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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maryland 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.
Maryland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Aberdeen, Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, Indian Head, Fort Meade, Camp Springs, Patuxent River, Bethesda, 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 | $36,625 | $37,642 | $38,659 | $39,676 | $40,693 | $41,710 | $42,728 | $43,745 | $44,762 | $45,779 |
| LEO-4 | $41,114 | $42,256 | $43,398 | $44,540 | $45,682 | $46,824 | $47,966 | $49,108 | $50,250 | $51,392 |
| LEO-5 | $47,280 | $48,558 | $49,836 | $51,114 | $52,392 | $53,670 | $54,948 | $56,226 | $57,504 | $58,783 |
| LEO-6 | $49,853 | $51,277 | $52,701 | $54,125 | $55,550 | $56,974 | $58,398 | $59,822 | $61,247 | $62,671 |
| LEO-7 | $53,817 | $55,400 | $56,983 | $58,566 | $60,149 | $61,732 | $63,315 | $64,898 | $66,481 | $68,064 |
| LEO-8 | $56,094 | $57,847 | $59,601 | $61,354 | $63,107 | $64,860 | $66,613 | $68,367 | $70,120 | $71,873 |
| LEO-9 | $60,019 | $61,955 | $63,891 | $65,827 | $67,763 | $69,699 | $71,635 | $73,571 | $75,507 | $77,443 |
| LEO-10 | $66,095 | $68,228 | $70,361 | $72,493 | $74,626 | $76,758 | $78,891 | $81,024 | $83,156 | $85,289 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Maryland 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 | $33,693 | $34,628 | $35,564 | $36,500 | $37,436 | $38,371 | $39,307 | $40,243 | $41,178 | $42,114 |
| LEO-4 | $37,823 | $38,873 | $39,924 | $40,974 | $42,025 | $43,075 | $44,126 | $45,176 | $46,227 | $47,277 |
| LEO-5 | $43,495 | $44,671 | $45,847 | $47,022 | $48,198 | $49,374 | $50,550 | $51,725 | $52,901 | $54,077 |
| LEO-6 | $45,862 | $47,172 | $48,482 | $49,792 | $51,103 | $52,413 | $53,723 | $55,033 | $56,344 | $57,654 |
| LEO-7 | $49,508 | $50,965 | $52,421 | $53,877 | $55,334 | $56,790 | $58,246 | $59,703 | $61,159 | $62,615 |
| LEO-8 | $51,604 | $53,216 | $54,829 | $56,442 | $58,055 | $59,668 | $61,281 | $62,894 | $64,506 | $66,119 |
| LEO-9 | $55,214 | $56,995 | $58,776 | $60,557 | $62,338 | $64,119 | $65,900 | $67,681 | $69,462 | $71,243 |
| LEO-10 | $60,804 | $62,766 | $64,728 | $66,690 | $68,652 | $70,614 | $72,575 | $74,537 | $76,499 | $78,461 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: 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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