Salary range is $116,021 to $158,700.
(From va.gov/ds/, where I work, I believe this is the same for all the other Digital Service teams though)
(From va.gov/ds/, where I work, I believe this is the same for all the other Digital Service teams though)
The top tech talent that we aim to attract to USDS often can make far more than these salaries staying in the private sector, so appealing to a sense of civic duty and offering short-term engagements is what we have to do to recruit.
Which is why everybody loves getting a letter asking them to turn up for jury duty, right?!
* You don't have to spend a full day in a courthouse doing nothing during the selection process
* The government guarantees you will continue receiving your normal income during the trial
$116k/yr for your entire mid/late career would also suck (compared to 200-400k in industry), but for <2 years, I can't see that alone being a huge issue, unless you have kids in college, are paying for a mortgage elsewhere, etc.