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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.
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.
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.
* 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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