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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2020
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.
District of Columbia 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 30.48% 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 | $37,539 | $38,582 | $39,624 | $40,667 | $41,709 | $42,752 | $43,794 | $44,837 | $45,879 | $46,922 |
| LEO-4 | $42,141 | $43,312 | $44,482 | $45,652 | $46,823 | $47,993 | $49,164 | $50,334 | $51,504 | $52,675 |
| LEO-5 | $48,462 | $49,772 | $51,082 | $52,392 | $53,702 | $55,012 | $56,322 | $57,632 | $58,942 | $60,252 |
| LEO-6 | $51,099 | $52,559 | $54,019 | $55,479 | $56,939 | $58,399 | $59,859 | $61,319 | $62,779 | $64,239 |
| LEO-7 | $55,158 | $56,780 | $58,402 | $60,023 | $61,645 | $63,267 | $64,889 | $66,511 | $68,133 | $69,755 |
| LEO-8 | $57,495 | $59,291 | $61,088 | $62,885 | $64,682 | $66,478 | $68,275 | $70,072 | $71,868 | $73,665 |
| LEO-9 | $61,519 | $63,503 | $65,488 | $67,473 | $69,457 | $71,442 | $73,426 | $75,411 | $77,396 | $79,380 |
| LEO-10 | $67,747 | $69,932 | $72,118 | $74,303 | $76,489 | $78,674 | $80,860 | $83,045 | $85,231 | $87,416 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $170,800 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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