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[quote=Anonymous]OP - this will vary so much depending on pay plan and agency. Is it a GS position?  If so, there is likely no negotiation - they hire at that grade and step period. You might have wiggle room if it's a different pay plan.

Incidentally, I'm a Fed and I recently was offered a job at a different agency (currently GS, new agency was pay banded). They offered me a salary that was too low to incentivize me to make the move, I counter-offered and they said they couldn't budge on the salary. So I turned it down. Their hands were tied. There's really not any negotiating at all I the cases I've seen.

Benefits for me to being a Fed are solely limited hours (I work exactly 40 hours a week and they can't really expect more) and flexible schedule (I can work 8-4:30 since that works for me, but many people do 6:30-3 or 10-6:30 or whatever).  In my experience, thy tend to be more family friendly. Job stability too.

Other than that, I could def get paid more on the outside. [/quote]

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