Series 1150

Industrial Specialist

Industrial specialists who evaluate factories, production plans, and contractors' capacity to make what the government needs. Most jobs are with the Defense Department and the Army.

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: 86
Open now: 2
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Rising (+19%)
Demand score: 57/100
Remote opportunity score: Not enough data
Veteran opportunity score: 73/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-9 to GS-13

Most common promotion potential: GS-13

GS pay plan, used by 80% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$83,434 to $116,698 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: 16%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 84%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 58%
Telework eligible (open now): 50%
Fully remote (open now): 0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

Department of Defense (27)
Department of the Army (24)
Department of the Navy (24)
Department of Justice (8)
Department of Agriculture (1)

Top states

Oklahoma (17)
Virginia (8)
Florida (6)
Maryland (5)
New Jersey (5)

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 1150 by calendar month, compared with an average month
Month	Compared with an average month
January	8% below average
February	About average
March	7% above average
April	8% below average
May	8% above average
June	About average
July	About average
August	13% above average
September	About average
October	About average
November	6% below 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 1150 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	254
FY 2019	288
FY 2020	136
FY 2021	138
FY 2022	181
FY 2023	166
FY 2024	190
FY 2025	88
FY 2026	88

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 1150 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	5
Jan 2026	4
Feb 2026	4
Mar 2026	8
Apr 2026	5
May 2026	5
Jun 2026	9
Jul 2026	13
Aug 2026	11
Sep 2026	15
Oct 2026	6
Nov 2026 (month to date)	1

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.