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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Mexico 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 Mexico 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 ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE-LAS VEGAS, NM General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Albuquerque and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.68% 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 | $33,569 | $34,501 | $35,433 | $36,366 | $37,298 | $38,230 | $39,162 | $40,095 | $41,027 | $41,959 |
| LEO-4 | $37,684 | $38,731 | $39,777 | $40,824 | $41,871 | $42,917 | $43,964 | $45,010 | $46,057 | $47,104 |
| LEO-5 | $43,336 | $44,508 | $45,679 | $46,851 | $48,022 | $49,193 | $50,365 | $51,536 | $52,708 | $53,879 |
| LEO-6 | $45,694 | $47,000 | $48,306 | $49,611 | $50,917 | $52,222 | $53,528 | $54,834 | $56,139 | $57,445 |
| LEO-7 | $49,324 | $50,774 | $52,225 | $53,675 | $55,125 | $56,576 | $58,026 | $59,476 | $60,927 | $62,377 |
| LEO-8 | $51,414 | $53,021 | $54,627 | $56,234 | $57,841 | $59,447 | $61,054 | $62,661 | $64,267 | $65,874 |
| LEO-9 | $55,012 | $56,787 | $58,562 | $60,336 | $62,111 | $63,886 | $65,661 | $67,435 | $69,210 | $70,985 |
| LEO-10 | $60,581 | $62,536 | $64,490 | $66,445 | $68,399 | $70,353 | $72,308 | $74,262 | $76,217 | $78,171 |
The Albuquerque locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in New Mexico 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: Alamogordo, Clovis, Las Cruces, 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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