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TSA workers still have not been paid.
- Employees of the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, which started Dec. 22. - They're already not paid much - less than $20 on average - and they say working without pay puts stress on their already-significant budget constraints.
- Many of them took to a LinkedIn discussion form on Monday to discuss what missing a paycheck has done to their finances and mental health.
- We read their comments and included them below, with their permission.
On average, pay for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers was about $40,960 annually, or $19.69 per hour, as of May 2017, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Now, they're working without pay during the government shutdown. Many of them took to a LinkedIn discussion form on Monday to discuss what missing a paycheck has done to their finances and mental health.
We read their comments and included them below, with their permission. Nicole Johnson, a transportation security officer at TSA based in Georgia, told Business Insider more about her struggle as a new TSA employee, as she began working during the shutdown.
"I wasn't due to start until the beginning of January so I continued with my resignation from my previous job," Johnson told Business Insider. "I figured the shutdown would end soon. It didn't. I figured they would pay the checks out on the 11th. They didn't.
"I'm worried but trying not to panic."
Some answers have been lightly edited for clarity. Here's what they said: