The pay is excellent. The listed range is $50,864 to $118,069 a year.

According to CNN Money, in addition to the cachet of working at the CIA, "librarians also have opportunities to serve as embedded, or forward deployed, information experts in CIA offices and select Intelligence Community agencies."

The job requirements include a master’s degree, prior library experience and the ability to pass an intensive background check that includes a medical and psychological exam, and a lie detector test.

The CIA also says applicants “must generally not have used illegal drugs within the last 12 months.”

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