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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Oregon 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.
Oregon 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 PORTLAND-VANCOUVER-SALEM, OR-WA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Portland and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.13% 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 | $41,519 | $42,672 | $43,825 | $44,978 | $46,131 | $47,284 | $48,436 | $49,589 | $50,742 | $51,895 |
| LEO-4 | $46,614 | $47,909 | $49,205 | $50,500 | $51,795 | $53,091 | $54,386 | $55,681 | $56,977 | $58,272 |
| LEO-5 | $53,593 | $55,041 | $56,489 | $57,937 | $59,385 | $60,832 | $62,280 | $63,728 | $65,176 | $66,624 |
| LEO-6 | $56,515 | $58,130 | $59,744 | $61,358 | $62,973 | $64,587 | $66,202 | $67,816 | $69,431 | $71,045 |
| LEO-7 | $61,010 | $62,805 | $64,600 | $66,395 | $68,190 | $69,984 | $71,779 | $73,574 | $75,369 | $77,164 |
| LEO-8 | $63,591 | $65,579 | $67,567 | $69,554 | $71,542 | $73,530 | $75,518 | $77,506 | $79,493 | $81,481 |
| LEO-9 | $68,041 | $70,235 | $72,430 | $74,625 | $76,819 | $79,014 | $81,209 | $83,403 | $85,598 | $87,793 |
| LEO-10 | $74,928 | $77,344 | $79,761 | $82,177 | $84,594 | $87,011 | $89,427 | $91,844 | $94,261 | $96,677 |
The Portland locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Gresham, Portland, Salem, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Oregon 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: Eugene, Umatilla, 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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