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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey 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 NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in New York City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 33.06% 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 | $37,313 | $38,349 | $39,386 | $40,422 | $41,459 | $42,495 | $43,532 | $44,568 | $45,605 | $46,642 |
| LEO-4 | $41,883 | $43,046 | $44,209 | $45,372 | $46,535 | $47,698 | $48,861 | $50,024 | $51,187 | $52,350 |
| LEO-5 | $48,162 | $49,464 | $50,765 | $52,066 | $53,368 | $54,669 | $55,970 | $57,272 | $58,573 | $59,874 |
| LEO-6 | $50,790 | $52,242 | $53,694 | $55,145 | $56,597 | $58,049 | $59,500 | $60,952 | $62,404 | $63,855 |
| LEO-7 | $54,826 | $56,439 | $58,051 | $59,664 | $61,277 | $62,889 | $64,502 | $66,115 | $67,728 | $69,340 |
| LEO-8 | $57,145 | $58,931 | $60,717 | $62,502 | $64,288 | $66,074 | $67,859 | $69,645 | $71,431 | $73,216 |
| LEO-9 | $61,145 | $63,117 | $65,089 | $67,061 | $69,033 | $71,005 | $72,977 | $74,949 | $76,921 | $78,893 |
| LEO-10 | $67,335 | $69,507 | $71,678 | $73,850 | $76,021 | $78,193 | $80,364 | $82,536 | $84,707 | $86,879 |
The New York City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Wharton, Wrightstown, Colts Neck, 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: Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, 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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