Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2024
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.
District of Columbia 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 WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 33.26% 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 | $43,135 | $44,333 | $45,531 | $46,729 | $47,927 | $49,125 | $50,323 | $51,521 | $52,719 | $53,917 |
LEO-4 | $48,419 | $49,763 | $51,108 | $52,452 | $53,797 | $55,142 | $56,486 | $57,831 | $59,175 | $60,520 |
LEO-5 | $55,677 | $57,182 | $58,686 | $60,191 | $61,695 | $63,200 | $64,704 | $66,209 | $67,713 | $69,218 |
LEO-6 | $58,714 | $60,392 | $62,070 | $63,748 | $65,425 | $67,103 | $68,781 | $70,459 | $72,136 | $73,814 |
LEO-7 | $63,381 | $65,245 | $67,110 | $68,974 | $70,838 | $72,703 | $74,567 | $76,431 | $78,296 | $80,160 |
LEO-8 | $66,061 | $68,125 | $70,189 | $72,254 | $74,318 | $76,382 | $78,446 | $80,510 | $82,575 | $84,639 |
LEO-9 | $70,685 | $72,965 | $75,245 | $77,525 | $79,805 | $82,085 | $84,366 | $86,646 | $88,926 | $91,206 |
LEO-10 | $77,840 | $80,350 | $82,861 | $85,372 | $87,882 | $90,393 | $92,904 | $95,414 | $97,925 | $100,435 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $191,900 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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