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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in North Carolina 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.

North Carolina 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.

RALEIGH-DURHAM-CARY, NC

The RALEIGH-DURHAM-CARY, NC General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Raleigh 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
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 Raleigh locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Cary, Durham, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Raleigh, and other areas within the region.

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CHARLOTTE-CONCORD, NC-SC

The CHARLOTTE-CONCORD, NC-SC General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Charlotte and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.06% 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$35,063$36,037$37,011$37,985$38,959$39,933$40,907$41,881$42,855$43,829
LEO-4$39,359$40,452$41,545$42,639$43,732$44,825$45,918$47,011$48,105$49,198
LEO-5$45,258$46,481$47,705$48,928$50,151$51,374$52,597$53,820$55,043$56,266
LEO-6$47,725$49,088$50,452$51,815$53,179$54,543$55,906$57,270$58,633$59,997
LEO-7$51,515$53,030$54,545$56,060$57,574$59,089$60,604$62,118$63,633$65,148
LEO-8$53,697$55,375$57,052$58,730$60,408$62,085$63,763$65,441$67,118$68,796
LEO-9$57,456$59,310$61,163$63,017$64,870$66,724$68,578$70,431$72,285$74,138
LEO-10$63,272$65,313$67,354$69,396$71,437$73,478$75,519$77,561$79,602$81,643

The Charlotte locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Charlotte, and other areas within the region.

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VIRGINIA BEACH-NORFOLK, VA-NC

The VIRGINIA BEACH-NORFOLK, VA-NC General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Virginia Beach and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 17.18% 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$34,801$35,768$36,735$37,701$38,668$39,635$40,602$41,568$42,535$43,502
LEO-4$39,065$40,151$41,236$42,321$43,406$44,491$45,576$46,661$47,746$48,831
LEO-5$44,921$46,135$47,349$48,563$49,777$50,991$52,205$53,419$54,633$55,847
LEO-6$47,369$48,722$50,076$51,429$52,783$54,136$55,489$56,843$58,196$59,550
LEO-7$51,131$52,635$54,138$55,642$57,145$58,649$60,152$61,655$63,159$64,662
LEO-8$53,297$54,962$56,627$58,292$59,957$61,623$63,288$64,953$66,618$68,283
LEO-9$57,028$58,868$60,707$62,547$64,387$66,227$68,066$69,906$71,746$73,586
LEO-10$62,800$64,826$66,852$68,878$70,904$72,930$74,957$76,983$79,009$81,035

The Virginia Beach locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Elizabeth City, and other areas within the region.

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Rest of North Carolina Locality Adjustment: 16.2%

Any federal employees in North Carolina 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: Greensboro, Havelock, High Point, Hoffman, Jacksonville, Southport, Wilmington, Winston-Salem, and other areas within the region.

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* 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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Source: www.federalpay.org/leo/2022/northcarolina