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Can a Company Sponsor a Security Clearance? The Employer’s Answer
A cleared defense contractor hears the same question from candidates almost every week: will your company sponsor my security clearance? The answer is not a matter of company policy. It sits in federal regulation. Under 32 CFR 117.9(a)(10), a company cannot even apply for its own… more
What a Security Clearance Is Actually Worth: The Pay Delta by Level and Role
A DoD Secret clearance holder reported average total compensation of $107,439 in 2025. Someone running comparable technical work inside an intelligence agency reported $165,063. Same profession, same year, roughly $57,600 apart. The variable doing most of that work is not the res… more
Wrap Rate: The Number That Decides What a Contractor Can Actually Pay You
A GS-13 step 1 employee earned a base salary of $90,025 in 2025, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. A cleared contractor filling that same seat bills the government far more than $90,025 for a year of that person's labor. The gap is not the company pocketing th… more
The DoD Hiring Freeze: What It Actually Does (and Does Not Do) to Contractor Hiring
At noon on January 20, 2025, every federal civilian position that sat vacant in the executive branch stopped being fillable. A presidential memorandum froze those billets in place and barred agencies from creating new ones. Defense contractors kept hiring the next morning. Key ta… more
OFCCP Compliance for Federal Contractors: The Hiring Rules That Bind Every Cleared Req
Executive Order 11246 governed how federal contractors hired from 1965 onward. On January 21, 2025, Executive Order 14173 revoked it. The affirmative-action program most recruiters and FSOs mean when they say "OFCCP compliance," the one built on race and sex, is now gone. A 90-da… more