Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2023
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.
District of Columbia 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 32.49% 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 |
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LEO-3 | $40,963 | $42,101 | $43,239 | $44,378 | $45,516 | $46,654 | $47,792 | $48,930 | $50,068 | $51,206 |
LEO-4 | $45,981 | $47,258 | $48,535 | $49,812 | $51,089 | $52,367 | $53,644 | $54,921 | $56,198 | $57,475 |
LEO-5 | $52,877 | $54,306 | $55,736 | $57,165 | $58,595 | $60,025 | $61,454 | $62,884 | $64,313 | $65,743 |
LEO-6 | $55,752 | $57,344 | $58,937 | $60,529 | $62,122 | $63,714 | $65,307 | $66,900 | $68,492 | $70,085 |
LEO-7 | $60,185 | $61,955 | $63,725 | $65,495 | $67,265 | $69,035 | $70,805 | $72,575 | $74,345 | $76,116 |
LEO-8 | $62,733 | $64,694 | $66,654 | $68,615 | $70,576 | $72,537 | $74,498 | $76,459 | $78,420 | $80,380 |
LEO-9 | $67,122 | $69,287 | $71,452 | $73,617 | $75,782 | $77,947 | $80,111 | $82,276 | $84,441 | $86,606 |
LEO-10 | $73,916 | $76,301 | $78,686 | $81,071 | $83,455 | $85,840 | $88,225 | $90,610 | $92,995 | $95,380 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $183,500 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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