1. FBI special agent
By: Dusti jones

2. Salary
Special Agent trainees at the FBI Academy are paid as GS-10, step 1 ($43,441) plus the Quantico, VA locality adjustment (17.50%) during their time at the FBI Academy. This equates to $51,043 on an annualized basis (or $1,963 per each two-week pay period).

3. Responsibilities
As an FBI Special Agent you may work on matters including terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, cyber crime, organized crime, white-collar crime, public corruption, civil rights violations, financial crime, bribery, bank robbery, extortion, kidnapping, air piracy, interstate criminal activity, fugitive and drug-trafficking matters, and other violations of federal statutes.

4. Education requirements
Bachelor's Degree, and for some positions a Master's Degree with a strong academic record, preferably with a GPA of 3.0 or better, and three years of professional work experience.

5. Physical fitness test 1. Maximum number of sit-ups in one minute
2. Timed 300-meter sprint
3. Maximum number of push-ups (untimed)
4. Timed one and one-half mile (1.5 mile) run

6. Job benefits group health and life insurance vacation sick pay
full retirement plan

7. Salary breakdown

8. Colleges University of phoenix University of Massachusetts
George mason university
West Virginia university

9. personnel
a total of 35,344 people worked for the FBI, including 13,598 special agents and 21,746 professional staff. Among our employees are 15,296 women, 8,650 minorities, and 1,302 persons with disabilities.

10. Interesting facts
Nearly 18 million background checks are conducted each year through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to determine purchase eligibility for firearms and explosives.
Female Agents Were Rare Until 1972.
During fiscal year 2012, the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team (CART) examined 53,931 pieces of media. CART examined more than 17,000 terabytes of data while supporting more than 9,700 investigations.
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) averages nearly 8.8 million transactions a day, serving more than 92,000 users.
The special agent bomb technician (SABT) program is part of the FBI’s Hazardous Devices Operations Center in our Critical Incident Response Group.

11. “Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity.”