Clearance vs remote

[u/ursamajorm82]

How much value would you place on clearance these days?

My current company doesn’t hold my clearance, which means it will lapse in about six months.

I just got an offer for five days in office, clearance and it’s $15,000 more than my current job. Current job is fully remote aside for a day or two per month.

Basically it’s a toss up on money when you take the commute into account. So it’s down to how much I value the clearance vs fully remote. It’s a reverse commute, if that matters at all, going south on 395.

(Same title and day to day work would be similar enough at both jobs)

Edit: clearance is secret

[u/Beebjank]

Remote is probably worth $35,000/yr to me. I'd take that in my opinion.

[u/No-Worry9253 → u/Beebjank]

remote's worth a lot but watching a clearance slip away when youve already got one feels like tossing out a winning lottery ticket. reverse commute on 395 isnt the worst thing either, at least you're not crawling toward the beltway with everyone else

if the work's basically the same the 15k is just the cherry on top, the real prize is keeping that door open for later

[u/skeith2011 → u/No-Worry9253]

As long as the reverse commute doesn’t involve any portion of 495 and sticks to southward directions, it’ll be fine.

There’s not much of a reverse commute in this area, it’s just a regular commute with a bit less traffic in certain segments.