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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN-WI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Minneapolis and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 24% 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 | $34,772 | $35,738 | $36,704 | $37,670 | $38,636 | $39,602 | $40,568 | $41,534 | $42,500 | $43,466 |
| LEO-4 | $39,031 | $40,115 | $41,199 | $42,283 | $43,367 | $44,450 | $45,534 | $46,618 | $47,702 | $48,785 |
| LEO-5 | $44,883 | $46,096 | $47,308 | $48,521 | $49,734 | $50,947 | $52,159 | $53,372 | $54,585 | $55,798 |
| LEO-6 | $47,332 | $48,685 | $50,038 | $51,391 | $52,743 | $54,096 | $55,449 | $56,802 | $58,155 | $59,508 |
| LEO-7 | $51,093 | $52,596 | $54,099 | $55,602 | $57,104 | $58,607 | $60,110 | $61,613 | $63,116 | $64,619 |
| LEO-8 | $53,254 | $54,918 | $56,582 | $58,247 | $59,911 | $61,575 | $63,239 | $64,903 | $66,567 | $68,231 |
| LEO-9 | $56,982 | $58,819 | $60,657 | $62,495 | $64,332 | $66,170 | $68,008 | $69,845 | $71,683 | $73,521 |
| LEO-10 | $62,750 | $64,774 | $66,798 | $68,821 | $70,845 | $72,869 | $74,892 | $76,916 | $78,940 | $80,963 |
The Minneapolis locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Minnesota 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: Rochester, 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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