What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0301 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-9.
GS-2
2
0.1%
GS-3
2
0.1%
GS-5
10
0.3%
GS-6
3
0.1%
GS-7
183
5.5%
GS-8
3
0.1%
GS-9
866
25.9%
GS-10
6
0.2%
GS-11
523
15.6%
GS-12
508
15.2%
GS-13
437
13%
GS-14
327
9.8%
GS-15
480
14.3%
3,350 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 Air Force | 595 |
| Department of Defense | 579 |
| Department of the Army | 436 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 429 |
| Department of Agriculture | 424 |
| Department of the Navy | 292 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 242 |
| Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration | 181 |
Top states
| Washington, D.C. | 1,542 |
| Florida | 138 |
| Maryland | 108 |
| Virginia | 99 |
| California | 96 |
| Georgia | 49 |
| Missouri | 47 |
| Texas | 44 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 44% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 4,775 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services group (0300), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Miscellaneous Clerk and AssistantSeries 0303 · 5,779 hires
- Management and Program AnalysisSeries 0343 · 1,780 hires
- Logistics ManagementSeries 0346 · 652 hires
- Administration and Office Support Student TraineeSeries 0399 · 559 hires
- Program ManagementSeries 0340 · 402 hires
- SecretarySeries 0318 · 265 hires