Working at Federal Reserve as an attorney

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread has taken a weird turn. I don’t know why people won’t just say their salaries. This is an anonymous board, folks. I will start. I work at DOJ. I graduated from law school in 2003 and am a GS 15 and make 176,000. Hope that’s helpful to someone. It’s not on topic for this thread, but this thread is full of weird vagueness and I wanted to demonstrate useful salary info.

People at the Fed are generally uncomfortable because we don't report publicly salaries for anyone but our top staff, and those reported pay amounts don't include our variable pay. Theoretically, it would be pretty easy to out someone if they posted their base and their variable pay, which is performance based.

If it would be useful, I graduated between 2009 and 2013, and at the Fed, my total pay is between 230 and 250k.

NP and since we are comparing the SEC and FRB I can tell you that I work at the SEC, graduated in 2009 and my pay is $180K. You guys are paid substantially better than we are but I'm assuming you are not bound by a pay matrix when hiring laterals like we are.

FRB has a matrix, too. I believe their base salary offers to laterals are dependent on years out of law school and in the range of 10-15k more than SEC. Not sure what the % range for variable pay is at the SEC.

Apparently much more than that as the poster I responded too has a significantly higher salary than me and graduated around when I did. SEC bonuses aren't a percentage. There are three levels and they max out around $10K but like I said they are geared towards the top 5-10% so you won't be getting them every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:240K FRB; lateral hire. Grad 2017.

Horseshit.

[Anonymous]

No way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:240K FRB; lateral hire. Grad 2017.

Horseshit.

Absolutely BS. FRB has a matrix, plus a 2017 grad would be an FR-27, making that virtually impossible.

[Anonymous]

The person who posted the higher salary may be including the variable pay, or they may be some sort of exception, or they may just be making stuff up.

To OP, the best advice to you is to just go through the process and see what they offer, if they offer. And absolutely negotiate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The person who posted the higher salary may be including the variable pay, or they may be some sort of exception, or they may just be making stuff up.

To OP, the best advice to you is to just go through the process and see what they offer, if they offer. And absolutely negotiate.

The PP who claimed to be a 2017 grad was making it up. The Legal Division is very small and that person quite simply does not exist.