Minimum TSA Salary. The minimum annual salary for a TSA worker is $17,254, before locality pay, according to the TSA's website, as of 2014. According to tsasalary.com, though, the minimum starting salary is $30,240 per year.he pay scale for TSA workers employs the federal government's SV grading system for pay classes as opposed to the majority of positions in the federal government, including the FBI and the Secret Service, which use the GS pay grade system.