I could see why people would stick with it. It’s a relatively low-stress job that pays decently, has government labor protections, government benefits, and doesn’t require a lot of education. Some searching suggests the average pay of a TSA worker is $56k. Plus retirement and health insurance. And the only credential required is a high school diploma or a GED.
What other job that requires nothing more than a high school diploma has pay and benefits that good? Maybe if you start your own business up. But in terms of wage labor, very few things come as good, at that education level, as a TSA job. A couple, each working at the TSA, can easily bring in $100-150k per year if they stay there awhile.
It’s quite understandable why the TSA agents won’t quit during a shutdown. When the money is flowing, being a TSA agent is a pretty decent gig.
The other jobs are:
Military, Police, Postal Worker. I wouldn’t consider the first two under current circumstances, but I was in the Military, within 4 years my total monetary compensation was in the ballpark of 85k plus retirement, plus free healthcare.
Other options include working up to management in retail or food chains, it’s easier to make that kind of money than you are giving credit for.
If they weren’t authoritarians, they wouldn’t be working for an enforcement agency of the government. They don’t need to be true believers to be on a side.
I don’t know that the TSA is a repository of true believers. They’ve mostly seem bored and annoyed when I’ve passed through.
I could see why people would stick with it. It’s a relatively low-stress job that pays decently, has government labor protections, government benefits, and doesn’t require a lot of education. Some searching suggests the average pay of a TSA worker is $56k. Plus retirement and health insurance. And the only credential required is a high school diploma or a GED.
What other job that requires nothing more than a high school diploma has pay and benefits that good? Maybe if you start your own business up. But in terms of wage labor, very few things come as good, at that education level, as a TSA job. A couple, each working at the TSA, can easily bring in $100-150k per year if they stay there awhile.
It’s quite understandable why the TSA agents won’t quit during a shutdown. When the money is flowing, being a TSA agent is a pretty decent gig.
The other jobs are: Military, Police, Postal Worker. I wouldn’t consider the first two under current circumstances, but I was in the Military, within 4 years my total monetary compensation was in the ballpark of 85k plus retirement, plus free healthcare.
Other options include working up to management in retail or food chains, it’s easier to make that kind of money than you are giving credit for.
If they weren’t authoritarians, they wouldn’t be working for an enforcement agency of the government. They don’t need to be true believers to be on a side.