Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Rhode Island 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.
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 31.05% 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 | $40,518 | $41,644 | $42,769 | $43,895 | $45,021 | $46,147 | $47,272 | $48,398 | $49,524 | $50,650 |
LEO-4 | $45,481 | $46,744 | $48,008 | $49,271 | $50,534 | $51,798 | $53,061 | $54,324 | $55,587 | $56,851 |
LEO-5 | $52,302 | $53,716 | $55,130 | $56,544 | $57,958 | $59,372 | $60,786 | $62,200 | $63,614 | $65,028 |
LEO-6 | $55,146 | $56,721 | $58,296 | $59,872 | $61,447 | $63,022 | $64,597 | $66,172 | $67,748 | $69,323 |
LEO-7 | $59,531 | $61,282 | $63,032 | $64,783 | $66,534 | $68,285 | $70,036 | $71,787 | $73,537 | $75,288 |
LEO-8 | $62,051 | $63,990 | $65,930 | $67,869 | $69,809 | $71,749 | $73,688 | $75,628 | $77,567 | $79,507 |
LEO-9 | $66,393 | $68,534 | $70,675 | $72,817 | $74,958 | $77,099 | $79,241 | $81,382 | $83,523 | $85,665 |
LEO-10 | $73,113 | $75,472 | $77,831 | $80,189 | $82,548 | $84,907 | $87,266 | $89,625 | $91,984 | $94,343 |
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 $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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