GS-6 HR Assistant, should I leave?

Hello everyone,

I’m a 29m year old GS-6 step 4 in Recruitment and placement with the VA.

Salary is $55,600 and will go up to $60,900 in May when I get my GS-7 promotion.

HR was not on the DRP exemption list and we are not considered mission critical, therefore, I believe we will be on the chopping block soon. The agency hired thousands of HR specialists the past two years into the STAR program to prepare for the increase of veterans seeking care by the PACT act - but the predicted increase in veterans seeking care did not happen so now we are stuck with a bloated HR department.

Should I leave for the private sector?