Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2023
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 27.84% 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 | $39,526 | $40,624 | $41,722 | $42,820 | $43,918 | $45,016 | $46,114 | $47,213 | $48,311 | $49,409 |
LEO-4 | $44,367 | $45,599 | $46,832 | $48,064 | $49,296 | $50,529 | $51,761 | $52,994 | $54,226 | $55,458 |
LEO-5 | $51,021 | $52,400 | $53,780 | $55,159 | $56,539 | $57,918 | $59,297 | $60,677 | $62,056 | $63,435 |
LEO-6 | $53,795 | $55,332 | $56,868 | $58,405 | $59,942 | $61,478 | $63,015 | $64,552 | $66,088 | $67,625 |
LEO-7 | $58,073 | $59,781 | $61,488 | $63,196 | $64,904 | $66,612 | $68,320 | $70,028 | $71,736 | $73,444 |
LEO-8 | $60,531 | $62,423 | $64,315 | $66,207 | $68,099 | $69,991 | $71,883 | $73,775 | $75,667 | $77,559 |
LEO-9 | $64,766 | $66,855 | $68,944 | $71,033 | $73,122 | $75,211 | $77,300 | $79,389 | $81,478 | $83,566 |
LEO-10 | $71,322 | $73,623 | $75,924 | $78,225 | $80,526 | $82,828 | $85,129 | $87,430 | $89,731 | $92,032 |
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 $183,500 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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