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Federal occupational series 1224

Patent Examining

There are 7 open federal jobs in occupational series 1224 (Patent Examining) as of October 23, 2026.

The government made 1,010 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 7 postings live here today — roughly 144 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

1,010
Hires, 12 months
GS-7
Most common hiring grade
—
Median pay at hire
7
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 1224 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-7.

GS-9 204 20.2%
GS-11 136 13.5%
GS-14 1 0.1%

1,010 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 Commerce1,010
Top states
Virginia1,009
Pennsylvania1

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months.