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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.

SEATTLE-TACOMA, WA

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.

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PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-SALEM, OR-WA

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.

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Rest of Washington Locality Adjustment: 16.5%

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: Yakima, and other areas within the region.

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* 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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Source: www.federalpay.org/leo/2023/washington