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Federal occupational series 0681

Dental Assistant

There are 37 open federal jobs in occupational series 0681 (Dental Assistant) as of October 23, 2026; the median advertised salary is $48,919.

The government made 339 hires in this series over the last twelve months, and 37 roles are advertised here today. This is one of the better-advertised federal lanes.

339
Hires, 12 months
GS-6
Most common hiring grade
$50,683
Median pay at hire
37
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0681 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-6.

GS-2 10 3%
GS-3 7 2.1%
GS-4 13 3.9%
GS-5 62 18.7%
GS-7 11 3.3%
GS-8 1 0.3%

332 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 Affairs240
Department of Defense69
Department of Health and Human Services23
Department of Justice7
Top states
Texas36
Florida23
Oklahoma20
North Carolina16
California12
Virginia12
Tennessee9
Pennsylvania9

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 22% 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.