Hire the people government work runs on.
Our recruiters hire for you, or you search candidates yourself. Both run on the 201,750 open government jobs we track.
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Purchase card under $15,000 · written quotes · W-9
Market brief
Live · Oct 10, 2026Type any role. Free, no sign-up.
- open postings
- 2,878
- employers hiring it
- 187
- median advertised pay
- $159,000
- new in 30 days
- 1,566
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- open roles today
- 201,750
- official job sources
- 1,122
- employers hiring
- 4,054
- need a clearance
- 48,857
Roles Ayla has placed
- Senior software engineers
- Forward-deployed engineers
- ML & AI engineers
- Data scientists
- Data engineers
- Product & design
- Procurement
- Top Secret roles
Two ways to hire.
Same data underneath. Choose who does the searching.
Ayla Recruiting
We find them.
You interview.
- One hard role, or a hiring program
- Recruiters embedded in your HR team
- Top Secret roles placed
Freemarket brief first. No fee until you hire.
Ayla Software
Search yourself.
Pay per contact.
- Search 100M+ licensed profiles, free
- Ranked against your role, with reasons
- Who else is hiring, and what they pay
$199per seat a month, and up
How it works.
- 1
Tell us the role
A title and a place is enough.
- 2
See the market, free
Who’s hiring it, what they pay, how hard it is.
- 3
Choose how to hire
We recruit for you, or you search in the software.
Where government is hiring.
Open roles by state, Oct 10, 2026.
- 01California38,208$93,989
- 02Virginia21,232$125,631
- 03Texas14,557$89,981
- 04Florida11,158$79,882
- 05Maryland6,904$129,263
Median advertised pay in blue · Government hiring data →
Who we serve.
Government agencies
60,735open federal and state roles
Surge hiring and embedded recruiters. Buy on a purchase card.
For agenciesContractors & primes
48,857open roles need a clearance
Likely-cleared people first. Your security officer verifies.
For contractorsStartups & companies
3,293open roles at defense-tech firms
Hire people who know how government works.
For startupsPublished prices.
Identify
$199/seat/mo
250 contacts a month
Qualify
$499/seat/mo
800 contacts a month + Insights
Pipeline
$999/seat/mo
2,000 contacts a month + Insights
- Search is free. Pay per contact.
- Recruiting is a placement fee when you hire.
- Agencies: two seats a year = $11,976.
Questions buyers ask.
- What does Ayla do?
- Ayla helps teams hire for government work. Our recruiters can hire for you, or you can search candidates yourself in our software.
- How much does it cost?
- Software is $199 to $999 per seat a month, and searching is free. Recruiting is a placement fee when you hire, after a free market brief.
- Can a government office buy it?
- Yes. Two seats for a year cost $11,976, under the $15,000 purchase-card limit. We also send written quotes and a W-9.
- Can you find cleared candidates?
- Yes. We infer who is likely cleared from work history and reach them first. Only your security officer verifies a clearance.
- Where does the data come from?
- Open job postings from 1,122 official sources, plus OPM federal workforce data. Every figure shows its date.
- Do you work with job seekers?
- Yes. The job search is free and needs no account. Most listings link to the employer’s own site; for roles posted on Ayla, you apply on Ayla and only that employer sees it.
Tell us the role. See the market free.
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