What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 0649 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-8.
GS-4
2
0.6%
GS-5
8
2.4%
GS-6
19
5.6%
GS-7
54
16%
GS-8
148
43.9%
GS-9
95
28.2%
GS-10
11
3.3%
337 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 Affairs | 303 |
| Department of Defense | 34 |
| Department of Justice | 2 |
Top states
| Florida | 32 |
| California | 26 |
| North Carolina | 20 |
| Tennessee | 20 |
| Georgia | 18 |
| Michigan | 14 |
| Ohio | 13 |
| Texas | 13 |
Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 10% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 339 hires.
Related occupations
Other series in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health group (0600), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
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- Medical Support AssistanceSeries 0679 · 4,637 hires
- Medical OfficerSeries 0602 · 2,640 hires
- Nursing AssistantSeries 0621 · 2,028 hires
- Practical NurseSeries 0620 · 1,586 hires
- PharmacistSeries 0660 · 1,357 hires
- Health Aid and TechnicianSeries 0640 · 1,127 hires
- General Health ScienceSeries 0601 · 944 hires
- Pharmacy TechnicianSeries 0661 · 613 hires
- Medical TechnologistSeries 0644 · 479 hires