Do technically trained personnel with security clearances earn higher incomes than those without security clearances? Yes. For the latest news on this ongoing trend, just do a Google search. Below are excerpts from a recent Google News Alert for: security clearances

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Date: 3/26/2008 6:47:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
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Salaries jump for security-cleared technology jobs
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
For information technology professionals, it pays handsomely to have a government security clearance, with salaries averaging 22 percent more than IT ...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 12:31 PM EDT
Salaries jump for security-cleared technology jobs Baltimore Business Journal - by Jeff Clabaugh Contributor
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For information technology professionals, it pays handsomely to have a government security clearance, with salaries averaging 22 percent more than IT workers in jobs that don't require security clearance.

"This is a job seeker's market," said Evan Lesser, founder of ClearanceJobs.com. "With the quantity of qualified candidates in much shorter supply than the number of open jobs, wages for cleared candidates are expected to continue rising."

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearanceJobs.com, the leading Internet-based job board for professionals with active U.S. government security clearances, today announced the results of its annual Security Clearance Jobs Salary Survey. According to the survey, cleared defense industry workers reported average nationwide salaries of $72,803, 6 percent higher than the 2007 published results of $68,139.

Candidates with Top Secret and higher clearances earned, as expected, the highest average salaries, with gains of approximately 6 percent. However, candidates with lower levels of security clearances reported a 12 percent jump in salary indicating their viability in the market.

Security clearance jobs continue to pay better than their closest equivalent non-cleared counterparts. Among the 20 highest paid job categories, security-cleared candidates earn an average of $19,138, or 22 percent, more than their closest non-cleared peers.

"This is a job seekers market. With the quantity of qualified candidates in much shorter supply than the number of open jobs, wages for cleared candidates are expected to continue rising," said Evan Lesser, Director and founder of ClearanceJobs.com. . . . .

Salaries jump for security-cleared technology jobs

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
For information technology professionals, it pays handsomely to have a government security clearance, with salaries averaging 22 percent more than IT ...
See all stories on this topic

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 12:31 PM EDT
Salaries jump for security-cleared technology jobs Baltimore Business Journal - by Jeff Clabaugh Contributor
Print Article Email Article Reprints RSS Feeds
For information technology professionals, it pays handsomely to have a government security clearance, with salaries averaging 22 percent more than IT workers in jobs that don't require security clearance.

"This is a job seeker's market," said Evan Lesser, founder of ClearanceJobs.com. "With the quantity of qualified candidates in much shorter supply than the number of open jobs, wages for cleared candidates are expected to continue rising."

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearanceJobs.com, the leading Internet-based job board for professionals with active U.S. government security clearances, today announced the results of its annual Security Clearance Jobs Salary Survey. According to the survey, cleared defense industry workers reported average nationwide salaries of $72,803, 6 percent higher than the 2007 published results of $68,139.

Candidates with Top Secret and higher clearances earned, as expected, the highest average salaries, with gains of approximately 6 percent. However, candidates with lower levels of security clearances reported a 12 percent jump in salary indicating their viability in the market.

Security clearance jobs continue to pay better than their closest equivalent non-cleared counterparts. Among the 20 highest paid job categories, security-cleared candidates earn an average of $19,138, or 22 percent, more than their closest non-cleared peers.
"This is a job seekers market. With the quantity of qualified candidates in much shorter supply than the number of open jobs, wages for cleared candidates are expected to continue rising," said Evan Lesser, Director and founder of ClearanceJobs.com. . . . .

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Posted date: 4/14/2008

Job Seekers With Security Clearances Command Better Pay, Says Web Site

Local Listings Increase

By BRAD GRAVES

San Diego Business Journal Staff

Help-wanted advertising for specialized defense sector work is rising steadily by about 6 percent per year, according to one barometer.

That indicator is postings on ClearanceJobs.com, a unit of Dice Holdings Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa.

The nationwide Web site lists jobs requiring U.S. government security clearances.

"San Diego is definitely a hot spot," said Evan Lesser, the Atlanta-based founder and director of ClearanceJobs. Since 2002, the number of job postings in San Diego has grown yearly by 5 percent to 6 percent. Between 2007 and 2008, local listings on the board jumped from 1,340 to 1,425.

Some of this reflects the dot-com sector grabbing more market share.

However, it also reflects conditions in the San Diego market, said Lesser.

To get its growth figures, ClearanceJobs compared unique, identifiable job postings in the city of San Diego — not outlying areas — between 2002 and 2008.

From Lesser’s point of view, it is still a job-seeker’s market, because the supply of workers is low. "Job seekers will be a little bit bold in salary expectations," he said.

With recession either looming or at hand, job seekers are also looking for job security, Lesser added. As a result, employers who hold long-term defense contracts might have an edge in hiring.

Salaries for people holding security clearances averaged $60,732 in San Diego, according to a September 2007 study from ClearanceJobs. More recent figures were unavailable.

The September study pegged the average salary in Los Angeles at $77,206.

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If an employee is primarily concerned about pay, they probably know the Washington, D.C., metro area is the best place to be.