What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0083 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-6.
GS-3
17
1.6%
GS-4
15
1.4%
GS-5
126
11.8%
GS-6
476
44.4%
GS-7
313
29.2%
GS-8
86
8%
GS-9
30
2.8%
GS-10
1
0.1%
GS-11
4
0.4%
GS-12
3
0.3%
GS-13
1
0.1%
1,072 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 Homeland Security | 418 |
| Department of Interior | 379 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 353 |
| Department of the Air Force | 348 |
| Department of the Navy | 193 |
| Department of Defense | 113 |
| Department of the Army | 102 |
| Department of Justice | 11 |
Hire counts by employing agency, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on every hire in this series — standard for law-enforcement and intelligence occupations, where naming a duty state would identify individuals — so there is no state breakdown to publish.
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
- Security AdministrationSeries 0080 · 1,063 hires
- Fire Protection and PreventionSeries 0081 · 831 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