Intelligence officers with bachelor's degrees generally start at levels equivalent to GS-7 to GS-11, which corresponded to a salary range of $37,301 to $71,764 in 2020. Candidates with advanced degrees may start at the GS-12 level, which paid $66,167 to $86,021 in 2020. Experience and additional qualifications, such as knowledge of a rare foreign language, bring higher salaries. Those in senior executive and scientific and professional positions earned from $160,100 to $219,200 a year in 2020.
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