What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0085 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-6.
GS-3
16
2.7%
GS-4
44
7.3%
GS-5
129
21.4%
GS-6
366
60.8%
GS-7
27
4.5%
GS-8
7
1.2%
GS-9
10
1.7%
GS-10
3
0.5%
602 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 Army | 342 |
| Department of the Navy | 118 |
| Smithsonian Institution | 88 |
| Department of Interior | 28 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 20 |
| Department of Defense | 19 |
| Department of the Air Force | 5 |
| Armed Forces Retirement Home | 4 |
Top states
| Washington, D.C. | 76 |
| California | 15 |
| New Mexico | 9 |
| Arizona | 6 |
| Maryland | 5 |
| Virginia | 5 |
| Kansas | 4 |
| Idaho | 4 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 77% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 625 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the Miscellaneous Occupations group (0000), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Park RangerSeries 0025 · 2,101 hires
- PoliceSeries 0083 · 1,946 hires
- Correctional OfficerSeries 0007 · 1,900 hires
- Security AdministrationSeries 0080 · 1,051 hires
- Fire Protection and PreventionSeries 0081 · 816 hires
- Emergency Management SpecialistSeries 0089 · 373 hires
- GuideSeries 0090 · 331 hires
- Security Clerical and AssistanceSeries 0086 · 305 hires