Here we go friendos. Time to establish the the underpaid going rate for public sector cybersecurity work in the Boston area lol.
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If I skip a year or title it didn’t change that year
2013: Temp position immediately after graduating. $25/hr as security admin
2014: $52,000/yr as a security analyst
2015: $54k
2016: $77k - Security analyst, serving as department director
2018: $86k
2019: $88k
2022 $98k as a Security Architect
2023: 98k but will be 102k pending application of CoLA.

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I don't think you need me to tell you that you're underpaid for an architect in Boston. Are you shopping around? Got any certs?

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Oh also the pension thing has made pivoting elsewhere kind of difficult for another reason. I don’t pay into social security (WEP) so moving elsewhere required a bigger increase just to break even with the extra 6.2% deduction.
Early on when i was increasing pay a bit more often, it seems like staying was good. Now the adjustments are rare, barely match inflation, and I’m confident I’ve got the qualifications to command a salary that more that offsets that.

Thank you so much for sharing.

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Also the reason I wrote 2013 hourly rather than salary is a lack of pto, holidays, etc.
I was closer to 48k

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