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poemxo on July 27, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through defe...

This makes sense. A GS doesn't earn that much, but if they resign and go work for SpaceX and get paid as a contractor, doesn't this just cost the taxpayer more?

OrvalWintermute on July 27, 2025 [–]

The normal formula we use is a range from 1.8x to 2.4x for fully loaded contractor labor rates based on contractor salary.

I presume we’ll be paying up to $576,000 for a senior engineer (GS15) equivalent from SpaceX

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