GS12 w/ DC metro COLA and no engineering band bonus gets just across the line into 6 figures (103K). Most senior technical folks (not just out of school/milita

GS12 w/ DC metro COLA and no engineering band bonus gets just across the line into 6 figures (103K). Most senior technical folks (not just out of school/military, and not supervisor/team lead level) are going to be GS12-13. Still, (almost) no one is making 200K as a federal employee.