What’s the typical base salary for someone with 2.5 yoe in DC, no masters, non tech background?

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These estimates are way, way too high. For a federal-focused firm with 2.5 YOE, not tech/cyber, average would be around $40-50k, maybe less. Keep in mind most young professionals have to do 6-12 months of unpaid labor to get a foothold in the market and starting wages tend to be around $10-15/hour or less (e.g. unpaid with transportation subsidy).

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$40-$50K! 🤭 I started at $39K in 2001 as an “IT” Teacher in Fairfax County, moved into Federal Consulting with a small, woman owned business in 2004 for $45K so starting at $40-$50K in 2020 is fairly sad although I know it happens.

I was able to get 75k with 6 months of relevant experience having no masters and no tech background 🤷‍♂️

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The average is probably somewhere in the ballpark of $40-140k

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Salary..... waiting tables at a restaurant? Working at a federal-focused consulting firm? Working at a commercial-focused consulting firm? Working for the government?

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Probably $75-95k

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I'm assuming with your title you are in the consulting field already. With 2-3 years of exp, I wouldn't accept less than 80-85k. I'm in the accounting/finance field in the Fed space and got 83k after one year with a jump. If you not from the area, I wouldn't move here for less than that range. With Amazon coming to town, housing prices are skyrocketing. I know people with your amount of experience in federal consulting, making anywhere from 70-110. It depends on what you do. I am 3.5 years out of school, with a master's and make 130k, non-tech.

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I have my master's in finance and my CGFM. Bill rates are very good for those credentials, and I am at a small company, which helps. When I was shopping for jobs back in January, Deloitte offered me 20k less, which I thought was insulting given I had three offers, and that was the lowest by far. The job market is hot here, and networking is huge.

My base is 82k with similar credentials (S clearance) in consulting. My first job ever w/ a govt contractor paid me 38 and then 42 in a few months. But I pursued work I’m passionate about, I knew having a non-tech and non-business degree background would hold me back salary-wise, but I love the work I do.

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Focus on international govt agencies, usually working on strategy and long-term solutions to management issues. I love international work but the orgs/agencies doing it can be a mess bc leaders are so mission-oriented. I enjoy management consulting bc I get the opportunity to address those problems

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Average household is $84k. Not sure what the mode is. It’s higher than rest of US. However, even still many people making the average amount take the train into metro DC since living in DC proper is $$$.

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@BAH1, I’m assuming OP is still a “consultant” since s/he is posting on this app. If we’re talking GS-5, GS-7, I would agree with your numbers

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Increasingly, you need 2-4 post-graduate YOE to get an "entry level position" that pays $45-55k. An average GMU/Mary Washington/UMD Baltimore County non-tech grad is not going to be making $50k in their gig. UVA/Georgetown non-tech grads *might* see those types of numbers but they are not average.

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You've moved the goal posts repeatedly and quoted numbers that back up what I originally said, which is typical grads - not elite unis - need 2-4 years experience (as in 22-24 year olds) to make $45-55k. I would suggest you look at average starting salaries to ground yourself in the future.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the range is much lower than everyone has said and what you’ve done in the last 2.5 is important. Start at $55k. Add 10k per level of clearance and major certifications. That’s your goal

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70-100k if we’re to take your parameters literally

These estimates are exclusively for top-1% firms and even then seem high. For every EY, there are thousands of small and mid-size contracting firms that pay $32k to 20-somethings.

I'm assuming we're talking fed focused firm in the DC area.

I transferred up here from SC over a decade ago at 2 YOE at a no-name fed IT staff aug firm in a non-technical role (IT PMO) and was making $75k, which was pretty standard in the market at the time for folks not at brand name fed firms.

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As a data point, I’m getting paid 87, came in with 2 YOE with it audit.

Depends on your field. Have you worked on the hill? $30,000. Private sector? $50,000.

B4 starts undergrad college hires around $65k. So you should definitely ask for a lot more. For reference, I jumped after 3 YOE for $105k, no masters, no certs. I’m in GPS - Internal Audit.

@D4 correct, 65k is for DC GPS. DC Commercial is around 70-75 based on the school. Also note that the numbers are for Risk Advisory.

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