FBI agent..?

Question

Hi. I will study lawyer and i wanted to know if i can be an agent for FBI if i study lawyer.

Also, how much does agent make per a year.

Help plz..

Answer 1

A law degree will certainly help you become an FBI agent.  However, a lawyer makes much more money than an FBI agent so why would you want to?  Also, I am not at all being insulting, but whether English is your first language or not your spelling and grammar would have to be exceptional to be in the FBI.  Get as much English education as you can and then look into employment with the FBI.  Good luck!!

Answer 2

I certainly hope you are about 12, because no one studies lawyer.  They go to law school and study law.

Anyway, you do not need a law degree in order to be an FBI agent.

You will need a high school degree, with close to a 4.0 gpa.

You will need a college degree with at least a 3.5 gpa.

You will need to study law, criminal justice, accounting, languages, foreign relations, or another challenging field.

You will need to have excellent credit.

You will need to have no criminal record.

You will need some work experience, probably law enforcement.

It may help if you have military experience.

Answer 3

9. Do certain degrees provide a more desirable educational background for the Special Agent position?

The FBI does not recommend particular courses or schools. Any degrees that develop research and analytical skills are desirable educational backgrounds. For example, a Law degree is a desirable asset because Special Agents are charged with investigating violations of federal laws of the United States; an Accounting degree is also desirable because Special Agents trace financial transactions and review/analyze complex accounting records in criminal investigations; an Engineering degree is desirable because Special Agents often have to critically analyze large amounts of information in order to plan the next steps in an investigation; etc.

12. How much are FBI Special Agents paid?

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).

Newly assigned Special Agents are paid as GS-10, step 1 ($43,441) plus locality pay and availability pay. Locality pay (which ranges from 12.5% to 28.7% of base salary depending upon office assignment) is additional compensation to account for differences in the labor market between different areas. Availability pay is a 25% increase in adjusted salary (base salary + locality pay) for all Special Agents due to their requirement to average a 50-hour work week over the course of the year. Thus, with the locality and availability pay adjustments, new Special Agents in their first Field Offices earn between $61,100 and $69,900, depending upon the region of the country to which they are assigned.

New Special Agents assigned to certain designated high-cost offices (New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C., Boston and Newark) may also be paid a one-time relocation bonus of approximately $22,000 to help offset higher real estate and living costs. In order to qualify for the relocation bonus, new Special Agents must be assigned to one of the designated high-cost offices and they must be moving from a lower cost area to a different geographical area with a higher cost of living.

For example, a new Agent assigned to Washington, D.C. would make a base salary of $43,441 (GS-10, step 1 on the Law Enforcement Officers' salary table) + locality pay of $7,602 (based on Washington, D.C.'s locality adjustment of 17.5%) + availability pay of $12,761 (25% of base + locality) for a total salary of $63,804 their first year. If the new Special Agent qualified for the relocation bonus (e.g., moving from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.), they would also receive a one-time payment of approximately $22,000.