{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-541.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-541.01","heading":"Salary schedule; maximum compensation permitted.","body":"(a)\n\n      \n        \n          Class 1: Fire private, police private \n          $12,296\n          $12,667\n          $13,282\n          $13,897\n          $14,877\n          $15,863\n          $16,478\n          $17,093\n          $17,707\n        \n        \n          Class 2: Fire inspector \n          14,019\n          14,877\n          15,741\n          16,600\n          17,458\n          18,322\n          19,181\n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 3: Detective, assistant pilot, assistant marine engineer\n          15,370\n          16,139\n          16,907\n          17,676\n          18,444\n          19,213\n          19,981\n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 4: Fire sergeant, police sergeant, detective sergeant \n          16,700\n          17,532\n          18,370\n          19,207\n          20,045\n          20,877\n          \n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 5: Fire lieutenant, police lieutenant \n          19,303\n          20,273\n          21,237\n          22,202\n          23,166\n          \n          \n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 6: Marine engineer, pilot \n          21,089\n          22,138\n          23,193\n          24,242\n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 7: Fire captain, police captain \n          22,870\n          24,014\n          25,159\n          26,299\n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 8: Battalion fire chief, police inspector \n          26,511\n          27,836\n          29,166\n          30,496\n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 9: Deputy Fire Chief, Deputy Chief of Police \n          31,111\n          33,215\n          35,325\n          37,434\n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 10: Assistant Chief of Police, Assistant Fire Chief \n          36,888\n          39,347\n          41,806\n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n        \n        \n          Class 11: Repealed \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n        \n      \n    \n\n(a-1)\nThe Chief of Police, effective January 2, 2007, and the Fire Chief, effective April 16, 2007, shall be paid in accordance with the DX Schedule for subordinate agency heads pursuant to § 1-610.52.\n\n(b)\nCompensation may not be paid, by reason of any provision of this subchapter, at a rate in excess of the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule contained in subchapter II of Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code.\n\n(c)\nNotwithstanding any other law or regulation, the annual rates of basic compensation of officers appointed pursuant to § 1-610.72 shall be established by the salary schedule established in subsection (a) of this section as modified pursuant to § 5-545.06a.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 5. Salaries.","Subchapter III. Salary Classifications.","Part A. Salary Schedules."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-541.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"11186c3fe7086bbc701d3727b931927d16d4e66e14954fd9b54fdfbaa98cdca1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-525.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-542.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}