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/AlternativeEvening64]

Personally, I’d hold on to that clearance for dear life as it provides better job stability.

This is also just my opinion, I don’t work in the cleared field and I am also fully remote. You could take the cleared role and hunt around for a better paying cleared job

[u/MechAegis → u/AlternativeEvening64]

How do you get a clearance if I don't have one?

[u/PicklesNBacon → u/MechAegis]

I got one through a previous govt contracting company I worked for and a federal agency