FederalPay.org
FederalPay.org
Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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 BOSTON-WORCESTER-PROVIDENCE, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME-VT General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Boston and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 32.58% 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 | $43,643 | $44,854 | $46,066 | $47,278 | $48,490 | $49,702 | $50,913 | $52,125 | $53,337 | $54,549 |
| LEO-4 | $48,998 | $50,359 | $51,721 | $53,082 | $54,444 | $55,806 | $57,167 | $58,529 | $59,890 | $61,252 |
| LEO-5 | $56,333 | $57,855 | $59,377 | $60,899 | $62,421 | $63,943 | $65,465 | $66,987 | $68,509 | $70,031 |
| LEO-6 | $59,405 | $61,102 | $62,799 | $64,496 | $66,193 | $67,890 | $69,587 | $71,284 | $72,981 | $74,678 |
| LEO-7 | $64,130 | $66,017 | $67,903 | $69,790 | $71,677 | $73,563 | $75,450 | $77,337 | $79,223 | $81,110 |
| LEO-8 | $66,843 | $68,932 | $71,022 | $73,111 | $75,201 | $77,290 | $79,380 | $81,469 | $83,559 | $85,648 |
| LEO-9 | $71,520 | $73,827 | $76,134 | $78,441 | $80,748 | $83,055 | $85,362 | $87,669 | $89,975 | $92,282 |
| LEO-10 | $78,759 | $81,299 | $83,840 | $86,380 | $88,920 | $91,460 | $94,001 | $96,541 | $99,081 | $101,621 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Newport, Providence, Narragansett, 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)).
Join the our free mailing list to receive an update when 2027 rates are available.