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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2022
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.
District of Columbia 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 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 31.53% 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 | $39,063 | $40,148 | $41,233 | $42,318 | $43,404 | $44,489 | $45,574 | $46,659 | $47,744 | $48,829 |
| LEO-4 | $43,849 | $45,067 | $46,285 | $47,503 | $48,721 | $49,939 | $51,157 | $52,375 | $53,593 | $54,811 |
| LEO-5 | $50,422 | $51,785 | $53,147 | $54,510 | $55,873 | $57,235 | $58,598 | $59,961 | $61,323 | $62,686 |
| LEO-6 | $53,170 | $54,689 | $56,208 | $57,727 | $59,246 | $60,766 | $62,285 | $63,804 | $65,323 | $66,842 |
| LEO-7 | $57,393 | $59,081 | $60,768 | $62,456 | $64,143 | $65,831 | $67,518 | $69,206 | $70,893 | $72,581 |
| LEO-8 | $59,824 | $61,693 | $63,562 | $65,431 | $67,300 | $69,169 | $71,038 | $72,907 | $74,776 | $76,645 |
| LEO-9 | $64,012 | $66,077 | $68,142 | $70,207 | $72,272 | $74,337 | $76,402 | $78,467 | $80,532 | $82,597 |
| LEO-10 | $70,491 | $72,765 | $75,039 | $77,313 | $79,587 | $81,862 | $84,136 | $86,410 | $88,684 | $90,958 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $176,300 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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