What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0089 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-12.
GS-9
21
16.8%
GS-11
32
25.6%
GS-12
41
32.8%
GS-13
19
15.2%
GS-14
11
8.8%
GS-15
1
0.8%
125 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 | 327 |
| Department of the Air Force | 26 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 25 |
| Department of the Navy | 24 |
| Department of the Army | 9 |
| Department of Agriculture | 8 |
| Department of Energy | 7 |
| Department of Defense | 6 |
Top states
| Maryland | 85 |
| Texas | 83 |
| Washington, D.C. | 26 |
| Illinois | 6 |
| California | 6 |
| Georgia | 6 |
| Florida | 6 |
| New Mexico | 5 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 41% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 454 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
- GuideSeries 0090 · 332 hires
- Security Clerical and AssistanceSeries 0086 · 315 hires
- Safety and Occupational Health ManagementSeries 0018 · 266 hires