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How long are TSA shifts?

Conventional Work Schedule (ConWS): For FT employees, a work schedule consisting of five days per week, eight hours per day, and 40 hours per week (80 hours per pay period). For PT employees, work schedules consisting of five days per week, no more than 32 hours per week, and no more than 64 hours per pay period.



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TSA grants personal leave days for vacation, illness, and family care as well as 10 paid holidays per year.

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Many of our TSIs are on duty overnights to make sure our nation's aircraft and airport operators are complying with TSA's rules and regulations for safe travel. Three of our agency's TSIs explained why they frequently work wacky hours.

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The TSA is very strict about professionalism and credibility, therefore make sure you will be able to pass a background check, credit check, and a drug test. If you work hard at your job, you could qickuly see yourself climbing the ranks.

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The average Tsa salary varies by location. Tsa salaries are the highest in Boston, MA, at $61,817 per year. Tsa pays the second highest average salary in Newark, NJ, at $61,734 per year.

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The significant pay raise and improvement of workplace rights for TSA employees were included in the 2023 omnibus government funding bill with the support of Reps. Bennie Thompson and Rosa DeLauro. The bill was signed into law on Dec. 29.

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The vast majority of airport employees with direct access to the tarmac and airplanes do not go through any daily security screening, and only two of the country's major airports have systems in place that require all employees with secure access to pass through metal detectors, a CNN investigation has found.

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As a result, TSA employees' salaries have lagged significantly behind their counterparts elsewhere in the federal government, and the agency has suffered from low morale and high employee attrition for years.

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Do TSA Agents Get Flight or Travel Benefits? The answer is no. In contrast to flight attendants and other airline workers, TSA agents do not receive benefits like free flights and free food. Moreover, accepting gifts could get you fired.

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The busiest day is projected to be Sept. 1, 2023, when TSA expects to screen over 2.7 million travelers passing through security checkpoints. The agency has screened about 227.5 million passengers since Memorial Day weekend, an average of 2.5 million per day.

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Workers for the Transportation Security Administration, including the 50,000 uniformed officers who screen travelers and bags at U.S. airports, will get up to a 31% pay increase, among the largest in agency history.

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