Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Oregon 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.
Oregon 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 PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-SALEM, OR-WA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Portland and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 24.98% 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 | $38,641 | $39,715 | $40,788 | $41,862 | $42,936 | $44,009 | $45,083 | $46,156 | $47,230 | $48,304 |
LEO-4 | $43,374 | $44,579 | $45,784 | $46,989 | $48,194 | $49,398 | $50,603 | $51,808 | $53,013 | $54,218 |
LEO-5 | $49,880 | $51,228 | $52,577 | $53,925 | $55,274 | $56,622 | $57,971 | $59,319 | $60,668 | $62,016 |
LEO-6 | $52,592 | $54,094 | $55,596 | $57,098 | $58,601 | $60,103 | $61,605 | $63,107 | $64,610 | $66,112 |
LEO-7 | $56,773 | $58,443 | $60,113 | $61,783 | $63,452 | $65,122 | $66,792 | $68,462 | $70,131 | $71,801 |
LEO-8 | $59,177 | $61,026 | $62,876 | $64,726 | $66,576 | $68,425 | $70,275 | $72,125 | $73,974 | $75,824 |
LEO-9 | $63,317 | $65,360 | $67,402 | $69,444 | $71,486 | $73,528 | $75,570 | $77,613 | $79,655 | $81,697 |
LEO-10 | $69,726 | $71,976 | $74,226 | $76,475 | $78,725 | $80,975 | $83,224 | $85,474 | $87,723 | $89,973 |
The Portland locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Gresham, Portland, Salem, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Oregon 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 |
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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: Eugene, Umatilla, 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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