Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Mexico 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 Mexico 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 ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE-LAS VEGAS, NM General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Albuquerque and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 16.68% 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 | $33,905 | $34,846 | $35,788 | $36,730 | $37,671 | $38,613 | $39,555 | $40,496 | $41,438 | $42,379 |
LEO-4 | $38,061 | $39,118 | $40,175 | $41,232 | $42,289 | $43,347 | $44,404 | $45,461 | $46,518 | $47,575 |
LEO-5 | $43,769 | $44,952 | $46,135 | $47,318 | $48,502 | $49,685 | $50,868 | $52,051 | $53,234 | $54,417 |
LEO-6 | $46,150 | $47,469 | $48,787 | $50,106 | $51,424 | $52,743 | $54,061 | $55,380 | $56,698 | $58,017 |
LEO-7 | $49,820 | $51,286 | $52,751 | $54,217 | $55,682 | $57,148 | $58,613 | $60,079 | $61,544 | $63,010 |
LEO-8 | $51,928 | $53,551 | $55,174 | $56,797 | $58,421 | $60,044 | $61,667 | $63,290 | $64,913 | $66,536 |
LEO-9 | $55,562 | $57,354 | $59,146 | $60,938 | $62,731 | $64,523 | $66,315 | $68,107 | $69,899 | $71,692 |
LEO-10 | $61,187 | $63,161 | $65,135 | $67,110 | $69,084 | $71,058 | $73,032 | $75,007 | $76,981 | $78,955 |
The Albuquerque locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in New Mexico 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 |
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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: Alamogordo, Clovis, Las Cruces, 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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