Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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 CINCINNATI-WILMINGTON-MAYSVILLE, OH-KY-IN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 20.94% 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 | $35,918 | $36,916 | $37,913 | $38,911 | $39,909 | $40,907 | $41,905 | $42,902 | $43,900 | $44,898 |
LEO-4 | $40,319 | $41,439 | $42,559 | $43,679 | $44,799 | $45,918 | $47,038 | $48,158 | $49,278 | $50,398 |
LEO-5 | $46,362 | $47,615 | $48,868 | $50,121 | $51,374 | $52,627 | $53,880 | $55,133 | $56,386 | $57,639 |
LEO-6 | $48,889 | $50,286 | $51,682 | $53,079 | $54,476 | $55,873 | $57,270 | $58,667 | $60,064 | $61,460 |
LEO-7 | $52,772 | $54,324 | $55,875 | $57,427 | $58,979 | $60,530 | $62,082 | $63,634 | $65,185 | $66,737 |
LEO-8 | $55,007 | $56,726 | $58,444 | $60,163 | $61,881 | $63,600 | $65,318 | $67,037 | $68,756 | $70,474 |
LEO-9 | $58,858 | $60,757 | $62,655 | $64,554 | $66,453 | $68,352 | $70,250 | $72,149 | $74,048 | $75,947 |
LEO-10 | $64,815 | $66,906 | $68,997 | $71,089 | $73,180 | $75,271 | $77,362 | $79,453 | $81,544 | $83,635 |
The Cincinnati locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Kentucky 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 |
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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: Hopkinsville, Lexington-Fayette, Lexington, Fort Knox, 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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