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Federal occupational series 0018

Safety and Occupational Health Management

There are 31 open federal jobs in occupational series 0018 (Safety and Occupational Health Management) as of October 22, 2026; the median advertised salary is $102,935.

The government made 266 hires in this series over the last twelve months, and 31 roles are advertised here today. This is one of the better-advertised federal lanes.

266
Hires, 12 months
GS-11
Most common hiring grade
$87,061
Median pay at hire
31
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0018 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-11.

GS-7 18 7.2%
GS-9 47 18.7%
GS-12 71 28.3%
GS-13 19 7.6%
GS-14 3 1.2%
GS-15 1 0.4%

251 General Schedule hires. Hires under other pay plans (wage grade, senior executive, and the excepted schedules) are not shown here.

Where it is hiring

Top agencies
Department of the Navy65
Department of Labor49
Department of Defense30
Department of the Army26
Department of Veterans Affairs25
Department of the Air Force24
Department of Homeland Security14
Department of Interior13
Top states
Florida15
Pennsylvania10
Washington, D.C.9
Texas8
New Mexico5
Maryland5
Georgia5
New Jersey5

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 56% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 266 hires.

Related occupations

Other series in the Miscellaneous Occupations group (0000), by federal hires over the same twelve months.