It’s important to realize senior government roles are bumped up by years of service and local cost of living. CTO’s pay varies wildly but the average is only ~

It’s important to realize senior government roles are bumped up by years of service and local cost of living. CTO’s pay varies wildly but the average is only ~175k you can make more than that in government. Yes Google’s CTO makes vastly more, but there’s 1,000 local banks for every Google. https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Chief_Technology_Officer_(CTO)/Salary https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Chief_Technology_Of... In Arlington VA you’ll cap out at 33.26% over the GS-15 step 10 so 160k * 1.33 = 212k and someone with 40 years of service is looking at a 212 * 0.011 * 40 = 93k per year pension at 62 which then gets inflation adjustments. There’s people making 3x that but not that many of them.