For USG systems engineers, clearance level has zero impact on compensation; you either have it or you don't.
> Most with that high of clearance are working in the DC area...
For a systems engineer based on 2017 DC locality, that's lead-/supervisory-level GS-14 Step 3, or working-level GS-13 at the tail end of a long career in government...hardly an average.
> Most with that high of clearance are working in the DC area...
For a systems engineer based on 2017 DC locality, that's lead-/supervisory-level GS-14 Step 3, or working-level GS-13 at the tail end of a long career in government...hardly an average.