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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maryland 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.
Maryland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Aberdeen, Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, Indian Head, Fort Meade, Camp Springs, Patuxent River, Bethesda, and other areas within the region.
The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 28.55% 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 | $41,610 | $42,766 | $43,922 | $45,077 | $46,233 | $47,389 | $48,544 | $49,700 | $50,856 | $52,011 |
| LEO-4 | $46,707 | $48,004 | $49,301 | $50,599 | $51,896 | $53,193 | $54,490 | $55,787 | $57,084 | $58,381 |
| LEO-5 | $53,709 | $55,161 | $56,612 | $58,063 | $59,515 | $60,966 | $62,417 | $63,869 | $65,320 | $66,771 |
| LEO-6 | $56,639 | $58,258 | $59,876 | $61,494 | $63,113 | $64,731 | $66,350 | $67,968 | $69,587 | $71,205 |
| LEO-7 | $61,141 | $62,939 | $64,738 | $66,536 | $68,335 | $70,133 | $71,931 | $73,730 | $75,528 | $77,327 |
| LEO-8 | $63,726 | $65,717 | $67,709 | $69,700 | $71,691 | $73,682 | $75,674 | $77,665 | $79,656 | $81,647 |
| LEO-9 | $68,187 | $70,386 | $72,586 | $74,785 | $76,985 | $79,184 | $81,384 | $83,583 | $85,783 | $87,982 |
| LEO-10 | $75,089 | $77,511 | $79,932 | $82,354 | $84,776 | $87,198 | $89,620 | $92,042 | $94,464 | $96,886 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Maryland 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: 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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