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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GS15 starts at about 164k and hits about 192k. The most experienced gov lawyers, at least in my agency, are at GS15 (although some never are). I think I got my 15 around year 5.[/quote]

I find it really bizarre that lawyers are GS 15 so quickly.  Why is this? It seems arbitrary when others in different professions that could be making a lot of money in areas outside of government do not.[/quote]

This is very agency specific.  For agencies whose employees can more easily move to the private sector, lawyers (and others, like economists) are made GS-15 as soon as possible, which can be as little as a few years after starting.  In other agencies, there's much less reason to do so, and it can be rare for non-supervisory employees to ever get to GS-15 (or even GS-14).[/quote]

which agencies? I’m at a finreg (where there’s plenty of revolving door) and it’s well known that only FDIC regularly does non-supervisory GS-15. At our agency the only way to get that is in OGC and godspeed to them doing PRA and PIAs and FOIAs all day. [/quote]

None of the FinRegs are on a GS scale so this doesn't make sense. [/quote]

Right but the numbers correspond at the two finregs I’ve worked at (our 14 is where most lawyers top out; only a few get to 15 as non-supervisors). [/quote]

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