Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Michigan 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.
Michigan 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 DETROIT-WARREN-ANN ARBOR, MI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Detroit and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.81% 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 | $35,560 | $36,548 | $37,536 | $38,524 | $39,511 | $40,499 | $41,487 | $42,475 | $43,463 | $44,451 |
LEO-4 | $39,916 | $41,024 | $42,133 | $43,241 | $44,349 | $45,458 | $46,566 | $47,674 | $48,783 | $49,891 |
LEO-5 | $45,900 | $47,140 | $48,381 | $49,621 | $50,861 | $52,101 | $53,341 | $54,582 | $55,822 | $57,062 |
LEO-6 | $48,405 | $49,788 | $51,172 | $52,555 | $53,939 | $55,322 | $56,706 | $58,089 | $59,473 | $60,856 |
LEO-7 | $52,251 | $53,788 | $55,325 | $56,862 | $58,399 | $59,935 | $61,472 | $63,009 | $64,546 | $66,083 |
LEO-8 | $54,461 | $56,163 | $57,865 | $59,566 | $61,268 | $62,970 | $64,672 | $66,374 | $68,075 | $69,777 |
LEO-9 | $58,273 | $60,152 | $62,032 | $63,911 | $65,790 | $67,670 | $69,549 | $71,428 | $73,308 | $75,187 |
LEO-10 | $64,172 | $66,242 | $68,311 | $70,381 | $72,450 | $74,520 | $76,589 | $78,659 | $80,729 | $82,798 |
The Detroit locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Ann Arbor, Detroit, Lansing, Sterling Heights, Warren, Harrison Township, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Michigan 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 |
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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: Grand Rapids, 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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