"It's not just a job...it's an adventure."
One of the most significant advantages of a career working for the Federal Government is that career training and development are part of the professional culture within the Federal workforce and there are real opportunities for advancement.
Professional specialty and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations comprise about 47 percent of Federal employment. Almost all professional specialty jobs require a 4-year college degree.
Most Federal jobs in other occupations require no more than a high school diploma, although there are notable exceptions. Service workers are relatively scarce, nearly half of all Federal workers in these occupations are firefighters, police officers, and correctional officers
PAY & BENEFITS
Job security and excellent pay are among the top reasons most seek federal employment. There are eight predominant pay systems. Each General Schedule (GS) grade has ten pay steps.
Fifteen cabinet departments and over 100 independent agencies comprise the federal government system. Washington DC has the largest number of federal workers, 245,368, and Vermont the least with 2,485 workers.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
The level of required education is dependent upon the job that’s applied for. In the federal government 60 percent of all workers do not have a college degree.