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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maryland 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.
Maryland 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: Aberdeen, Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, Indian Head, Fort Meade, Camp Springs, Patuxent River, Bethesda, and other areas within the region.
The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.04% 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 | $36,262 | $37,269 | $38,276 | $39,283 | $40,290 | $41,297 | $42,304 | $43,311 | $44,318 | $45,325 |
| LEO-4 | $40,707 | $41,838 | $42,968 | $44,099 | $45,229 | $46,360 | $47,491 | $48,621 | $49,752 | $50,882 |
| LEO-5 | $46,813 | $48,078 | $49,343 | $50,609 | $51,874 | $53,140 | $54,405 | $55,671 | $56,936 | $58,201 |
| LEO-6 | $49,360 | $50,770 | $52,181 | $53,591 | $55,001 | $56,412 | $57,822 | $59,232 | $60,643 | $62,053 |
| LEO-7 | $53,281 | $54,848 | $56,414 | $57,981 | $59,548 | $61,114 | $62,681 | $64,248 | $65,814 | $67,381 |
| LEO-8 | $55,538 | $57,274 | $59,009 | $60,745 | $62,481 | $64,216 | $65,952 | $67,687 | $69,423 | $71,158 |
| LEO-9 | $59,425 | $61,342 | $63,259 | $65,177 | $67,094 | $69,011 | $70,928 | $72,845 | $74,762 | $76,679 |
| LEO-10 | $65,441 | $67,552 | $69,664 | $71,775 | $73,886 | $75,997 | $78,108 | $80,219 | $82,331 | $84,442 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Maryland 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 15.95% (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 | $33,359 | $34,285 | $35,212 | $36,138 | $37,065 | $37,991 | $38,917 | $39,844 | $40,770 | $41,697 |
| LEO-4 | $37,448 | $38,488 | $39,529 | $40,569 | $41,609 | $42,649 | $43,689 | $44,729 | $45,769 | $46,809 |
| LEO-5 | $43,065 | $44,229 | $45,393 | $46,557 | $47,722 | $48,886 | $50,050 | $51,214 | $52,378 | $53,542 |
| LEO-6 | $45,408 | $46,706 | $48,003 | $49,301 | $50,598 | $51,896 | $53,193 | $54,491 | $55,788 | $57,086 |
| LEO-7 | $49,016 | $50,457 | $51,898 | $53,339 | $54,781 | $56,222 | $57,663 | $59,104 | $60,546 | $61,987 |
| LEO-8 | $51,092 | $52,689 | $54,285 | $55,882 | $57,479 | $59,075 | $60,672 | $62,269 | $63,865 | $65,462 |
| LEO-9 | $54,668 | $56,432 | $58,195 | $59,959 | $61,723 | $63,486 | $65,250 | $67,013 | $68,777 | $70,541 |
| LEO-10 | $60,202 | $62,145 | $64,087 | $66,029 | $67,971 | $69,913 | $71,855 | $73,798 | $75,740 | $77,682 |
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 $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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