GS-14 Enough?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Insufficient information— how old is *he* and GS14 *what*.

If he’s a 30 y/o GS14 it’s very different than a 40 y/o GS14. Bear in mind the GS14-15 jump is a trap— going into the 15 without your 5-7 year plan for leaving government in place means accepting wage stagnation.

If you don’t know this much about government salaries by 32, living in the DC area, it may be better for you to just continue to date industry.

OP here. He’s 36, and has no interest in ever moving to private practice. It just strikes me as a red flag - not wanting to live up to his full potential.

FWIW I’m in big law and have dated in that realm, or higher income men.

And yet in ten years you aren’t married to any of these men who have what you crave? Makes no sense.

Yes it does...read my PP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a GS-14 stepped out woman with a fantastic retirement savings- close to 2 million, the best health insurance, work at home and incredible job flexibility, great leave benefits.

Why don’t you try it for yourself, OP?

When I met my husband we were making the same $, but once we were engaged he left to go independent and eventually tripled his salaries. It’s my health benefits and job security and the flexibility to be there for the kids that allowed him to do this. My close to $200k salary is just icing on the cake now.

Yes, because your husband makes a lot more money. If OP doesn't want to keep working at a high paying job, or has doubts about its viability long term, she might not want to rely on her husband's GS-14 pay. Not to mention, and I say this as nicely as possible, 2mm isn't THAT much, and perhaps OP wants more savings.

That’s just my TSP employee retirement and I still have 10 more years to accrue. I have a ton more socked away in IRAs, bonds and other investments. Not to mention two fully paid off homes worth $2 million each.

So I’m doing okay. Thank for worrying.