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Federal occupational series 2101

Transportation Specialist

There are 56 open federal jobs in occupational series 2101 (Transportation Specialist) as of October 23, 2026; the median advertised salary is $121,824.

The government made 683 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 56 postings live here today — roughly 12 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

683
Hires, 12 months
GS-9
Most common hiring grade
$88,066
Median pay at hire
56
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 30 22.7%
GS-12 39 29.5%
GS-13 15 11.4%
GS-14 5 3.8%
GS-15 1 0.8%

132 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 Transportation551
Department of the Air Force95
Department of the Army11
Department of Veterans Affairs8
Department of Agriculture5
Department of the Navy5
Department of Interior3
Department of Homeland Security2
Top states
California49
Alaska44
Texas41
Florida34
Illinois26
New York20
Georgia19
New Mexico17

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 19% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 683 hires.

Related occupations

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