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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Nebraska 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.
Nebraska 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 OMAHA-COUNCIL BLUFFS-FREMONT, NE-IA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Omaha and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.23% 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 | $38,919 | $40,000 | $41,080 | $42,161 | $43,241 | $44,322 | $45,403 | $46,483 | $47,564 | $48,645 |
| LEO-4 | $43,694 | $44,908 | $46,123 | $47,337 | $48,551 | $49,765 | $50,980 | $52,194 | $53,408 | $54,622 |
| LEO-5 | $50,236 | $51,593 | $52,950 | $54,308 | $55,665 | $57,022 | $58,380 | $59,737 | $61,094 | $62,451 |
| LEO-6 | $52,975 | $54,489 | $56,002 | $57,515 | $59,029 | $60,542 | $62,055 | $63,569 | $65,082 | $66,595 |
| LEO-7 | $57,189 | $58,871 | $60,554 | $62,236 | $63,919 | $65,601 | $67,284 | $68,966 | $70,648 | $72,331 |
| LEO-8 | $59,608 | $61,471 | $63,335 | $65,198 | $67,061 | $68,925 | $70,788 | $72,651 | $74,514 | $76,378 |
| LEO-9 | $63,779 | $65,836 | $67,894 | $69,951 | $72,008 | $74,065 | $76,122 | $78,180 | $80,237 | $82,294 |
| LEO-10 | $70,235 | $72,500 | $74,765 | $77,030 | $79,296 | $81,561 | $83,826 | $86,092 | $88,357 | $90,622 |
The Omaha locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Bellevue, Omaha, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Nebraska 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: Lincoln, 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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