Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Boston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 30.09% 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 | $38,635 | $39,709 | $40,782 | $41,855 | $42,928 | $44,002 | $45,075 | $46,148 | $47,221 | $48,295 |
LEO-4 | $43,369 | $44,574 | $45,779 | $46,983 | $48,188 | $49,393 | $50,597 | $51,802 | $53,006 | $54,211 |
LEO-5 | $49,870 | $51,218 | $52,565 | $53,913 | $55,261 | $56,609 | $57,956 | $59,304 | $60,652 | $62,000 |
LEO-6 | $52,588 | $54,090 | $55,593 | $57,095 | $58,598 | $60,100 | $61,603 | $63,105 | $64,608 | $66,110 |
LEO-7 | $56,765 | $58,434 | $60,103 | $61,772 | $63,441 | $65,110 | $66,779 | $68,448 | $70,117 | $71,786 |
LEO-8 | $59,169 | $61,017 | $62,866 | $64,715 | $66,563 | $68,412 | $70,260 | $72,109 | $73,957 | $75,806 |
LEO-9 | $63,311 | $65,353 | $67,396 | $69,438 | $71,481 | $73,523 | $75,565 | $77,608 | $79,650 | $81,693 |
LEO-10 | $69,719 | $71,968 | $74,218 | $76,467 | $78,716 | $80,965 | $83,215 | $85,464 | $87,713 | $89,962 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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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