Series 1144

Commissary Management

Commissary managers who run military grocery stores, including ordering, merchandising, and store operations. Jobs are with the Defense Commissary Agency.

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: 279
Open now: 0
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Falling (-29%)
Demand score: 76/100
Remote opportunity score: Not enough data
Veteran opportunity score: 16/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-7 to GS-10

Most common promotion potential: GS-10

GS pay plan, used by 100% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$57,300 to $80,243 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: 9%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 91%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 15%
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 Defense (279)

Top states

California (59)
Virginia (41)
Texas (37)
Georgia (36)
Hawaii (35)

Hiring patterns

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

When this series usually posts jobs

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

Typical postings for series 1144 by calendar month, compared with an average month
Month	Compared with an average month
January	11% below average
February	6% above average
March	22% above average
April	About average
May	16% below average
June	6% above average
July	13% below average
August	21% above average
September	About average
October	About average
November	21% below average
December	8% above 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 1144 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	446
FY 2019	394
FY 2020	410
FY 2021	390
FY 2022	443
FY 2023	496
FY 2024	385
FY 2025	180
FY 2026	253

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 1144 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	15
Jan 2026	14
Feb 2026	27
Mar 2026	30
Apr 2026	22
May 2026	30
Jun 2026	42
Jul 2026	28
Aug 2026	17
Sep 2026	28
Oct 2026	26
Nov 2026 (month to date)	0

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.