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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Boston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 28.27% 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 | $35,969 | $36,969 | $37,968 | $38,967 | $39,966 | $40,966 | $41,965 | $42,964 | $43,963 | $44,962 |
| LEO-4 | $40,376 | $41,497 | $42,618 | $43,739 | $44,860 | $45,981 | $47,102 | $48,223 | $49,344 | $50,465 |
| LEO-5 | $46,429 | $47,683 | $48,938 | $50,192 | $51,447 | $52,701 | $53,955 | $55,210 | $56,464 | $57,719 |
| LEO-6 | $48,962 | $50,361 | $51,761 | $53,160 | $54,560 | $55,959 | $57,358 | $58,758 | $60,157 | $61,557 |
| LEO-7 | $52,852 | $54,407 | $55,962 | $57,516 | $59,071 | $60,626 | $62,180 | $63,735 | $65,289 | $66,844 |
| LEO-8 | $55,088 | $56,810 | $58,531 | $60,252 | $61,974 | $63,695 | $65,416 | $67,138 | $68,859 | $70,581 |
| LEO-9 | $58,944 | $60,845 | $62,746 | $64,647 | $66,548 | $68,449 | $70,350 | $72,251 | $74,152 | $76,053 |
| LEO-10 | $64,911 | $67,004 | $69,098 | $71,191 | $73,284 | $75,378 | $77,471 | $79,565 | $81,658 | $83,751 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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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