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Federal occupational series 1102

Contracting

There are 69 open federal jobs in occupational series 1102 (Contracting) as of October 24, 2026; the median advertised salary is $121,885.

The government made 1,628 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 69 postings live here today — roughly 24 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

1,628
Hires, 12 months
GS-7
Most common hiring grade
$128,619
Median pay at hire
69
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 2 0.2%
GS-9 142 11.3%
GS-11 75 6%
GS-12 219 17.4%
GS-13 230 18.3%
GS-14 115 9.1%
GS-15 28 2.2%

1,260 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 Defense435
Department of the Air Force385
Department of the Navy244
Department of Health and Human Services179
Department of Homeland Security112
Department of the Army58
General Services Administration39
Department of Justice36
Top states
Maryland188
Washington, D.C.78
Virginia36
North Carolina17
California15
Alabama15
Georgia13
Colorado13

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 70% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 1,628 hires.

Related occupations

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