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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kansas 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.
Kansas 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 KANSAS CITY-OVERLAND PARK-KANSAS CITY, MO-KS General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Kansas City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 17.67% 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 | $34,947 | $35,918 | $36,888 | $37,859 | $38,830 | $39,801 | $40,771 | $41,742 | $42,713 | $43,684 |
| LEO-4 | $39,229 | $40,318 | $41,408 | $42,498 | $43,587 | $44,677 | $45,767 | $46,856 | $47,946 | $49,035 |
| LEO-5 | $45,109 | $46,328 | $47,547 | $48,766 | $49,985 | $51,204 | $52,423 | $53,642 | $54,861 | $56,080 |
| LEO-6 | $47,567 | $48,926 | $50,285 | $51,644 | $53,003 | $54,362 | $55,721 | $57,081 | $58,440 | $59,799 |
| LEO-7 | $51,345 | $52,855 | $54,365 | $55,874 | $57,384 | $58,894 | $60,404 | $61,913 | $63,423 | $64,933 |
| LEO-8 | $53,520 | $55,192 | $56,864 | $58,536 | $60,208 | $61,880 | $63,552 | $65,224 | $66,897 | $68,569 |
| LEO-9 | $57,266 | $59,114 | $60,961 | $62,809 | $64,656 | $66,504 | $68,351 | $70,198 | $72,046 | $73,893 |
| LEO-10 | $63,063 | $65,097 | $67,132 | $69,166 | $71,201 | $73,235 | $75,270 | $77,304 | $79,339 | $81,374 |
The Kansas City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Kansas City, Olathe, Overland Park, Topeka, Fort Leavenworth, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Kansas 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 16.2% (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 | $34,510 | $35,469 | $36,428 | $37,386 | $38,345 | $39,303 | $40,262 | $41,221 | $42,179 | $43,138 |
| LEO-4 | $38,739 | $39,815 | $40,891 | $41,967 | $43,043 | $44,119 | $45,195 | $46,271 | $47,347 | $48,423 |
| LEO-5 | $44,545 | $45,749 | $46,953 | $48,157 | $49,361 | $50,564 | $51,768 | $52,972 | $54,176 | $55,380 |
| LEO-6 | $46,973 | $48,315 | $49,657 | $50,999 | $52,341 | $53,683 | $55,025 | $56,367 | $57,710 | $59,052 |
| LEO-7 | $50,704 | $52,195 | $53,686 | $55,176 | $56,667 | $58,158 | $59,649 | $61,140 | $62,631 | $64,121 |
| LEO-8 | $52,851 | $54,502 | $56,154 | $57,805 | $59,456 | $61,107 | $62,758 | $64,410 | $66,061 | $67,712 |
| LEO-9 | $56,551 | $58,375 | $60,200 | $62,024 | $63,848 | $65,673 | $67,497 | $69,321 | $71,146 | $72,970 |
| LEO-10 | $62,275 | $64,284 | $66,293 | $68,302 | $70,311 | $72,321 | $74,330 | $76,339 | $78,348 | $80,357 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Riley, Wichita, 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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