Series 0904

Law Clerk

Law clerks who do legal research and writing for judges or legal offices. These jobs are for law school graduates who have not yet been admitted to the bar.

Plain-language description based on the OPM series definition.

0900 Legal and Kindred Group · General Schedule

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At a glance

Job postings, last 12 months: 74
Open now: 17
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Rising (+39%)
Demand score: 55/100
Remote opportunity score: 94/100
Veteran opportunity score: 85/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-9 to GS-12

Most common promotion potential: GS-11

GS pay plan, used by 58% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$85,447 to $121,371 per year

Median of the yearly salary ranges in posted announcements.

Who can apply

Share of job postings in the last 12 months, by who the announcement was open to.

Open to the public: 85%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 15%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 23%
Telework eligible (open now): 94%
Fully remote (open now): 0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

Other Agencies and Independent Organizations (30)
Judicial Branch (17)
Department of the Treasury (9)
Department of Justice (5)
Department of Commerce (3)

Top states

District of Columbia (46)
Texas (16)
Pennsylvania (14)
California (13)
Georgia (13)

Hiring patterns

Based on job announcements since Mar 2017. How patterns are calculated

Postings by fiscal year

The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. Fiscal years 2025 and 2026 include the government-wide hiring freeze that began in January 2025.

Job announcements for series 0904 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	26
FY 2019	35
FY 2020	35
FY 2021	43
FY 2022	59
FY 2023	56
FY 2024	64
FY 2025	22
FY 2026	62

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 0904 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	3
Jan 2026	6
Feb 2026	5
Mar 2026	5
Apr 2026	4
May 2026	5
Jun 2026	4
Jul 2026	9
Aug 2026	6
Sep 2026	14
Oct 2026	5
Nov 2026 (month to date)	8

0905 General Attorney 3,177 postings in 12 months
0950 Paralegal Specialist 890 postings in 12 months
0901 General Legal and Kindred Administration 714 postings in 12 months
0986 Legal Assistance 493 postings in 12 months
0996 Veterans Claims Examining 308 postings in 12 months

About this data

Job numbers come from the USAJOBS API: 244,223 job announcements opened from December 1, 2025 to November 15, 2026, plus 12,260 announcements open on November 15, 2026. Canceled announcements are not counted. Series descriptions summarize the OPM Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families.

These figures describe posted job announcements, not hiring outcomes. Always read the official announcement and its qualification requirements before applying. How the scores are calculated.