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Federal occupational series 0080

Security Administration

There are 97 open federal jobs in occupational series 0080 (Security Administration) as of October 22, 2026; the median advertised salary is $115,694.

The government made 1,063 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 97 postings live here today — roughly 11 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

1,063
Hires, 12 months
GS-12
Most common hiring grade
$111,087
Median pay at hire
97
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0080 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-12.

GS-5 1 0.1%
GS-6 2 0.3%
GS-7 61 7.9%
GS-9 182 23.7%
GS-10 1 0.1%
GS-11 155 20.2%
GS-13 119 15.5%
GS-14 43 5.6%
GS-15 15 2%

769 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 Air Force273
Department of the Navy178
Department of Defense158
Department of Homeland Security157
Department of Justice75
Department of the Army67
Department of Energy26
Department of Health and Human Services23
Top states
Washington, D.C.162
Virginia37
Maryland27
Georgia11
Pennsylvania7
Texas7
California5
New York4

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 71% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 1,063 hires.

Related occupations

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