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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lawyer just out of school at my old firm made $165K.   I left the firm took a pay cut of over $100K and make 
$136,771 -- the maximum amount I can make for my position as a GS-14.  If I move to a GS-15 position I can make a maximum of $155,500.  I already knew I was under paid in comparison.  But I'm O.K. with the salary because the hours and quality of life is better.

What I find annoying is that people still believe I somehow make more than my private sector counterpart just because someone with a HS degree makes more in the federal government than her private sector counterpart.[/quote]

That cannot be a GS-14 stepped all the way out.  A GS-14, Step 6, at my agency makes the amount you quoted, $136,771 (btw- this is without the year end bonus, and mid year bonus)...and we go up to a Step-10.  We also don't have to be lawyers--just scientists.[/quote]

Jeez - where do you work?  I'm a scientist and NO ONE at out agency at the working level gets a mid-year or year-end bonus.[/quote]

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