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
54
3.4%
GS-2
21
1.3%
GS-3
56
3.5%
GS-4
126
7.9%
GS-5
757
47.7%
GS-6
272
17.1%
GS-7
264
16.6%
GS-8
15
0.9%
GS-9
23
1.4%
1,588 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 Interior | 1,137 |
| Department of Agriculture | 512 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 35 |
| Department of the Army | 4 |
| Department of Defense | 2 |
| Department of the Navy | 1 |
| Presidio Trust | 1 |
Top states
| California | 164 |
| Alaska | 108 |
| Washington | 105 |
| Colorado | 101 |
| Michigan | 94 |
| Wyoming | 87 |
| Oregon | 75 |
| Utah | 56 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 1% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 1,692 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences group (0400), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Wildland Fire ManagementSeries 0456 · 5,213 hires
- Forestry TechnicianSeries 0462 · 2,033 hires
- General Natural Resources Management and Biological SciencesSeries 0401 · 435 hires