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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maryland 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.
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 33.94% 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: 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 28.99% 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: 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 17.06% (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 | $38,534 | $39,604 | $40,674 | $41,744 | $42,814 | $43,883 | $44,953 | $46,023 | $47,093 | $48,163 |
| LEO-4 | $43,262 | $44,464 | $45,666 | $46,868 | $48,071 | $49,273 | $50,475 | $51,677 | $52,880 | $54,082 |
| LEO-5 | $49,739 | $51,083 | $52,426 | $53,770 | $55,114 | $56,458 | $57,802 | $59,146 | $60,490 | $61,833 |
| LEO-6 | $52,451 | $53,949 | $55,448 | $56,946 | $58,445 | $59,943 | $61,441 | $62,940 | $64,438 | $65,936 |
| LEO-7 | $56,623 | $58,289 | $59,955 | $61,620 | $63,286 | $64,952 | $66,618 | $68,283 | $69,949 | $71,615 |
| LEO-8 | $59,018 | $60,863 | $62,708 | $64,553 | $66,398 | $68,242 | $70,087 | $71,932 | $73,777 | $75,622 |
| LEO-9 | $63,148 | $65,185 | $67,222 | $69,259 | $71,295 | $73,332 | $75,369 | $77,406 | $79,443 | $81,480 |
| LEO-10 | $69,539 | $71,782 | $74,025 | $76,268 | $78,511 | $80,754 | $82,997 | $85,240 | $87,482 | $89,725 |
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 $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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