Border Patrol Agent - Experienced

Border Patrol Agent (BPA) – Experienced (GL‑9 / GS‑11) – New Hire Sign‑On and Retention Incentives

SAME MISSION, NEW DRIVE! You love protecting your community and doing your part to keep our nation safe. But maybe you’re looking for a change of scenery. USBP is hiring immediately for full‑time, career positions where your prior law enforcement officer (LEO) experience may qualify you for higher‑graded Border Patrol Agent (BPA) opportunities. Continue making a difference with the nation's premier federal agency charged with securing our borders and protecting our country.

Whether you gained this experience as part of a military police unit or as a member of a state or local law enforcement organization, you have an opportunity to work with highly trained professionals whose camaraderie, pride, and purpose are hallmarks of their daily mission.

Check out the duties and responsibilities section below, along with the qualifications section to see if you are eligible. Now is the time to make your move, along with excellent base pay, location pay, exceptional benefits, and job stability. USBP is offering up to $60,000 in additional incentives to newly appointed Agents (see details below).

Duty assignments available at the time of offer may include the Southwest Border, including prioritized locations. U.S. Border Patrol determines duty assignments at the time of offer based on operational needs, which may or may not align with candidates’ first‑choice preferences. Relocation may be required.

• Base Salary: GL‑9 / GS‑11, $65,545 – $124,717 per year
• Locality Pay:
  Varies by duty location.
• Overtime Pay:
  Up to 25%
• Recruitment Incentive:
  Up to $20,000 (first $10,000 upon successful completion of the Border Patrol Academy; the remaining $10,000 for accepting a prioritized location). Prioritized locations include Sierra Blanca, TX;
  Presidio, TX;
  Sanderson, TX;
  Comstock, TX;
  Lordsburg, NM;
  Freer, TX;
  Hebbronville, TX;
  Ajo, AZ.
• Retention Incentive:
  Up to $40,000 in additional incentives distributed over the first four years.

• Big Bend Sector Stations – Presidio, Van Horn, Sanderson, Alpine, Sierra Blanca, Marfa
• Buffalo Sector Stations – Wellesley Island
• Del Rio Sector Stations – Del Rio, Brackettville, Comstock, Eagle Pass North, Eagle Pass South, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde
• El Paso Sector Stations – Alamogordo, Clint, Deming, El Paso, Fort Hancock, Las Cruces, Lordsburg, Santa Teresa, Ysleta
• El Centro Sector Stations – El Centro, Indio, Calexico
• Grand Forks Sector Stations – Pembina
• Havre Sector Stations – Havre, Malta, Plentywood, Scobey, Sweetgrass
• Houlton Sector Stations – Calais, Fort Fairfield, Jackman, Rangeley, Van Buren
• Laredo Sector Stations – Laredo South, Cotulla, Hebbronville, Laredo West, Freer, Laredo North, Zapata
• Rio Grande Valley Sector Stations – Rio Grande City, Fort Brown, McAllen, Brownsville, Falfurrias, Weslaco, Kingsville, Harlingen
• San Diego Sector Stations – Boulevard, Brownfield, Campo, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Murrieta, San Clemente
• Spokane Sector Stations – Colville, Curlew, Metaline Falls, Oroville
• Swanton Sector Stations – Beecher Falls, Burke, Champlain, Newport, Richford
• Tucson Sector Stations – Ajo, Tucson, Nogales, Douglas, Brian A Terry, Sonoita, Casa Grande, Three Points Substation, Willcox
• Yuma Sector Stations – Blythe, Yuma, Wellton

• Detecting and questioning people suspected of violating immigration and customs laws, and inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations.
• Preventing and apprehending aliens and smugglers of aliens at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions, including use of infrared scopes during night operations.
• Interpreting and following tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry of persons or contraband.
• Performing farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols, and transportation checks.
• Patrolling the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of government assets such as vehicles, horses, vessels, watercraft, off‑road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and motorcycles to accomplish the USBP Mission.