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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Michigan 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.
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 29.12% 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 | $42,504 | $43,684 | $44,864 | $46,044 | $47,224 | $48,405 | $49,585 | $50,765 | $51,945 | $53,125 |
| LEO-4 | $47,719 | $49,045 | $50,371 | $51,697 | $53,023 | $54,349 | $55,675 | $57,001 | $58,327 | $59,653 |
| LEO-5 | $54,863 | $56,345 | $57,828 | $59,310 | $60,792 | $62,275 | $63,757 | $65,239 | $66,721 | $68,204 |
| LEO-6 | $57,855 | $59,508 | $61,160 | $62,813 | $64,466 | $66,118 | $67,771 | $69,424 | $71,077 | $72,729 |
| LEO-7 | $62,457 | $64,294 | $66,131 | $67,969 | $69,806 | $71,644 | $73,481 | $75,318 | $77,156 | $78,993 |
| LEO-8 | $65,098 | $67,133 | $69,168 | $71,203 | $73,238 | $75,273 | $77,308 | $79,343 | $81,378 | $83,413 |
| LEO-9 | $69,654 | $71,900 | $74,147 | $76,394 | $78,641 | $80,887 | $83,134 | $85,381 | $87,627 | $89,874 |
| LEO-10 | $76,704 | $79,178 | $81,652 | $84,126 | $86,599 | $89,073 | $91,547 | $94,021 | $96,495 | $98,969 |
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 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: Grand Rapids, 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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