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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Mexico 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 Mexico 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 ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE-LAS VEGAS, NM General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Albuquerque and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.2% 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 | $32,585 | $33,490 | $34,395 | $35,300 | $36,206 | $37,111 | $38,016 | $38,921 | $39,826 | $40,732 |
| LEO-4 | $36,576 | $37,592 | $38,607 | $39,623 | $40,639 | $41,654 | $42,670 | $43,685 | $44,701 | $45,717 |
| LEO-5 | $42,060 | $43,196 | $44,333 | $45,469 | $46,605 | $47,742 | $48,878 | $50,015 | $51,151 | $52,288 |
| LEO-6 | $44,355 | $45,622 | $46,890 | $48,158 | $49,426 | $50,693 | $51,961 | $53,229 | $54,497 | $55,764 |
| LEO-7 | $47,879 | $49,287 | $50,696 | $52,104 | $53,512 | $54,921 | $56,329 | $57,737 | $59,146 | $60,554 |
| LEO-8 | $49,904 | $51,464 | $53,023 | $54,583 | $56,142 | $57,701 | $59,261 | $60,820 | $62,380 | $63,939 |
| LEO-9 | $53,397 | $55,119 | $56,842 | $58,564 | $60,286 | $62,008 | $63,730 | $65,452 | $67,174 | $68,896 |
| LEO-10 | $58,803 | $60,699 | $62,596 | $64,492 | $66,389 | $68,285 | $70,181 | $72,078 | $73,974 | $75,870 |
The Albuquerque locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in New Mexico 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: Alamogordo, Clovis, Las Cruces, 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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