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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Washington 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.
Washington 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 SEATTLE-TACOMA, WA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Seattle and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 29.57% 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 | $40,060 | $41,173 | $42,286 | $43,399 | $44,512 | $45,625 | $46,738 | $47,851 | $48,965 | $50,078 |
| LEO-4 | $44,967 | $46,216 | $47,465 | $48,714 | $49,963 | $51,213 | $52,462 | $53,711 | $54,960 | $56,209 |
| LEO-5 | $51,711 | $53,109 | $54,508 | $55,906 | $57,304 | $58,702 | $60,100 | $61,498 | $62,896 | $64,294 |
| LEO-6 | $54,523 | $56,080 | $57,638 | $59,195 | $60,753 | $62,310 | $63,868 | $65,425 | $66,983 | $68,540 |
| LEO-7 | $58,858 | $60,590 | $62,321 | $64,052 | $65,783 | $67,514 | $69,245 | $70,976 | $72,707 | $74,438 |
| LEO-8 | $61,350 | $63,268 | $65,185 | $67,103 | $69,021 | $70,938 | $72,856 | $74,774 | $76,691 | $78,609 |
| LEO-9 | $65,643 | $67,760 | $69,877 | $71,994 | $74,111 | $76,229 | $78,346 | $80,463 | $82,580 | $84,697 |
| LEO-10 | $72,287 | $74,619 | $76,952 | $79,284 | $81,616 | $83,948 | $86,281 | $88,613 | $90,945 | $93,277 |
The Seattle locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Bellevue, Bremerton, Everett, Kent, Oak Harbor, Seattle, Tacoma, and other areas within the region.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Vancouver, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Washington 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: Spokane, Yakima, 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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