What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0199 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-4.
GS-1
11
5.3%
GS-2
9
4.3%
GS-3
19
9.1%
GS-4
137
65.9%
GS-5
9
4.3%
GS-7
20
9.6%
GS-9
2
1%
GS-11
1
0.5%
208 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
| Social Security Administration | 82 |
| Department of Justice | 58 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 48 |
| Department of the Air Force | 40 |
| Department of State | 21 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 9 |
| Department of Transportation | 5 |
| Department of the Navy | 3 |
Top states
| Washington, D.C. | 41 |
| Maryland | 31 |
| California | 16 |
| Texas | 16 |
| Massachusetts | 12 |
| Florida | 10 |
| North Carolina | 9 |
| Indiana | 7 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 18% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 268 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare group (0100), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Social WorkSeries 0185 · 2,444 hires
- PsychologySeries 0180 · 1,543 hires
- Social ScienceSeries 0101 · 1,005 hires
- IntelligenceSeries 0132 · 571 hires
- Recreation Aid and AssistantSeries 0189 · 270 hires