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Federal occupational series 0621

Nursing Assistant

There are 56 open federal jobs in occupational series 0621 (Nursing Assistant) as of October 5, 2026; the median advertised salary is $50,399.

The government made 1,984 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 56 postings live here today — roughly 35 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

Ayla Research · OPM Federal Workforce Data · through Jul 2026
1,984
Hires, 12 months
GS-5
Most common hiring grade
$43,796
Median pay at hire
56
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0621 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-5.

GS-3 269 13.6%
GS-4 246 12.4%
GS-5 1,458 73.6%
GS-6 7 0.4%

1,980 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 Affairs1,913
Department of Defense39
Department of Health and Human Services19
Armed Forces Retirement Home9
Department of Justice4
Top states
Texas197
California171
Florida169
Ohio140
Wisconsin99
New York84
Tennessee76
North Carolina74

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 3% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 1,984 hires.

Related occupations

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