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Federal occupational series 0603

Physician Assistant

There are 70 open federal jobs in occupational series 0603 (Physician Assistant) as of October 23, 2026; the median advertised salary is $130,294.

The government made 373 hires in this series over the last twelve months, and 70 roles are advertised here today. This is one of the better-advertised federal lanes.

373
Hires, 12 months
GS-12
Most common hiring grade
$161,249
Median pay at hire
70
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0603 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-12.

GS-9 4 6.9%
GS-11 7 12.1%
GS-13 11 19%
GS-14 1 1.7%

58 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 Affairs312
Department of Defense30
Department of Justice10
Department of Health and Human Services8
Department of the Army7
Department of the Air Force4
Department of Homeland Security1
Department of the Navy1
Top states
Texas34
North Carolina30
Florida25
Pennsylvania23
New York18
Oklahoma18
California16
Ohio13

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 12% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 373 hires.

Related occupations

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