Federal government internships paying $50K, $60K, even more for ‘student trainees’

The federal government is advertising a slew of top-tier internships at several agencies that pay as much as $50,000 or $60,000 a year or even more – matching and in some cases exceeding the U.S. median income for adults.

The government this week was advertising a handful of internships that pay nothing and many that pay $16-$18 an hour. But many others list the pay as an annual salary, and the top-tier internships listed on the government’s Intern.USAJobs.gov website site offer more than $60,000 per year if students can work a combination...