I know public service roles are salary capped, but it's distressing to me that the CIO of the FBI will be making only "$131,239 to $192,180" which is less than even a medium-sized tech company executive would make. This person would be the front line of security defense for our top law enforcement agency and the enemies of that agency have billions of dollars of funding. It just seems like we should be paying for the talent we actually need at that level.
You don't go there for the money, nobody does. You work hard for a few years,make connections, get experience and jump ship to private sector that'll compensate for all those years of underpayment.
Someone in my family is a prime example of this: got a degree in pharmacy, joined an actual pharmacy for a bit, then ended up working for an equivalent of FDA in the US. Worked there to gain experience,then went to work for a pharma giant. They hired her mainly because of her experience in the government's agency. Have been working in private sector ever since making pretty decent living.
