Federal Career Navigator

Series 5201

Miscellaneous Occupations

Trade workers whose work doesn't fit any specific trade series. Many jobs are with Air National Guard units.

Plain-language description based on the OPM series definition.

5200 Miscellaneous Occupations Family · Federal Wage System (trades)

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At a glance

Job postings, last 12 months
27
Open now
4
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before)
Not enough data
Demand score
38/100
Remote opportunity score
Not enough data
Veteran opportunity score
48/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

WG-8 to WG-10

Most common promotion potential: WG-10

WG pay plan, used by 42% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$40,736 to $181,570 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
26%
Federal employees and other special groups only
74%
Listed a veterans hiring path
26%
Telework eligible (open now)
25%
Fully remote (open now)
0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

  1. Department of the Air Force (14)
  2. Department of Energy (4)
  3. Department of Homeland Security (3)
  4. Department of Justice (2)
  5. Department of the Navy (2)

Top states

  1. Pennsylvania (11)
  2. New York (10)
  3. Illinois (9)
  4. Washington (9)
  5. California (8)

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 5201 by fiscal year
Fiscal year Postings
FY 2018 26
FY 2019 27
FY 2020 21
FY 2021 18
FY 2022 37
FY 2023 29
FY 2024 54
FY 2025 29
FY 2026 23

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 5201 opened each month
Month Postings
Dec 2025 5
Jan 2026 0
Feb 2026 1
Mar 2026 3
Apr 2026 2
May 2026 2
Jun 2026 2
Jul 2026 0
Aug 2026 3
Sep 2026 3
Oct 2026 4
Nov 2026 (month to date) 2

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.