Never heard of it

You need to do business development or serve as an account executive. That is where the bonus money comes in. I work in a policy role at a government contractor association and make $185K with my bonus. I’ve looked to work for one of my member companies and most of the BD jobs ranged in the $250 plus bonus. Most of the executives are making $500K plus.

NP - the link is too generic. Look at apple.

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/apple/salaries/software-engineer

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Anonymous wrote:These dc salaries are a joke, most software engineers should be making 300k+ with stocks

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/northern-virginia-washington-dc

LOL! My nephew made more fresh out of college on the West coast.

Personal anecdotes are always entertaining.

Clueless posters like you are even more so.

You really should stop digging yourself deeper in the hole
https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/levels/entry-level/locations/san-francisco-bay-area

I agree OP when I left government I didn’t jump salary much, and my benefits were better in government. I’m sure those jobs are out there but they’re very specialized and not the norm.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These dc salaries are a joke, most software engineers should be making 300k+ with stocks

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/northern-virginia-washington-dc

LOL! My nephew made more fresh out of college on the West coast.

Personal anecdotes are always entertaining.

Clueless posters like you are even more so.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These dc salaries are a joke, most software engineers should be making 300k+ with stocks

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/northern-virginia-washington-dc

LOL! My nephew made more fresh out of college on the West coast.

Personal anecdotes are always entertaining.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These dc salaries are a joke, most software engineers should be making 300k+ with stocks

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/northern-virginia-washington-dc

LOL! My nephew made more fresh out of college on the West coast.

you would get paid $300K if you are in a strong engineering field with managememt/PM experience. I have Phd in Chemical/materials engineering and a PM with DoD agency. I usually receive offers in $250-300K range. Deloitte offered to start me as Sr manager but not worth it.

Can you transition to a sale or business development role? There’s more value as someone who generates revenue.

Anonymous wrote:These dc salaries are a joke, most software engineers should be making 300k+ with stocks

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/northern-virginia-washington-dc

These dc salaries are a joke, most software engineers should be making 300k+ with stocks

Maybe in highly specialized engineering roles (if client-facing) - other than that, $300K+ is C-suite level pay for a mid-level firm, senior director level for a large firm, and owner level for an SB.

Senior directors w/20 yoe make about that.

Late 30s fed here in the IT/engineering field. I see a lot of posts about government contractors making $300k (base+bonus) or more.

Where are these jobs? Most of my friends and family are government contractors and they either make a little more than I do or less, I'm a capped 15 non-sup btw.

Two family members work for CGI, make around $130-150k. These are senior level guys too - 15+ years of experience.
Friend tried to recruit me to Deloitte. Salary offered was $180k.
SAIC reached out to me last year and their max offer was $175k.

With the pension benefits and WLB the fed offers, just doesn't seem worth it to jump into the private sector.