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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Boston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 29.11% 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 | $37,517 | $38,559 | $39,601 | $40,643 | $41,684 | $42,726 | $43,768 | $44,810 | $45,852 | $46,894 |
| LEO-4 | $42,116 | $43,285 | $44,455 | $45,625 | $46,795 | $47,964 | $49,134 | $50,304 | $51,474 | $52,643 |
| LEO-5 | $48,432 | $49,741 | $51,050 | $52,359 | $53,668 | $54,978 | $56,287 | $57,596 | $58,905 | $60,214 |
| LEO-6 | $51,067 | $52,526 | $53,985 | $55,444 | $56,903 | $58,362 | $59,821 | $61,279 | $62,738 | $64,197 |
| LEO-7 | $55,127 | $56,749 | $58,371 | $59,992 | $61,614 | $63,235 | $64,857 | $66,479 | $68,100 | $69,722 |
| LEO-8 | $57,460 | $59,256 | $61,052 | $62,848 | $64,644 | $66,440 | $68,236 | $70,032 | $71,828 | $73,624 |
| LEO-9 | $61,481 | $63,464 | $65,447 | $67,430 | $69,413 | $71,397 | $73,380 | $75,363 | $77,346 | $79,329 |
| LEO-10 | $67,705 | $69,890 | $72,074 | $74,259 | $76,443 | $78,628 | $80,813 | $82,997 | $85,182 | $87,366 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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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