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Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in West Virginia 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.
West Virginia 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: Kearneysville, and other areas within the region.
The PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE-WEIRTON, PA-OH-WV General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.03% 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 | $39,841 | $40,947 | $42,053 | $43,159 | $44,266 | $45,372 | $46,478 | $47,584 | $48,690 | $49,797 |
| LEO-4 | $44,729 | $45,972 | $47,215 | $48,458 | $49,701 | $50,944 | $52,187 | $53,430 | $54,673 | $55,916 |
| LEO-5 | $51,426 | $52,815 | $54,204 | $55,594 | $56,983 | $58,373 | $59,762 | $61,152 | $62,541 | $63,930 |
| LEO-6 | $54,230 | $55,779 | $57,328 | $58,877 | $60,427 | $61,976 | $63,525 | $65,074 | $66,623 | $68,173 |
| LEO-7 | $58,543 | $60,266 | $61,988 | $63,710 | $65,432 | $67,155 | $68,877 | $70,599 | $72,321 | $74,044 |
| LEO-8 | $61,020 | $62,927 | $64,835 | $66,742 | $68,649 | $70,557 | $72,464 | $74,372 | $76,279 | $78,187 |
| LEO-9 | $65,290 | $67,396 | $69,501 | $71,607 | $73,713 | $75,819 | $77,925 | $80,031 | $82,137 | $84,243 |
| LEO-10 | $71,898 | $74,217 | $76,536 | $78,855 | $81,174 | $83,493 | $85,811 | $88,130 | $90,449 | $92,768 |
The Pittsburgh locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in West Virginia 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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