What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0303 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-5.
GS-1
4
0.1%
GS-2
13
0.5%
GS-3
38
1.3%
GS-4
726
25.1%
GS-5
1,036
35.9%
GS-6
285
9.9%
GS-7
722
25%
GS-8
53
1.8%
GS-9
11
0.4%
2,888 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 Commerce | 2,913 |
| Department of Justice | 960 |
| Department of Treasury | 587 |
| Department of Interior | 332 |
| Department of the Air Force | 267 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 266 |
| Department of the Army | 223 |
| Department of Defense | 161 |
Top states
| Texas | 495 |
| California | 316 |
| Utah | 235 |
| Illinois | 216 |
| Florida | 207 |
| Washington, D.C. | 204 |
| Virginia | 178 |
| New York | 166 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 26% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 5,908 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services group (0300), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Miscellaneous Administration and ProgramSeries 0301 · 4,687 hires
- Management and Program AnalysisSeries 0343 · 1,619 hires
- Logistics ManagementSeries 0346 · 626 hires
- Administration and Office Support Student TraineeSeries 0399 · 584 hires
- Program ManagementSeries 0340 · 407 hires
- SecretarySeries 0318 · 253 hires