What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0086 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-5.
GS-4
2
0.7%
GS-5
222
72.5%
GS-6
37
12.1%
GS-7
45
14.7%
306 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 Veterans Affairs | 215 |
| Department of the Navy | 59 |
| Department of the Army | 14 |
| Department of Defense | 13 |
| Department of the Air Force | 9 |
| Department of Agriculture | 2 |
| Department of Education | 1 |
| Department of Commerce | 1 |
Top states
| Florida | 28 |
| California | 18 |
| Tennessee | 15 |
| Texas | 13 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 |
| Michigan | 11 |
| Oklahoma | 9 |
| New York | 9 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 30% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 315 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
- Security GuardSeries 0085 · 663 hires
- Emergency Management SpecialistSeries 0089 · 454 hires
- GuideSeries 0090 · 332 hires
- Safety and Occupational Health ManagementSeries 0018 · 266 hires