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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maryland 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.
Maryland 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: Aberdeen, Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, Indian Head, Fort Meade, Camp Springs, Patuxent River, Bethesda, and other areas within the region.
The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 25.3% 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 | $35,137 | $36,113 | $37,089 | $38,065 | $39,041 | $40,017 | $40,993 | $41,969 | $42,945 | $43,921 |
| LEO-4 | $39,441 | $40,536 | $41,631 | $42,726 | $43,821 | $44,916 | $46,011 | $47,107 | $48,202 | $49,297 |
| LEO-5 | $45,354 | $46,579 | $47,804 | $49,030 | $50,255 | $51,481 | $52,706 | $53,932 | $55,157 | $56,382 |
| LEO-6 | $47,828 | $49,195 | $50,562 | $51,929 | $53,296 | $54,663 | $56,030 | $57,397 | $58,764 | $60,131 |
| LEO-7 | $51,629 | $53,147 | $54,666 | $56,185 | $57,703 | $59,222 | $60,740 | $62,259 | $63,778 | $65,296 |
| LEO-8 | $53,813 | $55,494 | $57,176 | $58,857 | $60,539 | $62,220 | $63,902 | $65,583 | $67,265 | $68,946 |
| LEO-9 | $57,579 | $59,436 | $61,293 | $63,150 | $65,007 | $66,864 | $68,721 | $70,578 | $72,435 | $74,292 |
| LEO-10 | $63,408 | $65,453 | $67,498 | $69,543 | $71,588 | $73,633 | $75,677 | $77,722 | $79,767 | $81,812 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Maryland 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 15.67% (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 | $32,436 | $33,337 | $34,238 | $35,139 | $36,040 | $36,942 | $37,843 | $38,744 | $39,645 | $40,546 |
| LEO-4 | $36,409 | $37,420 | $38,431 | $39,442 | $40,453 | $41,464 | $42,475 | $43,486 | $44,497 | $45,508 |
| LEO-5 | $41,868 | $42,999 | $44,130 | $45,262 | $46,393 | $47,524 | $48,655 | $49,787 | $50,918 | $52,049 |
| LEO-6 | $44,152 | $45,414 | $46,676 | $47,938 | $49,200 | $50,462 | $51,724 | $52,986 | $54,248 | $55,510 |
| LEO-7 | $47,661 | $49,063 | $50,465 | $51,866 | $53,268 | $54,670 | $56,072 | $57,474 | $58,876 | $60,278 |
| LEO-8 | $49,677 | $51,229 | $52,781 | $54,334 | $55,886 | $57,438 | $58,991 | $60,543 | $62,095 | $63,647 |
| LEO-9 | $53,154 | $54,868 | $56,582 | $58,297 | $60,011 | $61,725 | $63,439 | $65,153 | $66,868 | $68,582 |
| LEO-10 | $58,535 | $60,423 | $62,310 | $64,198 | $66,086 | $67,973 | $69,861 | $71,749 | $73,637 | $75,524 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: 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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