See for yourself https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Lawrence-Livermore-National-Laboratory-Engineering-Salaries-EI_IE35235.0,38_DEPT1007.htm https://www.glassdoor

See for yourself https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Lawrence-Livermore-National-Laboratory-Engineering-Salaries-EI_IE35235.0,38_DEPT1007.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Lawrence-Livermore-National... 145k TC for Software Engineer. Better than I'd expect from a government job, although a qualified applicant could obviously make so much more elsewhere. And supporting the needs of a bunch of PhD's doesn't really sound fun.