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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Oregon 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.
Oregon 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 PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-SALEM, OR-WA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Portland and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 23.13% 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 | $34,528 | $35,487 | $36,446 | $37,406 | $38,365 | $39,324 | $40,283 | $41,242 | $42,202 | $43,161 |
| LEO-4 | $38,758 | $39,834 | $40,910 | $41,986 | $43,062 | $44,138 | $45,215 | $46,291 | $47,367 | $48,443 |
| LEO-5 | $44,568 | $45,772 | $46,977 | $48,181 | $49,385 | $50,589 | $51,793 | $52,998 | $54,202 | $55,406 |
| LEO-6 | $47,000 | $48,343 | $49,687 | $51,030 | $52,373 | $53,717 | $55,060 | $56,403 | $57,747 | $59,090 |
| LEO-7 | $50,734 | $52,227 | $53,719 | $55,211 | $56,704 | $58,196 | $59,688 | $61,181 | $62,673 | $64,166 |
| LEO-8 | $52,881 | $54,533 | $56,185 | $57,838 | $59,490 | $61,143 | $62,795 | $64,447 | $66,100 | $67,752 |
| LEO-9 | $56,582 | $58,407 | $60,232 | $62,056 | $63,881 | $65,706 | $67,531 | $69,355 | $71,180 | $73,005 |
| LEO-10 | $62,310 | $64,319 | $66,329 | $68,338 | $70,348 | $72,357 | $74,367 | $76,376 | $78,386 | $80,395 |
The Portland locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Gresham, Portland, Salem, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Oregon 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: Eugene, Umatilla, 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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