Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Nebraska for 2024
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.
Nebraska 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 OMAHA-COUNCIL BLUFFS-FREMONT, NE-IA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Omaha and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 17.94% 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 |
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LEO-3 | $38,176 | $39,236 | $40,297 | $41,357 | $42,417 | $43,477 | $44,538 | $45,598 | $46,658 | $47,719 |
LEO-4 | $42,852 | $44,042 | $45,232 | $46,422 | $47,612 | $48,802 | $49,992 | $51,182 | $52,372 | $53,562 |
LEO-5 | $49,277 | $50,608 | $51,940 | $53,271 | $54,603 | $55,934 | $57,266 | $58,597 | $59,929 | $61,260 |
LEO-6 | $51,964 | $53,449 | $54,934 | $56,419 | $57,904 | $59,389 | $60,874 | $62,358 | $63,843 | $65,328 |
LEO-7 | $56,095 | $57,745 | $59,395 | $61,045 | $62,695 | $64,345 | $65,995 | $67,644 | $69,294 | $70,944 |
LEO-8 | $58,466 | $60,293 | $62,120 | $63,947 | $65,774 | $67,601 | $69,428 | $71,255 | $73,082 | $74,908 |
LEO-9 | $62,559 | $64,577 | $66,595 | $68,613 | $70,631 | $72,649 | $74,667 | $76,685 | $78,703 | $80,720 |
LEO-10 | $68,891 | $71,113 | $73,335 | $75,557 | $77,779 | $80,001 | $82,223 | $84,445 | $86,667 | $88,889 |
The Omaha locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Bellevue, Omaha, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Nebraska 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 16.82% (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 | $37,813 | $38,864 | $39,914 | $40,964 | $42,014 | $43,065 | $44,115 | $45,165 | $46,215 | $47,265 |
LEO-4 | $42,445 | $43,624 | $44,803 | $45,982 | $47,160 | $48,339 | $49,518 | $50,696 | $51,875 | $53,054 |
LEO-5 | $48,809 | $50,127 | $51,446 | $52,765 | $54,084 | $55,403 | $56,722 | $58,041 | $59,360 | $60,679 |
LEO-6 | $51,471 | $52,942 | $54,412 | $55,883 | $57,354 | $58,825 | $60,295 | $61,766 | $63,237 | $64,708 |
LEO-7 | $55,562 | $57,196 | $58,831 | $60,465 | $62,099 | $63,733 | $65,368 | $67,002 | $68,636 | $70,271 |
LEO-8 | $57,911 | $59,721 | $61,530 | $63,340 | $65,149 | $66,959 | $68,768 | $70,578 | $72,388 | $74,197 |
LEO-9 | $61,965 | $63,964 | $65,962 | $67,961 | $69,960 | $71,959 | $73,958 | $75,956 | $77,955 | $79,954 |
LEO-10 | $68,237 | $70,438 | $72,639 | $74,840 | $77,040 | $79,241 | $81,442 | $83,643 | $85,844 | $88,045 |
The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Lincoln, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $191,900 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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