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Federal occupational series 2101

Transportation Specialist

There are 71 open federal jobs in occupational series 2101 (Transportation Specialist) as of October 5, 2026; the median advertised salary is $117,488.

The government made 691 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 71 postings live here today — roughly 10 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

691
Hires, 12 months
GS-9
Most common hiring grade
$87,635
Median pay at hire
71
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 2101 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-9.

GS-7 1 0.8%
GS-10 1 0.8%
GS-11 27 22.1%
GS-12 33 27%
GS-13 13 10.7%
GS-14 4 3.3%
GS-15 1 0.8%

122 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 Transportation567
Department of the Air Force92
Department of the Army10
Department of Veterans Affairs6
Department of Agriculture5
Department of Interior3
Department of Homeland Security3
Department of the Navy3
Top states
California47
Alaska46
Texas44
Florida36
Illinois28
New York23
Georgia22
New Mexico17

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 18% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 691 hires.

Related occupations

Other series in the Transportation group (2100), by federal hires over the same twelve months.