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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN-WI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Minneapolis and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 25.49% 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 | $37,269 | $38,305 | $39,340 | $40,375 | $41,410 | $42,446 | $43,481 | $44,516 | $45,552 | $46,587 |
| LEO-4 | $41,836 | $42,998 | $44,160 | $45,322 | $46,484 | $47,646 | $48,808 | $49,970 | $51,132 | $52,294 |
| LEO-5 | $48,107 | $49,407 | $50,707 | $52,007 | $53,307 | $54,607 | $55,907 | $57,207 | $58,507 | $59,807 |
| LEO-6 | $50,728 | $52,177 | $53,627 | $55,076 | $56,526 | $57,975 | $59,425 | $60,874 | $62,323 | $63,773 |
| LEO-7 | $54,758 | $56,368 | $57,978 | $59,588 | $61,198 | $62,808 | $64,418 | $66,028 | $67,638 | $69,248 |
| LEO-8 | $57,077 | $58,860 | $60,643 | $62,426 | $64,209 | $65,993 | $67,776 | $69,559 | $71,342 | $73,126 |
| LEO-9 | $61,072 | $63,042 | $65,013 | $66,983 | $68,953 | $70,923 | $72,893 | $74,864 | $76,834 | $78,804 |
| LEO-10 | $67,254 | $69,424 | $71,593 | $73,763 | $75,933 | $78,102 | $80,272 | $82,442 | $84,612 | $86,781 |
The Minneapolis locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Minneapolis, Rochester, Saint Paul, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Minnesota 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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