What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0399 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-4.
GS-1
19
4.8%
GS-2
37
9.3%
GS-3
75
18.8%
GS-4
187
47%
GS-5
36
9%
GS-6
7
1.8%
GS-7
27
6.8%
GS-9
10
2.5%
398 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 | 162 |
| Department of Transportation | 86 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 42 |
| Department of Commerce | 38 |
| Department of the Navy | 37 |
| Department of Justice | 34 |
| Department of Defense | 32 |
| Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration | 25 |
Top states
| Washington, D.C. | 135 |
| Virginia | 44 |
| Maryland | 35 |
| Florida | 12 |
| Texas | 10 |
| New Jersey | 9 |
| Georgia | 4 |
| New York | 3 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 50% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 559 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
- Miscellaneous Administration and ProgramSeries 0301 · 4,775 hires
- Management and Program AnalysisSeries 0343 · 1,780 hires
- Logistics ManagementSeries 0346 · 652 hires
- Program ManagementSeries 0340 · 402 hires
- SecretarySeries 0318 · 265 hires