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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in West Virginia 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.

West Virginia 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.

WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA

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: Kearneysville, and other areas within the region.

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PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE-WEIRTON, PA-OH-WV

The PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE-WEIRTON, PA-OH-WV General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 19.4% 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$34,695$35,659$36,622$37,586$38,549$39,513$40,477$41,440$42,404$43,367
LEO-4$38,948$40,030$41,112$42,194$43,275$44,357$45,439$46,521$47,602$48,684
LEO-5$44,789$46,000$47,211$48,421$49,632$50,843$52,054$53,264$54,475$55,686
LEO-6$47,226$48,576$49,925$51,274$52,623$53,972$55,322$56,671$58,020$59,369
LEO-7$50,981$52,481$53,981$55,480$56,980$58,480$59,979$61,479$62,979$64,478
LEO-8$53,139$54,800$56,461$58,122$59,782$61,443$63,104$64,765$66,426$68,087
LEO-9$56,857$58,691$60,525$62,359$64,193$66,027$67,861$69,695$71,529$73,363
LEO-10$62,613$64,634$66,654$68,674$70,694$72,715$74,735$76,755$78,775$80,796

The Pittsburgh locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.

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Rest of West Virginia Locality Adjustment: 15.95%

Any federal employees in West Virginia 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.

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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/westvirginia