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Federal occupational series 0601

General Health Science

There are 71 open federal jobs in occupational series 0601 (General Health Science) as of October 23, 2026; the median advertised salary is $106,395.

The government made 944 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 71 postings live here today — roughly 13 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

Ayla Research · OPM Federal Workforce Data · through Aug 2026
944
Hires, 12 months
GS-11
Most common hiring grade
$84,462
Median pay at hire
71
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0601 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-11.

GS-5 14 2.2%
GS-6 2 0.3%
GS-7 34 5.4%
GS-9 82 13%
GS-11 292 46.3%
GS-12 120 19%
GS-13 69 10.9%
GS-14 14 2.2%
GS-15 4 0.6%

631 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 Veterans Affairs668
Department of Health and Human Services208
Department of Defense41
Department of the Army12
Department of the Air Force7
Environmental Protection Agency4
Department of the Navy2
Department of Interior1
Top states
Maryland143
California83
Texas52
Georgia46
Massachusetts44
Florida43
North Carolina36
Pennsylvania31

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 7% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 944 hires.

Related occupations

Other series in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health group (0600), by federal hires over the same twelve months.