Series 0701

Veterinary Medical Science

Veterinarians who protect animal and public health, including controlling animal diseases, ensuring food from animals is safe, and caring for military animals. A veterinary degree is required. Most jobs are with the Department of Agriculture and the Army.

Plain-language description based on the OPM series definition.

0700 Veterinary Medical Science Group · General Schedule

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At a glance

Job postings, last 12 months: 228
Open now: 42
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Falling (-14%)
Demand score: 74/100
Remote opportunity score: 5/100
Veteran opportunity score: 79/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-12 to GS-15

Most common promotion potential: GS-13

GS pay plan, used by 61% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$105,000 to $137,749 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: 77%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 23%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 3%
Telework eligible (open now): 5%
Fully remote (open now): 0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

Department of Agriculture (116)
Department of the Army (94)
Department of Health and Human Services (9)
Department of the Interior (2)
Department of Veterans Affairs (2)

Top states

Texas (35)
North Carolina (33)
California (30)
Georgia (30)
Colorado (29)

Hiring patterns

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

When this series usually posts jobs

Postings are spread fairly evenly through the year, so there is no clear best month to look.

Typical postings for series 0701 by calendar month, compared with an average month
Month	Compared with an average month
January	5% above average
February	13% above average
March	5% above average
April	7% below average
May	About average
June	About average
July	15% below average
August	5% above average
September	11% below average
October	12% above average
November	About average
December	About average

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 0701 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	272
FY 2019	265
FY 2020	310
FY 2021	316
FY 2022	261
FY 2023	222
FY 2024	245
FY 2025	166
FY 2026	210

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 0701 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	1
Jan 2026	12
Feb 2026	27
Mar 2026	25
Apr 2026	18
May 2026	28
Jun 2026	32
Jul 2026	14
Aug 2026	8
Sep 2026	31
Oct 2026	25
Nov 2026 (month to date)	7

0704 Animal Health Technician 107 postings in 12 months
0799 Veterinary Student Trainee 5 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.