U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation / Economist

Job-title file

Economist

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

87 employees hold this title in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Median total compensation for the role is $200,226, above the department median of $173,192.

Employees: 87
Total payroll: $15.1M
Role median: $200,226
Agency median: $173,192
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$0$276,460+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 87 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Economist pay vs. the United States

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Economists — about 17,790 people — is $124,720. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pays a median base salary of $203,680 for this role, 63% above that figure — about the 82nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$67,360

$89,330

$124,720

$174,720

$238,060

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation median · $203,680

The bar is the range of annual wages for Economists across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

Computed over the 85 of 87 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is $200,226, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

Economist is held in 43 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the median of $200,226 ranks #5 of 43.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

$247,426 · 32

Securities and Exchange Commission

$214,634 · 138

Federal Reserve System

$208,995 · 65

National Science Foundation

$204,000 · 5

Federal Housing Finance Agency

$196,471 · 64

Federal Trade Commission

$191,900 · 88

Department of Justice

$191,900 · 55

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

$191,900 · 3

Federal Communications Commission

$191,350 · 62

Department of Treasury

$183,749 · 363

Small Business Administration

$181,216 · 9

Millennium Challenge Corporation

$178,811 · 14

Median total compensation for the Economist role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Economist beyond U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $144,042 ranks #1 of 5. See Economist across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$135,913 · 8

$79,810 · 69

$73,923 · 10

$65,123 · 35

Median total compensation for comparable Economistroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Kristopher Rengert

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$257,839

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $5,339
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $257,839
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $220,731
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 16
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Kristopher Rengert works as a Economist for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. Kristopher earned $257,839 in 2024. Their pay grade is 15.

Susan Burhouse

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$255,339

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,839
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $255,339
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $197,755
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 22
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Susan Burhouse works as a Economist for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. Susan earned $255,339 in 2024. Their pay grade is 15.

Joseph Colantuoni

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$254,000

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,500
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $254,000
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $191,575
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 27
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

At Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Joseph Colantuoni serves as a Economist based in Washington, District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $254,000. They are classified at grade 15.

Kathleen Mcdill

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$253,699

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $250,360
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $3,339
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $253,699
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $250,360
Basic Pay (before locality): $187,662
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 19
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Kathleen Mcdill holds the role of Economist at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. In 2024, their total compensation was $253,699. Their pay grade is 14.

Ryan Goodstein

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$253,500

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,000
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $253,500
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $220,731
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 15
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Ryan Goodstein holds the role of Economist at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. In 2024, their total compensation was $253,500. Their pay grade is 15.

Alexander Gilchrist

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$253,471

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $971
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $253,471
Pay grade: 14
Work city: New York - New York
Work county: New York
Work state: New York

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $187,662
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 364170061
Length of Service (Years): 30
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Alexander Gilchrist is a Economist at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in New York - New York, New York. 2024 total compensation came to $253,471. They are classified at grade 14.

Vivian Hwa

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$253,179

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $679
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $253,179
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $220,731
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 16
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Vivian Hwa works as a Economist for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. Vivian earned $253,179 in 2024. Their pay grade is 15.

Ajay Palvia

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$253,179

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $679
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $253,179
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $205,283
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 16
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

At Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Ajay Palvia serves as a Economist based in Washington, District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $253,179. They are classified at grade 15.

Ashley Yom

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$252,500

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $252,500
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $220,731
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 22
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

At Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Ashley Yom serves as a Economist based in Washington, District of Columbia. Their 2024 pay totaled $252,500. They are classified at grade 15.

George Shoukry

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$252,500

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $252,500
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $252,500
Pay grade: 15
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $252,500
Basic Pay (before locality): $200,323
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 9
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

George Shoukry works as a Economist for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. George earned $252,500 in 2024. Their pay grade is 15.

Hua Kiefer

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$251,446

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $250,360
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,086
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $251,446
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $250,360
Basic Pay (before locality): $187,662
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 15
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Hua Kiefer works as a Economist for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. Hua earned $251,446 in 2024. Their pay grade is 14.

Ahmad Sarsour

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$250,360

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $250,360
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $250,360
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $250,360
Basic Pay (before locality): $187,662
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 14
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Ahmad Sarsour is a Economist at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. 2024 total compensation came to $250,360. They are classified at grade 14.

Cynthia Angell

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$250,360

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $250,360
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $250,360
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $250,360
Basic Pay (before locality): $187,662
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 31
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

Cynthia Angell is a Economist at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. 2024 total compensation came to $250,360. They are classified at grade 14.

William Robinson

Economist/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2024 total comp

$250,360

Sub-department: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Base pay: $250,360
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $250,360
Pay grade: 14
Work city: Washington
Work county: District of Columbia
Work state: District of Columbia

Source-specific fields

Adjusted Basic Pay (incl. locality): $250,360
Basic Pay (before locality): $187,662
Country: United States
Duty Station Code: 110010001
Length of Service (Years): 36
Occupation Code (OPM): 0110
Pay Plan (OPM): CG

William Robinson works as a Economist for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation based in Washington, District of Columbia. William earned $250,360 in 2024. Their pay grade is 14.