Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Maine 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.
Maine 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 31.97% 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 | $42,717 | $43,904 | $45,090 | $46,277 | $47,463 | $48,649 | $49,836 | $51,022 | $52,209 | $53,395 |
LEO-4 | $47,950 | $49,282 | $50,613 | $51,945 | $53,276 | $54,608 | $55,939 | $57,271 | $58,603 | $59,934 |
LEO-5 | $55,138 | $56,628 | $58,118 | $59,608 | $61,098 | $62,588 | $64,078 | $65,568 | $67,058 | $68,548 |
LEO-6 | $58,146 | $59,807 | $61,469 | $63,130 | $64,792 | $66,453 | $68,115 | $69,776 | $71,438 | $73,100 |
LEO-7 | $62,768 | $64,614 | $66,460 | $68,306 | $70,153 | $71,999 | $73,845 | $75,691 | $77,538 | $79,384 |
LEO-8 | $65,421 | $67,466 | $69,510 | $71,554 | $73,598 | $75,643 | $77,687 | $79,731 | $81,775 | $83,819 |
LEO-9 | $70,001 | $72,259 | $74,517 | $76,775 | $79,033 | $81,291 | $83,549 | $85,807 | $88,065 | $90,323 |
LEO-10 | $77,086 | $79,573 | $82,059 | $84,545 | $87,032 | $89,518 | $92,004 | $94,491 | $96,977 | $99,463 |
The Boston locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Brunswick, Kittery, and other areas within the region.
Any federal employees in Maine 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: 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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