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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey 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 NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in New York City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 33.98% 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 | $38,546 | $39,617 | $40,687 | $41,758 | $42,828 | $43,899 | $44,969 | $46,040 | $47,110 | $48,181 |
| LEO-4 | $43,272 | $44,473 | $45,675 | $46,877 | $48,079 | $49,281 | $50,482 | $51,684 | $52,886 | $54,088 |
| LEO-5 | $49,762 | $51,107 | $52,452 | $53,797 | $55,142 | $56,487 | $57,832 | $59,178 | $60,523 | $61,868 |
| LEO-6 | $52,469 | $53,968 | $55,468 | $56,967 | $58,466 | $59,965 | $61,465 | $62,964 | $64,463 | $65,962 |
| LEO-7 | $56,637 | $58,303 | $59,968 | $61,633 | $63,299 | $64,964 | $66,630 | $68,295 | $69,960 | $71,626 |
| LEO-8 | $59,037 | $60,882 | $62,727 | $64,572 | $66,417 | $68,261 | $70,106 | $71,951 | $73,796 | $75,641 |
| LEO-9 | $63,169 | $65,207 | $67,245 | $69,282 | $71,320 | $73,358 | $75,396 | $77,434 | $79,472 | $81,509 |
| LEO-10 | $69,564 | $71,808 | $74,052 | $76,296 | $78,540 | $80,785 | $83,029 | $85,273 | $87,517 | $89,761 |
The New York City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Wharton, Wrightstown, Colts Neck, 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: Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, 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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