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Federal occupational series 1102

Contracting

There are 91 open federal jobs in occupational series 1102 (Contracting) as of October 5, 2026; the median advertised salary is $121,885.

The government made 1,561 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 91 postings live here today — roughly 17 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

1,561
Hires, 12 months
GS-7
Most common hiring grade
$133,142
Median pay at hire
91
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 1102 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-7.

GS-5 1 0.1%
GS-9 119 10%
GS-11 83 7%
GS-12 210 17.7%
GS-13 244 20.6%
GS-14 112 9.5%
GS-15 31 2.6%

1,185 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 Defense463
Department of the Air Force372
Department of the Navy227
Department of Health and Human Services185
Department of Homeland Security105
Department of the Army49
Department of Justice35
Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration23
Top states
Maryland193
Washington, D.C.74
Virginia27
North Carolina16
California13
Georgia11
Pennsylvania11
Alabama10

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 73% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 1,561 hires.

Related occupations

Other series in the Business and Industry group (1100), by federal hires over the same twelve months.