 |
| LEO-5 | $46,809 | $48,073 | $49,338 | $50,603 | $51,868 | $53,132 | $54,397 | $55,662 | $56,927 | $58,191 |
| LEO-6 | $49,363 | $50,774 | $52,184 | $53,595 | $55,006 | $56,417 | $57,828 | $59,239 | $60,650 | $62,061 |
| LEO-7 | $53,285 | $54,852 | $56,420 | $57,987 | $59,554 | $61,122 | $62,689 | $64,257 | $65,824 | $67,391 |
| LEO-8 | $55,539 | $57,275 | $59,010 | $60,745 | $62,481 | $64,216 | $65,952 | $67,687 | $69,423 | $71,158 |
| LEO-9 | $59,426 | $61,343 | $63,259 | $65,176 | $67,093 | $69,009 | $70,926 | $72,842 | $74,759 | $76,675 |
| LEO-10 | $65,442 | $67,553 | $69,663 | $71,774 | $73,884 | $75,995 | $78,105 | $80,216 | $82,326 | $84,437 |
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 $166,500 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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