What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0081 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-7.
GS-3
108
13%
GS-4
108
13%
GS-5
103
12.4%
GS-6
120
14.4%
GS-7
262
31.5%
GS-8
49
5.9%
GS-9
35
4.2%
GS-10
8
1%
GS-11
18
2.2%
GS-12
14
1.7%
GS-13
5
0.6%
GS-14
1
0.1%
831 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 Navy | 416 |
| Department of the Air Force | 203 |
| Department of the Army | 137 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 32 |
| Department of Defense | 20 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 11 |
| Department of Interior | 8 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 4 |
Top states
| Pennsylvania | 10 |
| New York | 6 |
| Virginia | 5 |
| Maryland | 5 |
| Louisiana | 3 |
| North Carolina | 3 |
| Alaska | 2 |
| New Jersey | 2 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 93% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 831 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the Miscellaneous Occupations group (0000), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Correctional OfficerSeries 0007 · 2,146 hires
- Park RangerSeries 0025 · 2,024 hires
- PoliceSeries 0083 · 1,944 hires
- Security AdministrationSeries 0080 · 1,063 hires
- Security GuardSeries 0085 · 663 hires
- Emergency Management SpecialistSeries 0089 · 454 hires
- GuideSeries 0090 · 332 hires
- Security Clerical and AssistanceSeries 0086 · 315 hires
- Safety and Occupational Health ManagementSeries 0018 · 266 hires