What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0503 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-5.
GS-3
2
0.2%
GS-4
123
14.5%
GS-5
527
62%
GS-6
114
13.4%
GS-7
48
5.6%
GS-8
28
3.3%
GS-9
8
0.9%
850 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 | 610 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | 128 |
| Department of Defense | 33 |
| Department of the Army | 27 |
| Department of the Navy | 27 |
| Department of the Air Force | 23 |
| Department of Treasury | 2 |
| Department of Agriculture | 2 |
Top states
| California | 81 |
| Wyoming | 71 |
| Montana | 57 |
| Colorado | 46 |
| Washington | 39 |
| Florida | 38 |
| Wisconsin | 33 |
| Tennessee | 33 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 14% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 852 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the Accounting and Budget group (0500), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- Tax ExaminingSeries 0592 · 823 hires
- Financial Administration and ProgramSeries 0501 · 712 hires
- Budget AnalysisSeries 0560 · 447 hires
- AuditingSeries 0511 · 418 hires
- AccountingSeries 0510 · 338 hires
- Accounting TechnicianSeries 0525 · 262 hires