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Series 4449

Electrolytic Intaglio Platemaking

Intaglio platemakers who make the engraved printing plates used to print currency and securities.

Plain-language description based on the OPM series definition.

4400 Printing Family · Federal Wage System (trades)

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At a glance

Job postings, last 12 months
2
Open now
0
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before)
Not enough data
Demand score
6/100
Remote opportunity score
Not enough data
Veteran opportunity score
0/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

WE-2 to WE-11

Most common promotion potential: WE-11

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

Typical posted salary range

$153,311 to $153,311 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
0%
Federal employees and other special groups only
100%
Listed a veterans hiring path
0%
Telework eligible (open now)
No postings open now
Fully remote (open now)
No postings open now

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

  1. Department of the Treasury (2)

Top states

  1. Texas (2)

Hiring patterns

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

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 4449 by fiscal year
Fiscal year Postings
FY 2018 7
FY 2019 6
FY 2020 3
FY 2021 8
FY 2022 4
FY 2026 2

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 4449 opened each month
Month Postings
Dec 2025 0
Jan 2026 0
Feb 2026 0
Mar 2026 0
Apr 2026 0
May 2026 0
Jun 2026 2
Jul 2026 0
Aug 2026 0
Sep 2026 0
Oct 2026 0
Nov 2026 (month to date) 0

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.