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Federal occupational series 0620

Practical Nurse

There are 124 open federal jobs in occupational series 0620 (Practical Nurse) as of October 23, 2026; the median advertised salary is $66,497.

The government made 1,586 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 124 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
1,586
Hires, 12 months
GS-6
Most common hiring grade
$65,884
Median pay at hire
124
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0620 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-6.

GS-3 35 2.2%
GS-4 137 8.7%
GS-5 219 13.9%
GS-6 1,066 67.4%
GS-7 124 7.8%

1,581 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 Affairs1,421
Department of Defense141
Armed Forces Retirement Home10
Department of Health and Human Services9
Department of Justice5
Top states
California183
Texas130
Florida89
Ohio89
Pennsylvania83
North Carolina66
Tennessee61
Michigan58

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 9% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 1,586 hires.

Related occupations

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