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Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ... by ransom1538 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:51PM (#16058205)
"Federal pay grades are capped by Congress, and the top grade is around ~$150k a year [1]."

If you make over $80k a year -- you are doing well in NSA [i]. The 150k number is pretty much fantasy land. With NSA on your resume I am sure a penetration testing firm would love to have you at 100k.

https://www.indeed.com/cmp/NSA/salaries

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Re:NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging ... by rdtsc on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:52AM (#16059301)
Interesting. The highest one there is "Clinical Psychologist" at $110k sure it must be a joke or it's a different NSA than the one we are talking about. Or maybe that's "the polygraph" department.
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