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Federal occupational series 0462

Forestry Technician

The government made 2,136 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 21 postings live here today — roughly 102 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

2,136
Hires, 12 months
GS-5
Most common hiring grade
$40,736
Median pay at hire
21
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0462 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-5.

GS-3 323 17.1%
GS-4 436 23.1%
GS-6 81 4.3%
GS-7 108 5.7%
GS-8 1 0.1%

1,885 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 Agriculture2,066
Department of Interior69
Department of the Army1
Top states
California380
Oregon236
Colorado182
Montana175
Idaho162
Washington158
Arizona137
Utah109

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months.