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Federal occupational series 0404

Biological Science Technician

The government made 1,622 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 14 postings live here today — roughly 116 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

1,622
Hires, 12 months
GS-5
Most common hiring grade
$45,409
Median pay at hire
14
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0404 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-5.

GS-1 31 2%
GS-2 14 0.9%
GS-3 50 3.2%
GS-4 113 7.3%
GS-6 277 18%
GS-7 252 16.4%
GS-8 14 0.9%
GS-9 20 1.3%

1,540 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 Interior1,134
Department of Agriculture449
Department of Veterans Affairs32
Department of the Army3
Department of Defense2
Department of the Navy1
Presidio Trust1
Top states
California160
Alaska109
Colorado99
Washington98
Wyoming90
Michigan89
Oregon70
Utah54

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 2% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 1,622 hires.