Is the FBI paying a competitive rate? Asking for a friend.
Any of ten or a dozen or more FR handles are in a position to answer your (rhetorical) question based on first hand experience.
Not that they will, of course. The “bought out” are going to stay “bought out”.
By the way, allied foreign intelligence services are the ones doing the actual recruiting, organizing, and paying.
Yes, it is called, “The Ray Epps Skulduggery Compensation Package.”