| An FBI agent works for Federal Bureau of | | | | years of age with a valid driving license and a four |
| Investigation (FBI) to conduct investigations for | | | | year degree from recognized college/university. |
| national security and all kinds of federal crimes | | | | Three years relevant work experience or training |
| whether a financial crime, organized crime, | | | | works wonders for the candidates in terms of |
| extortion, abduction, corruption, bank robbery, | | | | monetary benefits. A command on any of the |
| drug trafficking or terrorism. | | | | foreign languages (French, Japanese, Spanish, |
| Pre-requisites for a Lucrative Salary | | | | Urdu, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Korean, |
| The salary of an FBI agent gets affected by | | | | Vietnamese or Farsi) and a master's degree |
| many crucial factors such as degree, work | | | | provides the FBI agent an edge over others. It |
| experience, training and physical stamina. As these | | | | certainly leads him to higher pay offers. |
| are also the parameters of selection, they play an | | | | Workstation |
| important role in deciding the money fetched by | | | | The salary of an FBI agent also depends on his |
| an FBI agent. | | | | assigned workstation or the location where he is |
| Degree and Work Experience | | | | posted. If the place is big, densely populated with |
| A bachelors degree in any of the disciplines is a | | | | a high cost of living then the FBI agent salary |
| must; especially in information security, computer | | | | would be lower than those posted in smaller areas |
| crime/cyber crime, computer forensics, biology, | | | | with low cost of living. Trained and experienced |
| homeland security or criminal justice. The | | | | FBI agents are exceptions to this fact, as they |
| graduates should be national citizens with 23-37 | | | | are paid according to the years of experience. |