The annual rates of basic pay of members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall be fixed in accordance with the following schedule of rates, except that the payable annual rate of basic pay for positions at the Lieutenant, Captain, and Inspector ranks is limited to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53. Rank Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by “for”. Officer $44,000 $46,640 $49,280 $51,920 $54,560 $57,200 $59,840 $62,480 $65,120 $67,760 $70,400 $73,040 $75,680 Sergeant .......... .......... .......... 59,708 62,744 65,780 68,816 71,852 74,888 77,924 80,960 83,996 87,032 Lieutenant .......... .......... .......... .......... 69,018 72,358 75,698 79,038 82,378 85,718 89,058 92,398 95,738 Captain .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 79,594 83,268 86,942 90,616 94,290 97,964 101,638 105,312 Inspector .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 91,533 95,758 99,983 104,208 108,433 112,658 116,883 121,108 Deputy Chief The rate of basic pay for Deputy Chief positions will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule. Assistant Chief The rate of basic pay 1 the Assistant Chief position will be equal to 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule. Chief The rate of basic pay 1 the Chief position will be equal to the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule.

The Secretary may establish a methodology of schedule adjustment that—

The Secretary may establish a methodology of schedule adjustment that—

(A) Effective at the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment in the rates of basic pay under the General Schedule takes effect under section 5303 or other authority, the schedule of annual rates of basic pay of members (except the Deputy Chiefs, Assistant Chief and Chief) shall be adjusted by the Secretary by a percentage amount corresponding to the percentage adjustment made in the rates of pay under the General Schedule.

(B) The Secretary may establish a methodology of schedule adjustment that— (i) results in uniform fixed-dollar step increments within any given rank; and (ii) preserves the established percentage differences among rates of different ranks at the same step position.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the payable annual rate of basic pay for positions at the Lieutenant, Captain, and Inspector ranks after adjustment under paragraph (1) may not exceed 95 percent of the rate of pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53.

(3) Locality-based comparability payments authorized under section 5304 shall be applicable to the basic pay for all ranks under this section, except locality-based comparability payments may not be paid at a rate which, when added to the rate of basic pay otherwise payable to the member, would cause the total to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

(Added Pub. L. 111–282, § 2(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3034.)