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FBI special agent By: Dusti jones
Salary • Special Agent trainees at the FBI Academy are paid as GS-10, step 1 ($43,441) plus the Quantico, VA locality adjustment (17.50%) during their time at the FBI Academy. This equates to $51,043 on an annualized basis (or $1,963 per each two-week pay period).
Responsibilities • As an FBI Special Agent you may work on matters including terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, cyber crime, organized crime, white-collar crime, public corruption, civil rights violations, financial crime, bribery, bank robbery, extortion, kidnapping, air piracy, interstate criminal activity, fugitive and drug-trafficking matters, and other violations of federal statutes.
Education requirements • Bachelor's Degree, and for some positions a Master's Degree with a strong academic record, preferably with a GPA of 3.0 or better, and three years of professional work experience.
Physical fitness test • 1. Maximum number of sit-ups in one minute • 2. Timed 300-meter sprint • 3. Maximum number of push-ups (untimed) • 4. Timed one and one-half mile (1.5 mile) run
Job benefits • group health and life insurance • vacation • sick pay • full retirement plan
Colleges • University of phoenix • University of Massachusetts • George mason university • West Virginia university
personnel • a total of 35,344 people worked for the FBI, including 13,598 specialagents and 21,746 professional staff. Among our employees are 15,296 women, 8,650 minorities, and 1,302 persons with disabilities.
Interesting facts • Nearly 18 million background checks are conducted each year through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to determine purchase eligibility for firearms and explosives. • Female Agents Were Rare Until 1972. • During fiscal year 2012, the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) examined 53,931 pieces of media. CART examined more than 17,000 terabytes of data while supporting more than 9,700 investigations. • The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) averages nearly 8.8 million transactions a day, serving more than 92,000 users. • The special agent bomb technician (SABT) program is part of the FBI’s Hazardous Devices Operations Center in our Critical Incident Response Group.