by ColoSMART » Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:19 pm
If you get a BS and your SF is on the GS payscale, you pretty much start out as a GS-7. However, you can negotiate horizontally on the pay table based on past experience and GPA. Ask your hiring manager about "Superior Qualifications." I was able to negotiate up to a Step 4 based on previous internships and market value of an engineer in the area. It helps that the hiring manager was genuinely interested in helping me as much as he could and not siding with the rest of the government.
If you get a BS and your SF is on the GS payscale, you pretty much start out as a GS-7. However, you can negotiate horizontally on the pay table based on past experience and GPA. Ask your hiring manager about "Superior Qualifications." I was able to negotiate up to a Step 4 based on previous internships and market value of an engineer in the area. It helps that the hiring manager was genuinely interested in helping me as much as he could and not siding with the rest of the government.