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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

My good friend, male, now SES lawyer, was a topped out GS 15 when he married his big law now-wife, both in their 30’s. He brought life-work balance to the family when the kids were young, she travelled extensively and brings home so much money that his salary, even at SES level, is insignificant. It barely pays the taxes on her salary. Now that’s the finances. I don’t know what her priorities were when she married my friend, but I assume it was love not a business transaction. Move on so another can make this man happy.[/quote]

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