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
0.7%
GS-7
116
20.8%
GS-9
132
23.7%
GS-11
106
19%
GS-12
82
14.7%
GS-13
66
11.8%
GS-14
25
4.5%
GS-15
26
4.7%
557 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 | 212 |
| Department of the Navy | 207 |
| Department of Defense | 132 |
| Department of the Army | 45 |
| Department of Justice | 28 |
| Department of Homeland Security | 20 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 14 |
| Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration | 8 |
Top states
| Washington, D.C. | 21 |
| Maryland | 12 |
| Texas | 9 |
| Virginia | 9 |
| Florida | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 |
| California | 3 |
| Louisiana | 3 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 87% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 712 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 · 852 hires
- Tax ExaminingSeries 0592 · 823 hires
- Budget AnalysisSeries 0560 · 447 hires
- AuditingSeries 0511 · 418 hires
- AccountingSeries 0510 · 338 hires
- Accounting TechnicianSeries 0525 · 262 hires