Lobbying

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<p>Wondering if anyone has any exeprience with lobying? Genearally how would you get started in the industry? What is the starting pay like coming out of college? How hard is it to get a lobbying job out of college? </p>

<p>Or starting on the hill. What would the entry level pay be? How long do people usually stay on the hill before moving downtown? Say you worked on the hill for mabey five years or so as a stafer and got promoted. What would the pay be like on the hill, and what would the pay be like if you could get hiared by a lobbying firm, after the work experience?</p>

<p>How do the two jobs differ? What kind of work would you be doing at a lobying firm? What kind of hours? Basically entry level lobbying possition, vs entry level staffer on the hill? What has more opportunity for advancement, and pay? </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>From Princeton Review
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<p>My understanding is that barely anyone gets into lobbying straight out of college, and that you need to become an expert in something else, but not that sure...</p>

<p>I think that George Washington University has one of the only "Lobbying-like" programs in their Graduate school, called Political Management. Let me see...
<a href="http://columbian.gwu.edu/grad/programs.php/id/30%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://columbian.gwu.edu/grad/programs.php/id/30&lt;/a>
I don't know of any other program like it, but if any one else does, please tell!</p>

<p>I am thinking about getting into lobbying myself, one day. I am thinking about a grad school dual degree in Social Work and Public Health, but I am still in love with that GWU program as well. I'm taking a course in lobbying next semester that my state senator is teaching so I hope to learn more about it then.</p>

<p>When I worked at my state capitol for a week I met a couple of lobbyist and some of them were former legislators stating that they made more money lobbying (though oiur legislators only make about 34,000 a year). I couldn't believe some people actually told me what they made and it varied starting from $65,000 to much more.</p>