Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Mexico for 2018
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.
New Mexico 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 ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE-LAS VEGAS, NM General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Albuquerque and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 15.76% 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 |
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LEO-3 | $32,011 | $32,900 | $33,789 | $34,678 | $35,567 | $36,456 | $37,345 | $38,234 | $39,123 | $40,012 |
LEO-4 | $35,935 | $36,933 | $37,931 | $38,929 | $39,927 | $40,925 | $41,922 | $42,920 | $43,918 | $44,916 |
LEO-5 | $41,326 | $42,443 | $43,560 | $44,678 | $45,795 | $46,912 | $48,029 | $49,146 | $50,263 | $51,380 |
LEO-6 | $43,571 | $44,815 | $46,060 | $47,304 | $48,549 | $49,793 | $51,037 | $52,282 | $53,526 | $54,771 |
LEO-7 | $47,038 | $48,421 | $49,805 | $51,188 | $52,571 | $53,955 | $55,338 | $56,721 | $58,105 | $59,488 |
LEO-8 | $49,030 | $50,563 | $52,095 | $53,628 | $55,161 | $56,693 | $58,226 | $59,759 | $61,291 | $62,824 |
LEO-9 | $52,461 | $54,154 | $55,846 | $57,539 | $59,231 | $60,923 | $62,616 | $64,308 | $66,001 | $67,693 |
LEO-10 | $57,772 | $59,636 | $61,500 | $63,364 | $65,227 | $67,091 | $68,955 | $70,818 | $72,682 | $74,546 |
The Albuquerque locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in New Mexico 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 15.37% (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 |
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LEO-3 | $31,903 | $32,789 | $33,675 | $34,561 | $35,447 | $36,333 | $37,220 | $38,106 | $38,992 | $39,878 |
LEO-4 | $35,814 | $36,809 | $37,803 | $38,798 | $39,792 | $40,787 | $41,781 | $42,776 | $43,770 | $44,765 |
LEO-5 | $41,187 | $42,300 | $43,414 | $44,527 | $45,640 | $46,754 | $47,867 | $48,980 | $50,094 | $51,207 |
LEO-6 | $43,424 | $44,664 | $45,905 | $47,145 | $48,385 | $49,625 | $50,865 | $52,106 | $53,346 | $54,586 |
LEO-7 | $46,879 | $48,258 | $49,637 | $51,015 | $52,394 | $53,773 | $55,151 | $56,530 | $57,909 | $59,287 |
LEO-8 | $48,865 | $50,392 | $51,920 | $53,447 | $54,975 | $56,502 | $58,030 | $59,557 | $61,085 | $62,612 |
LEO-9 | $52,285 | $53,971 | $55,658 | $57,345 | $59,031 | $60,718 | $62,405 | $64,091 | $65,778 | $67,465 |
LEO-10 | $57,578 | $59,435 | $61,293 | $63,150 | $65,008 | $66,865 | $68,722 | $70,580 | $72,437 | $74,295 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Alamogordo, Clovis, Las Cruces, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $164,200 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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