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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maryland 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.
Maryland 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: Aberdeen, Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, Indian Head, Fort Meade, Camp Springs, Patuxent River, Bethesda, and other areas within the region.
The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.95% 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 | $37,703 | $38,750 | $39,798 | $40,845 | $41,892 | $42,940 | $43,987 | $45,034 | $46,082 | $47,129 |
| LEO-4 | $42,323 | $43,498 | $44,674 | $45,849 | $47,025 | $48,200 | $49,376 | $50,551 | $51,727 | $52,903 |
| LEO-5 | $48,666 | $49,981 | $51,297 | $52,612 | $53,927 | $55,242 | $56,557 | $57,873 | $59,188 | $60,503 |
| LEO-6 | $51,318 | $52,785 | $54,251 | $55,717 | $57,183 | $58,650 | $60,116 | $61,582 | $63,048 | $64,515 |
| LEO-7 | $55,395 | $57,023 | $58,652 | $60,281 | $61,910 | $63,538 | $65,167 | $66,796 | $68,425 | $70,054 |
| LEO-8 | $57,741 | $59,545 | $61,349 | $63,153 | $64,957 | $66,760 | $68,564 | $70,368 | $72,172 | $73,976 |
| LEO-9 | $61,783 | $63,776 | $65,769 | $67,762 | $69,755 | $71,748 | $73,741 | $75,735 | $77,728 | $79,721 |
| LEO-10 | $68,036 | $70,231 | $72,426 | $74,621 | $76,816 | $79,011 | $81,206 | $83,401 | $85,596 | $87,791 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Maryland 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: 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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