Federal employee, government contractor, or approaching retirement. RPM Financial Group is the service-driven partner who knows the problem each of these clients faces, and the plan that solves it. We serve clients across Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland.
Budget cuts and reductions in force have made federal careers less certain than they once felt. Our work is protecting your income, your benefits and your footing before anything changes.
Contractors, cybersecurity pros & business owners alike
The jump to Gov-Con brings higher income, and new volatility, equity compensation and tax complexity. Cybersecurity professionals sit at the sharpest end of it: cleared roles, competing offers and comp packages that change faster than any plan built to hold them. Whether you're a W-2 contractor, a security leader or running your own consultancy, our work is turning a bigger, less predictable paycheck into durable stability.
A federal pension, Social Security, contractor equity and decades of savings all have to become one dependable income. Our work is coordinating those pieces tax-efficiently, so you can enjoy the life you've earned. For federal employees and retirees across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC: FERS pension election, TSP withdrawal sequencing, Social Security timing, and FEHB in retirement.
High income. Complex pay structure. Aging parents. Growing kids. Questions nobody around you can really answer.
It is usually not overspending. High income arrives in pieces, such as base pay, a bonus, an RSU vest or a contract true-up, while expenses are monthly and fixed. Money that shows up irregularly gets absorbed unless it has a job before it lands. The first step is mapping income by when it actually arrives, then assigning the lumpy portions in advance.
You generally cannot fund all four at maximum, so sequencing matters more than the amounts. Retirement usually comes first, because you cannot borrow for it and you can borrow for college. From there each goal needs a number and a date rather than an open claim on whatever is left. Competing goals often conflict less once they are sized.
Treat variable income as two things: a baseline you can live on, and a surplus you never build into your lifestyle. The baseline sets your fixed costs. The surplus follows a written order, decided before the money arrives: reserve, tax set-aside, retirement, then goals. That way a strong quarter does not quietly become a permanently higher standard of living.
That is a number worth knowing rather than estimating. Take the monthly floor, the expenses that do not stop, and divide your accessible savings by it. For Gov-Con and cleared households we typically look at a longer runway than the usual three-to-six-month guideline, because contract cycles and clearance timelines can stretch a search well past a normal one.
Put a number on it before it becomes open-ended. Decide what you can contribute in a year without moving your own retirement date, and treat that as the ceiling rather than the starting point. The harder part is usually the conversation, not the arithmetic: what your parents actually have, what their care may cost, and who else in the family is involved.
Usually the order follows the math. Capture any employer or agency match first, since little else returns as much as quickly. Then high-interest debt, because retiring a 22% balance saves you 22%. The mortgage is typically the lowest-rate and least urgent of the three. The exception is when one debt is costing you sleep. How you feel about it is a real input.
General information for education only, not individualized advice. Your situation may differ. LPL Financial does not provide tax or legal advice; consult your tax or legal professional regarding your specific circumstances.
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A 41-year-old systems engineer in Reston. $380K in a TSP, no estate documents, three kids under 10, aging parents out of state. Twelve months later: a funded trust, coordinated insurance, college savings for all three kids, and a retirement number he actually believed in.
A Bethesda couple with $435K combined income had been meaning to get a plan for four years. Three months after their first call: wills and directives for both, and a tax strategy that saved a significant amount they redeployed elsewhere.
A federal employee in her early 50s, eight years from retirement, had never had a real conversation about what FERS meant for her monthly income. She had more than enough to retire on her terms. She just didn't know it.
A 20-year Navy veteran in Virginia Beach, retiring from service and stepping into a Gov-Con role that finally pays for the expertise he earned in uniform. His goal: put down roots so his two middle-schoolers never change districts again. Nine months later: military pension and contractor income mapped into one plan, a reserve sized for contract risk, and a confident home purchase that keeps the family in the same community for good.
"I've worked with Ryan for more than six years. I'm a federal employee getting ready to retire early next year, and I'm far more comfortable with that decision now than I was before. I'm more knowledgeable about my money and my future. Ryan is always available to support not just me, but my family as well."
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