In category: cybersecurity
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
How Much Debt Is Actually Too Much for a Security Clearance?
For employersHiring cleared professionals?Post your cleared req where security-cleared candidates already search.Post a Cleared JobFor job seekersHolding a clearance?Browse cleared roles from employers hiring right now.Browse Cleared JobsKey takeaways Guideline F, the financial… more
Continuous Vetting vs. Continuous Evaluation: What Changed, and What It Now Checks
On October 1, 2021, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency reported it had enrolled every Department of Defense security clearance holder in a program called Continuous Vetting. The same milestone retired the practice of reinvestigating those holders every five to te… more
Defense Contractor Layoffs: The First 72 Hours, and How to Keep Your Clearance Alive
Under 32 CFR 117.12(l), the facility security officer has to debrief you and log it the day your employment ends, whether that ending is a discharge, a resignation, or a retirement. That signature is the first document of a layoff. It does not take your clearance away. A layoff s… more
OFCCP Job Posting Requirements: What a Federal Contractor Must Actually List, and Where
Nearly every federal contract worth $150,000 or more carries a clause numbered 52.222-35. It runs a few sentences, and most hiring managers never read it. That clause binds the contractor to one regulation, 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), and the regulation issues an order with real teeth: l… more