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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in West Virginia 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.
West Virginia 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 WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 29.32% 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 | $36,264 | $37,271 | $38,279 | $39,286 | $40,294 | $41,301 | $42,308 | $43,316 | $44,323 | $45,331 |
| LEO-4 | $40,706 | $41,836 | $42,967 | $44,097 | $45,227 | $46,357 | $47,488 | $48,618 | $49,748 | $50,878 |
| LEO-5 | $46,809 | $48,073 | $49,338 | $50,603 | $51,868 | $53,132 | $54,397 | $55,662 | $56,927 | $58,191 |
| LEO-6 | $49,363 | $50,774 | $52,184 | $53,595 | $55,006 | $56,417 | $57,828 | $59,239 | $60,650 | $62,061 |
| LEO-7 | $53,285 | $54,852 | $56,420 | $57,987 | $59,554 | $61,122 | $62,689 | $64,257 | $65,824 | $67,391 |
| LEO-8 | $55,539 | $57,275 | $59,010 | $60,745 | $62,481 | $64,216 | $65,952 | $67,687 | $69,423 | $71,158 |
| LEO-9 | $59,426 | $61,343 | $63,259 | $65,176 | $67,093 | $69,009 | $70,926 | $72,842 | $74,759 | $76,675 |
| LEO-10 | $65,442 | $67,553 | $69,663 | $71,774 | $73,884 | $75,995 | $78,105 | $80,216 | $82,326 | $84,437 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Kearneysville, and other areas within the region.
The PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE-WEIRTON, PA-OH-WV General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.86% 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 | $33,331 | $34,257 | $35,183 | $36,108 | $37,034 | $37,960 | $38,886 | $39,812 | $40,738 | $41,664 |
| LEO-4 | $37,414 | $38,452 | $39,491 | $40,530 | $41,569 | $42,608 | $43,647 | $44,685 | $45,724 | $46,763 |
| LEO-5 | $43,023 | $44,185 | $45,347 | $46,510 | $47,672 | $48,835 | $49,997 | $51,160 | $52,322 | $53,485 |
| LEO-6 | $45,370 | $46,667 | $47,964 | $49,260 | $50,557 | $51,854 | $53,151 | $54,447 | $55,744 | $57,041 |
| LEO-7 | $48,975 | $50,416 | $51,856 | $53,297 | $54,737 | $56,178 | $57,619 | $59,059 | $60,500 | $61,940 |
| LEO-8 | $51,047 | $52,642 | $54,237 | $55,832 | $57,427 | $59,022 | $60,617 | $62,213 | $63,808 | $65,403 |
| LEO-9 | $54,620 | $56,381 | $58,143 | $59,904 | $61,666 | $63,427 | $65,189 | $66,950 | $68,712 | $70,473 |
| LEO-10 | $60,149 | $62,089 | $64,029 | $65,968 | $67,908 | $69,848 | $71,788 | $73,728 | $75,667 | $77,607 |
The Pittsburgh locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in West Virginia 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: 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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