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
18
2.8%
GS-4
46
7.2%
GS-5
130
20.3%
GS-6
398
62.1%
GS-7
29
4.5%
GS-8
7
1.1%
GS-9
9
1.4%
GS-10
4
0.6%
641 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 | 379 |
| Department of the Navy | 126 |
| Smithsonian Institution | 82 |
| Department of Interior | 25 |
| Department of Defense | 23 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 20 |
| Department of the Air Force | 5 |
| Armed Forces Retirement Home | 3 |
Top states
| Washington, D.C. | 70 |
| California | 12 |
| New Mexico | 7 |
| Arizona | 6 |
| Maryland | 5 |
| Virginia | 5 |
| South Dakota | 4 |
| Idaho | 4 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 80% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 663 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
- Fire Protection and PreventionSeries 0081 · 831 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