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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Jersey 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.

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.

NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA

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$38,932$40,013$41,094$42,176$43,257$44,338$45,419$46,500$47,582$48,663
LEO-4$43,704$44,918$46,132$47,346$48,560$49,774$50,987$52,201$53,415$54,629
LEO-5$50,259$51,617$52,976$54,334$55,693$57,051$58,410$59,768$61,127$62,486
LEO-6$52,993$54,507$56,021$57,535$59,049$60,563$62,077$63,591$65,105$66,619
LEO-7$57,207$58,890$60,572$62,255$63,938$65,621$67,304$68,986$70,669$72,352
LEO-8$59,628$61,491$63,355$65,219$67,082$68,946$70,810$72,673$74,537$76,401
LEO-9$63,800$65,858$67,916$69,974$72,032$74,090$76,148$78,205$80,263$82,321
LEO-10$70,259$72,526$74,793$77,060$79,327$81,594$83,861$86,128$88,395$90,662

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.

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PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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: Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, and other areas within the region.

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* 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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Source: www.federalpay.org/leo/2021/newjersey