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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Tennessee 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.
Tennessee 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 HUNTSVILLE-DECATUR, AL-TN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Huntsville and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 20.96% 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 | $37,398 | $38,437 | $39,477 | $40,516 | $41,555 | $42,594 | $43,633 | $44,672 | $45,711 | $46,750 |
| LEO-4 | $41,979 | $43,145 | $44,311 | $45,477 | $46,643 | $47,809 | $48,975 | $50,142 | $51,308 | $52,474 |
| LEO-5 | $48,275 | $49,580 | $50,885 | $52,191 | $53,496 | $54,801 | $56,106 | $57,411 | $58,716 | $60,022 |
| LEO-6 | $50,900 | $52,354 | $53,808 | $55,262 | $56,716 | $58,170 | $59,624 | $61,078 | $62,531 | $63,985 |
| LEO-7 | $54,947 | $56,563 | $58,179 | $59,795 | $61,411 | $63,027 | $64,643 | $66,259 | $67,875 | $69,492 |
| LEO-8 | $57,273 | $59,064 | $60,854 | $62,644 | $64,434 | $66,224 | $68,015 | $69,805 | $71,595 | $73,385 |
| LEO-9 | $61,281 | $63,257 | $65,234 | $67,210 | $69,187 | $71,163 | $73,140 | $75,116 | $77,093 | $79,069 |
| LEO-10 | $67,484 | $69,661 | $71,838 | $74,015 | $76,193 | $78,370 | $80,547 | $82,725 | $84,902 | $87,079 |
The Huntsville locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Tennessee 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: Chattanooga, Clarksville, Kingsport, Knoxville, Memphis, Milan, Millington, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, 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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