Series 0243

Apprenticeship and Training

Apprenticeship and training specialists who promote and help set up registered apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs with employers.

Plain-language description based on the OPM series definition.

0200 Human Resources Management Group · General Schedule

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At a glance

Job postings, last 12 months: 9
Open now: 0
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Not enough data
Demand score: 21/100
Remote opportunity score: Not enough data
Veteran opportunity score: 67/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-5 to GS-15

Most common promotion potential: GS-15

GS pay plan, used by 89% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$136,736 to $197,200 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: 44%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 56%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 22%
Telework eligible (open now): No postings open now
Fully remote (open now): No postings open now

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

Department of Labor (5)
Other Agencies and Independent Organizations (3)
Department of Defense (1)

Top states

Illinois (5)
Texas (4)
New York (3)
California (2)
District of Columbia (1)

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 0243 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	1
FY 2019	12
FY 2020	31
FY 2021	8
FY 2022	29
FY 2023	8
FY 2024	17
FY 2025	3
FY 2026	9

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 0243 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	0
Jan 2026	0
Feb 2026	0
Mar 2026	0
Apr 2026	0
May 2026	1
Jun 2026	0
Jul 2026	1
Aug 2026	5
Sep 2026	2
Oct 2026	0
Nov 2026 (month to date)	0

0201 Human Resources Management 4,106 postings in 12 months
0203 Human Resources Assistance 887 postings in 12 months
0260 Equal Employment Opportunity 329 postings in 12 months
0244 Labor Management Relations Examining 69 postings in 12 months
0299 Human Resources Management Student Trainee 14 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.