Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey 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 NEW YORK-NEWARK, NY-NJ-CT-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in New York City and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 37.24% 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 | $44,423 | $45,657 | $46,891 | $48,125 | $49,358 | $50,592 | $51,826 | $53,060 | $54,294 | $55,527 |
LEO-4 | $49,865 | $51,250 | $52,634 | $54,019 | $55,404 | $56,789 | $58,173 | $59,558 | $60,943 | $62,328 |
LEO-5 | $57,340 | $58,890 | $60,439 | $61,989 | $63,538 | $65,087 | $66,637 | $68,186 | $69,736 | $71,285 |
LEO-6 | $60,468 | $62,196 | $63,924 | $65,651 | $67,379 | $69,107 | $70,835 | $72,563 | $74,291 | $76,019 |
LEO-7 | $65,274 | $67,194 | $69,114 | $71,034 | $72,954 | $74,874 | $76,794 | $78,714 | $80,634 | $82,554 |
LEO-8 | $68,034 | $70,160 | $72,286 | $74,412 | $76,537 | $78,663 | $80,789 | $82,915 | $85,041 | $87,167 |
LEO-9 | $72,796 | $75,144 | $77,493 | $79,841 | $82,189 | $84,537 | $86,885 | $89,233 | $91,582 | $93,930 |
LEO-10 | $80,165 | $82,750 | $85,336 | $87,921 | $90,507 | $93,093 | $95,678 | $98,264 | $100,849 | $103,435 |
The New York City locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Wharton, Wrightstown, Colts Neck, and other areas within the region.
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 28.55% 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 | $41,610 | $42,766 | $43,922 | $45,077 | $46,233 | $47,389 | $48,544 | $49,700 | $50,856 | $52,011 |
LEO-4 | $46,707 | $48,004 | $49,301 | $50,599 | $51,896 | $53,193 | $54,490 | $55,787 | $57,084 | $58,381 |
LEO-5 | $53,709 | $55,161 | $56,612 | $58,063 | $59,515 | $60,966 | $62,417 | $63,869 | $65,320 | $66,771 |
LEO-6 | $56,639 | $58,258 | $59,876 | $61,494 | $63,113 | $64,731 | $66,350 | $67,968 | $69,587 | $71,205 |
LEO-7 | $61,141 | $62,939 | $64,738 | $66,536 | $68,335 | $70,133 | $71,931 | $73,730 | $75,528 | $77,327 |
LEO-8 | $63,726 | $65,717 | $67,709 | $69,700 | $71,691 | $73,682 | $75,674 | $77,665 | $79,656 | $81,647 |
LEO-9 | $68,187 | $70,386 | $72,586 | $74,785 | $76,985 | $79,184 | $81,384 | $83,583 | $85,783 | $87,982 |
LEO-10 | $75,089 | $77,511 | $79,932 | $82,354 | $84,776 | $87,198 | $89,620 | $92,042 | $94,464 | $96,886 |
The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Cape May, Wildwood, Wrightstown, 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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