You can pay your people whatever you want, but the gov will only pay your people what the DCMA says they are worth. If you pay higher, it comes out of profit (which is also metered by the DCMA) or some other source.
Source: A own a R&D engineering company that works for the DoD and IC.
I can pay a EE PhD $400k/year but the DoD will "only" pay me back around $175k for this person's time. I have to make up the difference.
Hence, for defense contractors, we "only" pay what the DCMA will let us charge.
In order, what matters are: tickets, experience, degrees, certs
A PhD with 20 years of experience = this pay band
You can pay your people whatever you want, but the gov will only pay your people what the DCMA says they are worth. If you pay higher, it comes out of profit (which is also metered by the DCMA) or some other source.
Source: A own a R&D engineering company that works for the DoD and IC.
I can pay a EE PhD $400k/year but the DoD will "only" pay me back around $175k for this person's time. I have to make up the difference.
Hence, for defense contractors, we "only" pay what the DCMA will let us charge.
In order, what matters are: tickets, experience, degrees, certs