March 31, 2025
VHA and Nursing Shaped the March 2025 Federal Hiring Snapshot
March 2025 federal announcement volume fell from February, but VHA grew as a share of the archive and Nurse became the top occupational series.
By Evan Mercer
March 2025 brought a smaller federal announcement archive than February, but health-care signals became more concentrated. FederalHiringData reconstructed 13,502 USAJOBS announcements closing in March 2025, down 5,489 from February's 18,991.
At the same time, Veterans Health Administration accounted for 4,122 March announcements. That was about 30.5% of the month, compared with about 19.0% in February. In other words, VHA became a larger share of the archive even as the overall March count was lower.
Nurse became the top series
| Series | Announcements | Average advertised max salary |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse (0610) | 827 | $154,953 |
| Miscellaneous Administration and Program (0301) | 693 | $105,406 |
| Social Work (0185) | 390 | $125,474 |
| Information Technology Management (2210) | 358 | $137,201 |
| Medical Support Assistance (0679) | 353 | $67,356 |
| Management and Program Analysis (0343) | 314 | $137,545 |
| Medical Officer (0602) | 304 | $326,189 |
| Series (1702) | 301 | $14,392 |
| Series (0189) | 252 | $1,604 |
| Series (0303) | 248 | $43,065 |
Nurse, series 0610, ranked first in March with 827 announcements. Miscellaneous Administration and Program followed at 693. Social Work, Information Technology Management, Medical Support Assistance, Management and Program Analysis, and Medical Officer also appeared in the top ten.
That ordering is notable because broad administrative series often sit near the top of federal posting lists. In March, nurse roles led the monthly series table outright.
Salary ceilings still require caution
| Series | Records with salary max | Average max | Median max | Highest max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Officer (0602) | 304 | $326,189 | $320,000 | $400,000 |
| Dental Officer (0680) | 33 | $283,047 | $300,000 | $400,000 |
| Attorney (0905) | 64 | $184,245 | $191,900 | $243,689 |
| Series (1520) | 26 | $174,835 | $188,733 | $302,200 |
| Series (0340) | 86 | $173,622 | $164,296 | $225,700 |
| Series (1550) | 44 | $173,568 | $189,578 | $216,470 |
| Series (0660) | 85 | $173,277 | $179,522 | $225,700 |
| Air Traffic Control (2152) | 91 | $171,389 | $160,014 | $225,700 |
Medical Officer again led the salary-ceiling table among series with at least 20 salary-coded records, with an average advertised maximum near $326,189 and a median advertised maximum of $320,000. Dental Officer, Attorney, Mathematics, Program Management, Computer Science and Pharmacist also appeared high in the salary table.
For health-care applicants, the combination matters more than any one figure. March showed VHA volume, nurse demand, medical support work, social work, and high maximum salary ceilings for physician roles. Those are announcement signals, not hiring outcomes, but they help explain why federal health-care jobs are one of the strongest recurring themes in the archive.
Methodology and limitations
This article uses FederalHiringData historical USAJOBS archive records with close dates from March 1 through March 31, 2025. The analysis includes 13,502 archived announcements available in the March 2025 reconstruction.
The unit is an announcement record, not a hire, application, referral, selection, or onboarded employee. Agency, department, occupational series, salary and location fields reflect normalized announcement data where the source posting supplied enough information. Salary maximums are advertised maximums, not guaranteed pay.
This is a historical snapshot as of March 31, 2025. It should not be read as a full-year trend or as a list of currently open jobs.
Sources: FederalHiringData HistoricalJobArchive; USAJOBS; USAJOBS API documentation. Photo: Jonathan Borba via Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License.
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