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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey 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 NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in New York City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 35.06% 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 | $40,111 | $41,226 | $42,340 | $43,454 | $44,568 | $45,683 | $46,797 | $47,911 | $49,025 | $50,140 |
| LEO-4 | $45,026 | $46,277 | $47,528 | $48,778 | $50,029 | $51,280 | $52,530 | $53,781 | $55,032 | $56,282 |
| LEO-5 | $51,775 | $53,174 | $54,574 | $55,973 | $57,372 | $58,771 | $60,171 | $61,570 | $62,969 | $64,368 |
| LEO-6 | $54,597 | $56,157 | $57,717 | $59,276 | $60,836 | $62,396 | $63,956 | $65,516 | $67,076 | $68,636 |
| LEO-7 | $58,933 | $60,666 | $62,399 | $64,132 | $65,865 | $67,598 | $69,330 | $71,063 | $72,796 | $74,529 |
| LEO-8 | $61,429 | $63,349 | $65,268 | $67,187 | $69,106 | $71,025 | $72,945 | $74,864 | $76,783 | $78,702 |
| LEO-9 | $65,730 | $67,850 | $69,971 | $72,091 | $74,211 | $76,332 | $78,452 | $80,573 | $82,693 | $84,814 |
| LEO-10 | $72,383 | $74,718 | $77,053 | $79,388 | $81,723 | $84,059 | $86,394 | $88,729 | $91,064 | $93,399 |
The New York City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Wharton, Wrightstown, Colts Neck, 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: Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, 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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