February 28, 2025
Information Technology Remained a Top Federal Series in February 2025
Information Technology Management, series 2210, ranked fourth in February 2025 announcement volume and averaged about $142,425 in normalized salary maximums.
By Evan Mercer
Information Technology Management remained one of the largest federal occupational signals in February 2025. Series 2210 ranked fourth in the monthly archive with 685 announcements and an average normalized advertised maximum salary of about $142,425.
That put federal IT behind only Miscellaneous Administration and Program, Nurse, and Management and Program Analysis in the February close-date archive. It also placed 2210 ahead of Human Resources Management, Social Work, Education and Training Technician, General Engineering, Medical Support Assistance and several business or finance series.
Where IT ranked
| Series | Announcements | Average advertised max salary |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Administration and Program (0301) | 1,169 | $115,075 |
| Nurse (0610) | 876 | $151,748 |
| Management and Program Analysis (0343) | 705 | $137,468 |
| Information Technology Management (2210) | 685 | $142,425 |
| Human Resources Management (0201) | 462 | $115,549 |
| Series (0185) | 456 | $124,952 |
| Education and Training Technician (1702) | 436 | $19,141 |
| Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant (0303) | 423 | $48,570 |
| General Engineering (0801) | 401 | $161,314 |
| Medical Support Assistance (0679) | 395 | $66,807 |
The 2210 total represented about 3.6% of all February records in the archive. That may sound small, but occupational series are highly fragmented. A fourth-place series in a month with nearly nineteen thousand announcements is a meaningful public posting signal.
Computer Science, series 1550, was smaller by count but strong on salary. In the salary table, Computer Science had 107 salary-coded records and an average advertised maximum around $170,906.
IT pay signals
| Series | Records with salary max | Average max | Median max | Highest max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Officer (0602) | 281 | $333,042 | $320,000 | $400,000 |
| Dental Officer (0680) | 24 | $304,792 | $300,000 | $400,000 |
| Physics (1310) | 23 | $183,678 | $195,200 | $225,700 |
| Mathematics (1520) | 35 | $183,079 | $195,200 | $207,500 |
| Attorney (0905) | 104 | $175,954 | $185,234 | $261,769 |
| Program Management (0340) | 143 | $173,258 | $185,234 | $225,700 |
| Computer Science (1550) | 107 | $170,906 | $185,234 | $207,500 |
| Pharmacist (0660) | 79 | $170,054 | $176,161 | $217,051 |
| Operations Research (1515) | 91 | $169,931 | $183,353 | $225,700 |
| Chemical Engineering (0893) | 23 | $168,152 | $164,268 | $225,700 |
IT salary comparisons require caution. Series 2210 covers a wide range of work, including customer support, systems administration, cybersecurity, network operations, policy, cloud, data and supervisory technology roles. Announcements can span multiple grades or localities, which can widen salary ranges.
Even with those caveats, February's archive shows technology work sitting near the top of both volume and salary visibility. The signal was not limited to one agency or one city.
What applicants should do with this
Applicants looking for federal technology work should search by occupational series, not only by modern private-sector job titles. USAJOBS titles can vary widely, and the same series can include roles with very different technical depth.
The February 2025 archive also suggests that salary-filtering alone can miss context. A high maximum salary may reflect a senior grade, special locality, supervisory role or multi-grade announcement. It is useful, but it is not a substitute for reading the qualifications section.
Methodology and limitations
This article uses FederalHiringData historical USAJOBS archive records with close dates from Feb. 1 through Feb. 28, 2025. The analysis includes 18,991 archived announcements available in the February 2025 reconstruction.
The unit is an announcement record, not a hire, an application, or an onboarded employee. Agency, department, occupational series, salary and location fields reflect normalized announcement data where the underlying posting supplied enough information. Salary maximums are advertised maximums, not guaranteed pay. Location counts are location mentions and can exceed announcement counts when a posting lists more than one place.
The article is a historical snapshot as of February 28, 2025. It should not be read as a complete full-year trend or as a list of currently open jobs.
Sources: FederalHiringData HistoricalJobArchive; USAJOBS; USAJOBS API documentation. Photo: Kevin Ache via Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License.
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