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Federal occupational series 2181

Aircraft Operation

There are 29 open federal jobs in occupational series 2181 (Aircraft Operation) as of October 12, 2026; the median advertised salary is $151,619.

The government made 280 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 29 postings live here today — roughly 10 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

280
Hires, 12 months
GS-13
Most common hiring grade
—
Median pay at hire
29
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 2181 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-13.

GS-9 1 0.4%
GS-11 15 5.6%
GS-12 99 37.2%
GS-14 10 3.8%

266 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 the Air Force154
Department of the Army90
Department of Agriculture17
Department of Transportation8
Department of Energy4
Department of Homeland Security3
Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration1
Department of Defense1
Top states
Oklahoma6
New Mexico4
California3
Utah2
Georgia2
Kentucky2
Michigan2
Idaho1

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 89% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 280 hires.

Related occupations

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