Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2021
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.
District of Columbia 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 |
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LEO-3 | $37,915 | $38,968 | $40,021 | $41,074 | $42,127 | $43,180 | $44,233 | $45,286 | $46,339 | $47,392 |
LEO-4 | $42,563 | $43,745 | $44,927 | $46,109 | $47,291 | $48,473 | $49,655 | $50,838 | $52,020 | $53,202 |
LEO-5 | $48,946 | $50,269 | $51,592 | $52,915 | $54,238 | $55,561 | $56,884 | $58,207 | $59,530 | $60,853 |
LEO-6 | $51,609 | $53,083 | $54,558 | $56,032 | $57,506 | $58,981 | $60,455 | $61,930 | $63,404 | $64,879 |
LEO-7 | $55,712 | $57,351 | $58,990 | $60,629 | $62,268 | $63,906 | $65,545 | $67,184 | $68,823 | $70,462 |
LEO-8 | $58,070 | $59,885 | $61,700 | $63,515 | $65,330 | $67,145 | $68,960 | $70,775 | $72,590 | $74,405 |
LEO-9 | $62,133 | $64,137 | $66,142 | $68,146 | $70,150 | $72,154 | $74,158 | $76,162 | $78,167 | $80,171 |
LEO-10 | $68,424 | $70,631 | $72,839 | $75,047 | $77,255 | $79,462 | $81,670 | $83,878 | $86,085 | $88,293 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $172,500 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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