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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kansas 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.
Kansas 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 KANSAS CITY-OVERLAND PARK-KANSAS CITY, MO-KS General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Kansas City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.65% 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 | $38,406 | $39,472 | $40,539 | $41,606 | $42,672 | $43,739 | $44,806 | $45,872 | $46,939 | $48,006 |
| LEO-4 | $43,110 | $44,307 | $45,505 | $46,702 | $47,899 | $49,096 | $50,293 | $51,491 | $52,688 | $53,885 |
| LEO-5 | $49,573 | $50,913 | $52,252 | $53,592 | $54,931 | $56,271 | $57,611 | $58,950 | $60,290 | $61,629 |
| LEO-6 | $52,277 | $53,771 | $55,265 | $56,759 | $58,252 | $59,746 | $61,240 | $62,734 | $64,228 | $65,721 |
| LEO-7 | $56,432 | $58,092 | $59,752 | $61,412 | $63,072 | $64,732 | $66,392 | $68,052 | $69,712 | $71,372 |
| LEO-8 | $58,818 | $60,656 | $62,494 | $64,332 | $66,170 | $68,008 | $69,846 | $71,684 | $73,521 | $75,359 |
| LEO-9 | $62,936 | $64,966 | $66,996 | $69,026 | $71,056 | $73,086 | $75,116 | $77,146 | $79,176 | $81,206 |
| LEO-10 | $69,306 | $71,541 | $73,777 | $76,012 | $78,247 | $80,483 | $82,718 | $84,953 | $87,189 | $89,424 |
The Kansas City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Kansas City, Olathe, Overland Park, Topeka, Fort Leavenworth, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Kansas 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 16.82% (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 | $37,813 | $38,864 | $39,914 | $40,964 | $42,014 | $43,065 | $44,115 | $45,165 | $46,215 | $47,265 |
| LEO-4 | $42,445 | $43,624 | $44,803 | $45,982 | $47,160 | $48,339 | $49,518 | $50,696 | $51,875 | $53,054 |
| LEO-5 | $48,809 | $50,127 | $51,446 | $52,765 | $54,084 | $55,403 | $56,722 | $58,041 | $59,360 | $60,679 |
| LEO-6 | $51,471 | $52,942 | $54,412 | $55,883 | $57,354 | $58,825 | $60,295 | $61,766 | $63,237 | $64,708 |
| LEO-7 | $55,562 | $57,196 | $58,831 | $60,465 | $62,099 | $63,733 | $65,368 | $67,002 | $68,636 | $70,271 |
| LEO-8 | $57,911 | $59,721 | $61,530 | $63,340 | $65,149 | $66,959 | $68,768 | $70,578 | $72,388 | $74,197 |
| LEO-9 | $61,965 | $63,964 | $65,962 | $67,961 | $69,960 | $71,959 | $73,958 | $75,956 | $77,955 | $79,954 |
| LEO-10 | $68,237 | $70,438 | $72,639 | $74,840 | $77,040 | $79,241 | $81,442 | $83,643 | $85,844 | $88,045 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Riley, Wichita, 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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