Series 0930

Hearings and Appeals

Hearings and appeals officers who hold hearings, review appeals, and decide cases under agency rules. Most jobs are with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Veterans Benefits Administration.

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: 104
Open now: 1
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Rising (+13%)
Demand score: 62/100
Remote opportunity score: Not enough data
Veteran opportunity score: 26/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-12 to GS-14

Most common promotion potential: GS-13

GS pay plan, used by 93% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$106,437 to $139,684 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: 22%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 78%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 4%
Telework eligible (open now): 100%
Fully remote (open now): 0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

Department of Homeland Security (57)
Department of Veterans Affairs (27)
Department of the Treasury (13)
Other Agencies and Independent Organizations (4)
Judicial Branch (2)

Top states

New York (30)
Texas (30)
Florida (29)
California (27)
New Jersey (26)

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 0930 by calendar month, compared with an average month
Month	Compared with an average month
January	14% below average
February	About average
March	10% above average
April	About average
May	11% above average
June	About average
July	About average
August	About average
September	6% above average
October	About average
November	13% below average
December	9% below 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 0930 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	140
FY 2019	202
FY 2020	209
FY 2021	222
FY 2022	139
FY 2023	175
FY 2024	215
FY 2025	45
FY 2026	94

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 0930 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	1
Jan 2026	4
Feb 2026	2
Mar 2026	7
Apr 2026	2
May 2026	7
Jun 2026	8
Jul 2026	25
Aug 2026	12
Sep 2026	26
Oct 2026	7
Nov 2026 (month to date)	3

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.