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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia 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.
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 33.94% 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 | $44,090 | $45,315 | $46,539 | $47,763 | $48,987 | $50,211 | $51,436 | $52,660 | $53,884 | $55,108 |
| LEO-4 | $49,500 | $50,876 | $52,251 | $53,627 | $55,002 | $56,378 | $57,754 | $59,129 | $60,505 | $61,880 |
| LEO-5 | $56,911 | $58,449 | $59,986 | $61,524 | $63,062 | $64,599 | $66,137 | $67,675 | $69,212 | $70,750 |
| LEO-6 | $60,014 | $61,729 | $63,443 | $65,158 | $66,872 | $68,587 | $70,301 | $72,016 | $73,730 | $75,444 |
| LEO-7 | $64,788 | $66,694 | $68,600 | $70,506 | $72,412 | $74,318 | $76,224 | $78,130 | $80,036 | $81,942 |
| LEO-8 | $67,529 | $69,639 | $71,750 | $73,861 | $75,972 | $78,083 | $80,194 | $82,305 | $84,416 | $86,527 |
| LEO-9 | $72,254 | $74,584 | $76,915 | $79,246 | $81,576 | $83,907 | $86,237 | $88,568 | $90,898 | $93,229 |
| LEO-10 | $79,567 | $82,133 | $84,700 | $87,266 | $89,832 | $92,399 | $94,965 | $97,531 | $100,097 | $102,664 |
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 $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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