What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0501 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-9.
GS-5
4
0.8%
GS-7
104
20%
GS-9
117
22.5%
GS-11
103
19.8%
GS-12
77
14.8%
GS-13
61
11.8%
GS-14
25
4.8%
GS-15
28
5.4%
519 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 | 203 |
| Department of the Navy | 201 |
| Department of Defense | 131 |
| Department of the Army | 41 |
| Department of Justice | 25 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 17 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 10 |
| Department of Agriculture | 6 |
Top states
| Washington, D.C. | 18 |
| Maryland | 7 |
| Virginia | 6 |
| Texas | 6 |
| Florida | 3 |
| Louisiana | 3 |
| Minnesota | 3 |
| California | 2 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 90% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 663 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the Accounting and Budget group (0500), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Financial Clerical and AssistanceSeries 0503 · 842 hires
- Tax ExaminingSeries 0592 · 729 hires
- AuditingSeries 0511 · 403 hires
- Budget AnalysisSeries 0560 · 386 hires
- AccountingSeries 0510 · 305 hires
- Accounting TechnicianSeries 0525 · 255 hires