Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Michigan 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.
Michigan 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 DETROIT-WARREN-ANN ARBOR, MI General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Detroit and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 28.82% 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 | $41,698 | $42,856 | $44,014 | $45,172 | $46,330 | $47,488 | $48,646 | $49,804 | $50,962 | $52,121 |
LEO-4 | $46,805 | $48,105 | $49,405 | $50,705 | $52,005 | $53,304 | $54,604 | $55,904 | $57,204 | $58,504 |
LEO-5 | $53,822 | $55,277 | $56,731 | $58,185 | $59,640 | $61,094 | $62,549 | $64,003 | $65,457 | $66,912 |
LEO-6 | $56,758 | $58,380 | $60,002 | $61,624 | $63,245 | $64,867 | $66,489 | $68,111 | $69,733 | $71,355 |
LEO-7 | $61,269 | $63,072 | $64,874 | $66,676 | $68,478 | $70,280 | $72,083 | $73,885 | $75,687 | $77,489 |
LEO-8 | $63,860 | $65,855 | $67,851 | $69,846 | $71,842 | $73,837 | $75,832 | $77,828 | $79,823 | $81,819 |
LEO-9 | $68,330 | $70,534 | $72,738 | $74,942 | $77,146 | $79,351 | $81,555 | $83,759 | $85,963 | $88,167 |
LEO-10 | $75,246 | $77,673 | $80,100 | $82,527 | $84,954 | $87,381 | $89,808 | $92,235 | $94,662 | $97,089 |
The Detroit locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Ann Arbor, Detroit, Lansing, Sterling Heights, Warren, Harrison Township, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Michigan 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 |
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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: Grand Rapids, 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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