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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Michigan 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.
Michigan 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 DETROIT-WARREN-ANN ARBOR, MI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Detroit and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 27.32% 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 | $36,630 | $37,647 | $38,665 | $39,682 | $40,699 | $41,716 | $42,734 | $43,751 | $44,768 | $45,786 |
| LEO-4 | $41,121 | $42,263 | $43,405 | $44,547 | $45,689 | $46,831 | $47,973 | $49,115 | $50,257 | $51,399 |
| LEO-5 | $47,288 | $48,566 | $49,845 | $51,123 | $52,401 | $53,679 | $54,958 | $56,236 | $57,514 | $58,793 |
| LEO-6 | $49,861 | $51,286 | $52,710 | $54,135 | $55,560 | $56,985 | $58,409 | $59,834 | $61,259 | $62,683 |
| LEO-7 | $53,822 | $55,405 | $56,987 | $58,570 | $60,152 | $61,735 | $63,318 | $64,900 | $66,483 | $68,065 |
| LEO-8 | $56,102 | $57,855 | $59,609 | $61,362 | $63,115 | $64,868 | $66,621 | $68,375 | $70,128 | $71,881 |
| LEO-9 | $60,029 | $61,965 | $63,902 | $65,838 | $67,775 | $69,712 | $71,648 | $73,585 | $75,521 | $77,458 |
| LEO-10 | $66,106 | $68,238 | $70,371 | $72,504 | $74,636 | $76,769 | $78,901 | $81,034 | $83,167 | $85,299 |
The Detroit locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Ann Arbor, Detroit, Sterling Heights, Warren, Harrison Township, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Michigan 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: Grand Rapids, Lansing, 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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