The Benefits of a Security Clearance in 2021

Published: March 21, 2021, 4:27 p.m.

The past year has been challenging for everyone, but the challenges facing federal employees and contractors have been particularly difficult.Those working with classified information had to make different adjustments than those who do not and the new telework reality took an adjustment period. Each year, ClearanceJobs.com surveys security cleared professionals about their compensation, job, and salary satisfaction. On a post on GovExec.com, ClearanceJobs.com’s Lindy Kzyer looked at the results and analyzed how cleared professionals responded to questions about their pay and their work lives.

Evan Lesser is the founder and president of Clearancejobs.com and he joined the podcast to talk about his site's survey of annual security clearance compensation.