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Policy, Data, Oversight Pay & Leave

Salary Table 2012-HOU (LEO)

Including special base rates at GS-3 through GS-10 and Incorporating a locality payment of 28.71%.

Rates frozen at 2010 levels.

Effective January 2012.

For the Locality Pay Area of HOUSTON-BAYTOWN-HUNTSVILLE, TX - Annual Rates by Grade and Step
Grade	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5	Step 6	Step 7	Step 8	Step 9	Step 10
1	22914	23680	24442	25200	25962	26410	27163	27922	27952	28662
2	25764	26377	27229	27952	28266	29097	29929	30760	31592	32423
3	33732	34669	35606	36543	37480	38417	39354	40291	41228	42165
4	37866	38918	39970	41021	42073	43124	44176	45227	46279	47331
5	43541	44718	45894	47071	48247	49423	50600	51776	52953	54129
6	45913	47225	48537	49848	51160	52471	53783	55094	56406	57717
7	49568	51026	52484	53942	55401	56859	58317	59775	61234	62692
8	51663	53277	54891	56505	58119	59733	61347	62961	64575	66189
9	55278	57061	58844	60626	62409	64192	65974	67757	69539	71322
10	60876	62840	64804	66768	68732	70697	72661	74625	76589	78553
11	64724	66882	69039	71196	73353	75510	77667	79825	81982	84139
12	77579	80164	82750	85336	87922	90508	93093	95679	98265	100851
13	92252	95326	98401	101476	104551	107626	110701	113776	116851	119926
14	109014	112647	116280	119914	123547	127181	130814	134448	138081	141715
15	128231	132506	136780	141055	145329	149603	153878	155500	155500	155500

* Rate limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).

Note:

Locality pay rates for law enforcement officers (LEOs) at grades 03 through 10 are computed using special base pay rates for LEOs (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5541(3) and 5 CFR 550.103) authorized by section 403 of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, as amended.