Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2022
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.
Delaware 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 PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 26.95% 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 | $37,703 | $38,750 | $39,798 | $40,845 | $41,892 | $42,940 | $43,987 | $45,034 | $46,082 | $47,129 |
LEO-4 | $42,323 | $43,498 | $44,674 | $45,849 | $47,025 | $48,200 | $49,376 | $50,551 | $51,727 | $52,903 |
LEO-5 | $48,666 | $49,981 | $51,297 | $52,612 | $53,927 | $55,242 | $56,557 | $57,873 | $59,188 | $60,503 |
LEO-6 | $51,318 | $52,785 | $54,251 | $55,717 | $57,183 | $58,650 | $60,116 | $61,582 | $63,048 | $64,515 |
LEO-7 | $55,395 | $57,023 | $58,652 | $60,281 | $61,910 | $63,538 | $65,167 | $66,796 | $68,425 | $70,054 |
LEO-8 | $57,741 | $59,545 | $61,349 | $63,153 | $64,957 | $66,760 | $68,564 | $70,368 | $72,172 | $73,976 |
LEO-9 | $61,783 | $63,776 | $65,769 | $67,762 | $69,755 | $71,748 | $73,741 | $75,735 | $77,728 | $79,721 |
LEO-10 | $68,036 | $70,231 | $72,426 | $74,621 | $76,816 | $79,011 | $81,206 | $83,401 | $85,596 | $87,791 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Dover, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $176,300 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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