Series 1109

Grants Management

Grants management specialists who award grants, monitor how the money is used, and close out grants and cooperative agreements.

Plain-language description based on the OPM series definition.

1100 Business and Industry Group · General Schedule

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At a glance

Job postings, last 12 months: 181
Open now: 5
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Rising (+42%)
Demand score: 70/100
Remote opportunity score: 100/100
Veteran opportunity score: 65/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-9 to GS-14

Most common promotion potential: GS-13

GS pay plan, used by 94% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$106,437 to $155,521 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: 32%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 68%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 42%
Telework eligible (open now): 100%
Fully remote (open now): 0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

Department of Health and Human Services (32)
Department of Agriculture (25)
Department of Homeland Security (22)
Department of Commerce (17)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (14)

Top states

District of Columbia (57)
Maryland (35)
Colorado (27)
Pennsylvania (24)
Texas (21)

Hiring patterns

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

When this series usually posts jobs

Postings usually peak in March, August, and May and are lowest in January and November.

Typical postings for series 1109 by calendar month, compared with an average month
Month	Compared with an average month
January	17% below average
February	7% below average
March	19% above average
April	10% above average
May	11% above average
June	7% below average
July	About average
August	17% above average
September	About average
October	5% above average
November	17% below average
December	16% 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 1109 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	223
FY 2019	364
FY 2020	405
FY 2021	484
FY 2022	643
FY 2023	805
FY 2024	742
FY 2025	170
FY 2026	157

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 1109 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	2
Jan 2026	0
Feb 2026	7
Mar 2026	7
Apr 2026	18
May 2026	26
Jun 2026	23
Jul 2026	10
Aug 2026	35
Sep 2026	28
Oct 2026	21
Nov 2026 (month to date)	4

1101 General Business and Industry 4,984 postings in 12 months
1102 Contracting 1,981 postings in 12 months
1152 Production Control 587 postings in 12 months
1105 Purchasing 510 postings in 12 months
1173 Housing Management 501 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.