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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2025
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.
Delaware 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 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 28.99% 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 | $42,461 | $43,640 | $44,819 | $45,998 | $47,177 | $48,356 | $49,535 | $50,714 | $51,893 | $53,072 |
| LEO-4 | $47,671 | $48,996 | $50,320 | $51,645 | $52,970 | $54,294 | $55,619 | $56,944 | $58,269 | $59,593 |
| LEO-5 | $54,808 | $56,289 | $57,769 | $59,250 | $60,731 | $62,212 | $63,693 | $65,173 | $66,654 | $68,135 |
| LEO-6 | $57,797 | $59,448 | $61,099 | $62,750 | $64,401 | $66,052 | $67,703 | $69,354 | $71,005 | $72,656 |
| LEO-7 | $62,394 | $64,229 | $66,065 | $67,900 | $69,736 | $71,571 | $73,407 | $75,242 | $77,078 | $78,914 |
| LEO-8 | $65,033 | $67,066 | $69,099 | $71,132 | $73,164 | $75,197 | $77,230 | $79,263 | $81,296 | $83,329 |
| LEO-9 | $69,584 | $71,828 | $74,073 | $76,317 | $78,561 | $80,806 | $83,050 | $85,295 | $87,539 | $89,783 |
| LEO-10 | $76,627 | $79,098 | $81,569 | $84,041 | $86,512 | $88,984 | $91,455 | $93,927 | $96,398 | $98,870 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Dover, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $195,200 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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