DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearanceJobs.com, the leading
Internet-based job board for professionals with U.S. government security
clearances, today announced the results of a new Security Clearance Jobs
Salary Survey. A first of its kind, this unique survey found that security-
cleared professionals can expect to earn approximately 24% more than their
non-cleared counterparts with similar skills, with an average salary of
$65,684.
Key findings of the survey include:
-- A candidate's earning potential directly correlates to their level of
security clearance, with higher cleared candidates earning more
-- Metro Washington, D.C. dominates the top ten highest paid locations for
security clearance jobs
-- Security-cleared professionals with polygraphs earn approximately
$10,000 more per year than cleared candidates without one
-- The salary gender gap is smaller between male and female security-
cleared professionals as compared to the gender gap for uncleared men
and women
-- Security-cleared IT and engineering professionals make up most of the
top twenty highest paid careers
Evan Lesser, director and founder of ClearanceJobs.com, explains that
salaries for candidates with security clearances have been on the rise since
September 11th, 2001. "New initiatives in homeland security and defense and
wars on multiple fronts, coupled with the newly proposed $439.3 billion
government defense budget, have fueled the marketability for U.S. workers with
active security clearances. Additionally security clearance jobs have defied
the country's slow employment trend, and currently there are more available
jobs than cleared candidates to fill them."
The salary survey found that a candidate's earning power increases in
direct correlation to his or her security clearance level. Professionals
holding the highest level active clearances issued by the National Security
Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Department of Energy are also
the highest paid, earning a national average salary of $92,500 and $102,500
respectively.
As the primary location for most defense industry employers and home of
the Federal government, the metro Washington D.C. area represents a
significant portion of the survey's highest paying locations. Surveyed
candidates in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia reported average yearly salaries of
$89,111, $77,108, and $70,072 respectively. Other top earning states included
Ohio ($86,111), New Mexico ($83,888) and New York ($80,937). Internationally,
candidates willing to work in Iraq reported a yearly average salary of
$92,142, an amount signaling that high pay comes with high risk.
The survey also found that a security clearance has a leveling effect on
the salary gap between men and women. Polled women with security clearances
earn .85 cents to every one dollar cleared men earn. In comparison, uncleared
women earn .77 cents to every one dollar uncleared men earn.
Security-cleared professionals in management roles earned the highest
salaries, with IT Management-Executives receiving an average of $105,000 and
IT Management-Project Manager earning $92,750. Following closely behind were
Software Development positions ($91,666) and Engineering-Telecommunications
($88,750).
Users can visit http://clearanceJobs.com/salary for the full survey
results, including reports and analysis on salaries by clearance level, by
polygraph level, highest paying locations, highest paying jobs, and details on
the salary gender gap.
Data for the Security Clearance Jobs Salary Survey Report was collected
from over 750 security-cleared professionals registered on ClearanceJobs.com
between November 20, 2005 and January 20, 2006.
About ClearanceJobs.com
ClearanceJobs.com is the leading Internet-based job board dedicated to
matching job seekers that hold an active security clearance to the best hiring
companies searching for new employees. Authorized U.S. government contractors
and their representatives utilize the secure service to quickly and easily
locate candidates with specific security clearance requirements to fill open
jobs. ClearanceJobs.com is owned by Dice Inc., the leading provider of online
resource for professional technology, security-cleared and engineering talent.
Dice is an approved government supplier with a 15-year history of leadership
in online technology recruiting. For more information, please visit
http://www.clearancejobs.com.
SOURCE ClearanceJobs.com
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CONTACT:
Jennifer McCullam of Financial Dynamics,
+1-212-850-5600, jmccullam@fd-us.com
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