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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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 CINCINNATI-WILMINGTON-MAYSVILLE, OH-KY-IN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.35% 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 | $37,519 | $38,561 | $39,604 | $40,646 | $41,689 | $42,731 | $43,773 | $44,816 | $45,858 | $46,901 |
| LEO-4 | $42,115 | $43,284 | $44,454 | $45,624 | $46,794 | $47,964 | $49,133 | $50,303 | $51,473 | $52,643 |
| LEO-5 | $48,431 | $49,740 | $51,050 | $52,359 | $53,668 | $54,978 | $56,287 | $57,596 | $58,906 | $60,215 |
| LEO-6 | $51,064 | $52,523 | $53,981 | $55,440 | $56,899 | $58,357 | $59,816 | $61,274 | $62,733 | $64,192 |
| LEO-7 | $55,124 | $56,746 | $58,367 | $59,988 | $61,609 | $63,231 | $64,852 | $66,473 | $68,094 | $69,716 |
| LEO-8 | $57,458 | $59,254 | $61,050 | $62,846 | $64,642 | $66,438 | $68,234 | $70,030 | $71,826 | $73,622 |
| LEO-9 | $61,478 | $63,461 | $65,444 | $67,427 | $69,410 | $71,393 | $73,375 | $75,358 | $77,341 | $79,324 |
| LEO-10 | $67,701 | $69,885 | $72,070 | $74,254 | $76,438 | $78,623 | $80,807 | $82,991 | $85,176 | $87,360 |
The Cincinnati locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Kentucky 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 16.5% (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 | $36,019 | $37,020 | $38,021 | $39,022 | $40,022 | $41,023 | $42,024 | $43,025 | $44,025 | $45,026 |
| LEO-4 | $40,431 | $41,554 | $42,677 | $43,801 | $44,924 | $46,047 | $47,170 | $48,293 | $49,416 | $50,539 |
| LEO-5 | $46,495 | $47,752 | $49,009 | $50,266 | $51,523 | $52,780 | $54,037 | $55,294 | $56,551 | $57,808 |
| LEO-6 | $49,023 | $50,424 | $51,824 | $53,224 | $54,625 | $56,025 | $57,425 | $58,826 | $60,226 | $61,626 |
| LEO-7 | $52,921 | $54,478 | $56,034 | $57,591 | $59,147 | $60,703 | $62,260 | $63,816 | $65,373 | $66,929 |
| LEO-8 | $55,162 | $56,886 | $58,610 | $60,334 | $62,058 | $63,783 | $65,507 | $67,231 | $68,955 | $70,679 |
| LEO-9 | $59,021 | $60,925 | $62,828 | $64,732 | $66,636 | $68,539 | $70,443 | $72,347 | $74,250 | $76,154 |
| LEO-10 | $64,995 | $67,092 | $69,189 | $71,286 | $73,383 | $75,480 | $77,577 | $79,674 | $81,771 | $83,868 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Hopkinsville, Lexington-Fayette, Lexington, Fort Knox, 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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