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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-ME General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Boston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 29.11% 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 | $37,145 | $38,177 | $39,208 | $40,240 | $41,271 | $42,303 | $43,334 | $44,366 | $45,398 | $46,429 |
| LEO-4 | $41,699 | $42,857 | $44,015 | $45,173 | $46,331 | $47,489 | $48,647 | $49,805 | $50,964 | $52,122 |
| LEO-5 | $47,953 | $49,249 | $50,545 | $51,842 | $53,138 | $54,434 | $55,730 | $57,027 | $58,323 | $59,619 |
| LEO-6 | $50,562 | $52,007 | $53,452 | $54,896 | $56,341 | $57,786 | $59,231 | $60,675 | $62,120 | $63,565 |
| LEO-7 | $54,579 | $56,184 | $57,788 | $59,393 | $60,998 | $62,603 | $64,208 | $65,813 | $67,417 | $69,022 |
| LEO-8 | $56,891 | $58,669 | $60,447 | $62,225 | $64,002 | $65,780 | $67,558 | $69,336 | $71,114 | $72,892 |
| LEO-9 | $60,873 | $62,837 | $64,800 | $66,764 | $68,728 | $70,692 | $72,655 | $74,619 | $76,583 | $78,547 |
| LEO-10 | $67,035 | $69,198 | $71,360 | $73,523 | $75,686 | $77,848 | $80,011 | $82,173 | $84,336 | $86,499 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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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