Series 1170

Realty

Realty specialists who buy, lease, manage, and sell land and buildings for the government. Most jobs are with the Army, especially the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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: 296
Open now: 7
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before): Rising (+23%)
Demand score: 77/100
Remote opportunity score: 43/100
Veteran opportunity score: 69/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

GS-7 to GS-13

Most common promotion potential: GS-11

GS pay plan, used by 95% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$89,508 to $121,551 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: 30%
Federal employees and other special groups only: 70%
Listed a veterans hiring path: 40%
Telework eligible (open now): 43%
Fully remote (open now): 0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

Department of the Army (169)
Department of the Air Force (37)
Department of Homeland Security (20)
Department of the Interior (14)
Department of Energy (13)

Top states

Texas (91)
California (46)
District of Columbia (32)
Colorado (30)
Washington (27)

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 1170 by calendar month, compared with an average month
Month	Compared with an average month
January	About average
February	About average
March	14% above average
April	7% below average
May	7% below average
June	About average
July	10% above average
August	10% above average
September	7% above average
October	About average
November	12% below average
December	15% 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 1170 by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Postings
FY 2018	624
FY 2019	784
FY 2020	795
FY 2021	736
FY 2022	877
FY 2023	845
FY 2024	759
FY 2025	347
FY 2026	307

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 1170 opened each month
Month	Postings
Dec 2025	11
Jan 2026	25
Feb 2026	15
Mar 2026	37
Apr 2026	29
May 2026	27
Jun 2026	23
Jul 2026	25
Aug 2026	34
Sep 2026	39
Oct 2026	19
Nov 2026 (month to date)	12

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.