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Working for the Federal Government can be a wonderful career choice. However, finding the right job for you, based on your interest and academic major, can be a little confusing. So, to help you narrow your Federal job search, we’ve put together a list of academic majors and federal occupations directly related to those majors. Occupations with an asterisk (*) require an academic degree or coursework in a particular area of study for entry into the occupation. For other occupations, experience or a combination of related coursework and experience may be substituted for a degree. The academic majors and occupations listed are not all-inclusive. You can begin your Federal job search on the Federal USAJOBS website (usajobs.gov) by using the four-digit “Series Number” of the federal occupation listed under the major. We wish you the best of luck on your federal job search!

Accounting

  • Labor Mgmt Relations Examining 0244
  • Accounting 0510*
  • Auditing 0511*
  • Internal Revenue Agent 0512*
  • Financial Institution Examining 0570
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958
  • Contracting 1102
  • Industrial Property Management 1103
  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Printing Services 1654
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Actuarial Science

  • Actuarial Science 1510*

Agriculture

  • General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences 0401*
  • Fish and Wildlife Administration 0480*

Agricultural Economics

  • Commissary Management 1144
  • Agricultural Program Specialist 1145

Agronomy

  • Agronomy 0471*
  • Agricultural Program Specialist 1145

Animal Sciences

  • Physiology 0413*
  • Animal Science 0487*

Animal or Poultry Science / Husbandry

  • Agricultural Program Specialist 1145

Anthropology

  • General Anthropology 0190*

Applied Sciences

  • Industrial Specialist 1150
  • Archeology 0193*

Architecture

  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Architecture 0808*
  • Construction Analyst 0828
  • Exhibits Specialist 1010
  • Illustrating 1020
  • Visual Information 1084
  • Archival Science/Archivist 1420*

Art History

  • Visual Information 1084

Art Therapy

  • Recreation/Creative Arts Therapist 0638*

Astronomy

  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Astronomy and Space Science 1330*
  • Navigational Information 1361

Atmospheric Science

  • Meteorology 1340*

Auditing

  • Pension Law Specialist 0958

Banking

  • Financial Institution Examining 0570
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958

Banking Law

  • Financial Institution Examining 0570

Behavior Sciences

  • Social Sciences 0101*

Biological Sciences

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023
  • General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences 0401*
  • Fish and Wildlife Administration 0480*
  • Fishery Biology 0482*
  • Wildlife Biology 0486*
    Consumer Safety 0696*
  • Document Analysis 1397
    Hospital Housekeeping Mgmt 0673
  • Biology
  • Ecology 0408*
  • Medical Technologist 0644*
  • Food Technology 1382*

Botany

  • Botany 0430*
  • Plant Physiology 0435*

Building Construction

  • Construction Analyst 0828

Business

  • Contracting 1102
  • Actuarial Science 1510*

Business Administration

  • Labor Mgmt Relations Examining 0244
  • Telecommunications 0391
  • Financial Institution Examining 0570
  • Hospital Housekeeping Management 0673
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958
  • Industrial Property Management 1103
  • Trade Specialist 1140
  • Commissary Store Management 1144
  • Agricultural Program Specialist 1145
  • Industrial Specialist 1150
  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Facility Operations Services 1640
  • Printing Services 1654
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Business Law

  • Trade Specialist 1140
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Cartography

  • Navigational Information 1361
  • Cartography 1370*

Chemistry

  • General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences 0401*
  • Fish and Wildlife Administration 0480*
  • Medical Technologist 0644*
  • Hospital Housekeeping Management 0673
  • Consumer Safety 0696*
  • Chemistry 1320*
  • Food Technology 1382*

Civil Engineering

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023
  • Land Surveying 1373*

Commerce

  • Printing Services 1654
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Commercial Art

  • Exhibits Specialist 1010
  • Illustrating 1020
  • Visual Information 1084
  • Printing Services 1654
  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Institution Examining 0570
  • Trade Specialist 1140
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Communications

  • General Arts and Information 1001

Community Development

  • Public Health Educator 1725*

Community Planning

  • Community Planning 0020*

Computer Science

  • Telecommunications 0391
  • Actuarial Science 1510*
  • Computer Science 1550*
  • Quality Assurance 1910
  • Information Technology Management 2210

Correctional Administration

  • Correctional Institution Admin 0006

Cotton Technology

  • Textile Technology 1384*

Creative Arts Therapy

  • Recreation/Creative Arts Therapist 0638*

Criminology

  • Correctional Institution Admin 0006
  • Document Analysis 1397

Cultural Anthropology

  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*

Dairy Science

  • Animal Science 0487*

Dairy Technology

  • Food Technology 1382*

Dance Therapy

  • Recreation/Creative Arts Therapist 0638*

Dietetics

  • Dietitian and Nutritionist 0630*

Drafting

  • Exhibits Specialist 1010
  • Illustrating 1020
  • Visual Information 1084

Earth Science

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023

Economics

  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023
  • Unemployment Insurance 0106
  • Economist 0110*
  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*
  • Workforce Research and Analysis 0140*
  • Labor Mgmt Relations Examining 0244
  • Financial Institution Examining 0570
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958
  • Contracting 1102
  • Trade Specialist 1140
  • Agricultural Program Specialist 1145
  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Actuarial Science 1510*
  • Printing Services 1654
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Education

  • General Education and Training 1701*
  • Education and Vocational Training 1710*
  • Education Program 1720*
  • Training Instruction 1712
  • Public Health Educator 1725*

Educational Counseling

  • Vocational Rehabilitation 1715

Educational Psychology

  • Public Health Educator 1725*

Electrical Engineering

  • Telecommunications 0391

Electronics

  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Astronomy and Space Science 1330*

Engineering

  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Consumer Safety 0696*
  • General Engineering 0801*
  • Safety Engineering 0803*
  • Fire Protection Engineering 0804*
  • Materials Engineering 0806*
  • Civil Engineering 0810*
  • Environmental Engineering 0819*
  • Mechanical Engineering 0830*
  • Nuclear Engineering 0840*
  • Electrical Engineering 0850*
  • Computer Engineering 0854*
  • Electronics Engineering 0855*
  • Bioengineering & Biomedical
  • Engineering 0858*
  • Aerospace Engineering 0861*
  • Naval Architecture 0871*
  • Mining Engineering 0880*
  • Petroleum Engineering 0881*
  • Agricultural Engineering 0890*
  • Chemical Engineering 0893*
  • Industrial Engineering 0896*
  • Construction Analyst 0828
  • Industrial Specialist 1150
  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Navigational Information 1361
  • Facility Operations Services 1640
  • Quality Assurance 1910
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161
  • Information Technology Mgmt 2210

Engineering Technology

  • Quality Assurance 1910

English Composition

  • Printing Services 1654

Entomology

  • Entomology 0414*

Epidemiology

  • Consumer Safety 0696*

Fiber Technology

  • Textile Technology 1384*

Finance

  • Financial Institution Examining 0570
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958
  • Contracting 1102
  • Actuarial Science 1510*
  • Trade Specialist 1140
  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Fine Arts

  • Exhibits Specialist 1010
  • Illustrating 1020
  • Visual Information 1084

Food

  • Dietitian and Nutritionist 0630*

Food Service Management

  • Dietitian and Nutritionist 0630*

Food Technology

  • Consumer Safety 0696*
  • Food Technology 1382*

Foreign Language

  • Language Specialist 1040

Forestry

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023
  • Forestry 0460*

Genetics

  • Genetics 0440*

Geography

  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*
  • Geography 0150*
  • Navigational Information 1361

Geodesy

  • Geodesy 1372*

Geology

  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Geology 1350*

Geophysics

  • Geophysics 1313*

Global Business Management

  • Trade Specialist 1140

Graphic Arts

  • Document Analysis 1397
  • Printing Services 1654

Hazardous Materials Management

  • Highway Safety 2125

Health Education

  • Public Health Educator 1725*

Health Management

  • Public Health Educator 1725*

History

  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*
  • History 0170*
  • Trade Specialist 1140

Horticulture

  • Horticulture 0437*

Hospital Administration

  • Health System Administration 0670
  • Health System Specialist 0671
  • Hospital Housekeeping Mgmt 0673

Hotel Administration

  • Hospital Housekeeping Management 0673

Illustrative Design

  • Exhibits Specialist 1010
  • Illustrating 1020

Industrial Arts

  • Facility Operations Services 1640

Industrial Design

  • Exhibits Specialist 1010
  • Illustrating 1020
  • Visual Information 1084

Industrial Engineering

  • Printing Services 1654

Industrial Hygiene

  • Safety & Occupational Health Mgmt 0018
  • Industrial Hygiene 0690*

Industrial Management

  • Telecommunications 0391
  • Contracting 1102
  • Industrial Property Management 1103
  • Industrial Specialist 1150
  • Quality Assurance 1910
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Industrial Relations

  • Unemployment Insurance 0106
  • Labor Mgmt Relations Examining 0244
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958

Information Science

  • Information Technology Management 2210

Information Systems Management

  • Telecommunications 0391
  • Information Technology Mgmt 2210

Institution Management

  • Dietitian and Nutritionist 0630*

Insurance

  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Actuarial Science 1510*

Interior Design

  • Interior Design 1008
  • Exhibits Specialist 1010
  • Illustrating 1020
  • Visual Information 1084

International Affairs

  • Trade Specialist 1140

International Business

  • Trade Specialist 1140

International Economics

  • Trade Specialist 1140

International Finance

  • Trade Specialist 1140

International Relations

  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*
  • Trade Specialist 1140

International Trade

  • Trade Specialist 1140

Journalism

  • General Arts and Information 1001
  • Printing Services 1654

Kinesiotherapy

  • Kinesiotherapy 0635*

Labor Economics

  • Labor Management Relations 0244

Labor Relations

  • Labor Mgmt Relations Examining 0244

Landscape Architecture

  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023
  • Landscape Architecture 0807*

Landscape Design

  • Landscape Architecture 0807*

Land Surveying

  • Land Surveying 1373*

Leisure

  • Recreation Specialist 0188

Life Sciences

  • Chemistry 1320*

Humanities

  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*

Marine Affairs

  • Transportation Operations 2150

Marine Engineering

  • Transportation Operations 2150

Marine Transportation

  • Transportation Operations 2150

Marketing

  • Financial Institution Examining 0570
  • Contracting 1102
  • Industrial Property Management 1103
  • Trade Specialist 1140
  • Agricultural Program Specialist 1145

Mathematics

  • Telecommunications 0391
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958
  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Astronomy and Space Science 1330*
  • Navigational Information 1361
  • Actuarial Science 1510*
  • Mathematics 1520*
  • Mathematical Statistics 1529*
  • Quality Assurance 1910
  • Information Technology Mgmt 2210

Medical Records Administration

  • Medical Records Administration 0669

Medical Technology

  • Medical Technologist 0644*

Medical Science

  • Consumer Safety 0696*

Metallurgy

  • Metallurgy 1321*

Metallurgical Engineering

  • Metallurgy 1321*

Meteorology

  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Meteorology 1340*
  • Navigational Information 1361

Microbiology

  • Microbiology 0403*
  • Food Technology 1382*

Motion Picture Production

  • Audiovisual Production 1071

Motor Mechanics

  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Museum

  • Museum Curator 1015*

Music Therapy

  • Recreation/Creative Arts Therapist 0638*

Natural Resource Management

  • General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences 0401*
  • Fish and Wildlife Administration 0480*

Natural Resource Management and Conservation

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023

Natural Science

  • Health Physics 1306*

Nautical Science

  • Transportation Operations 2150

Navigation

  • Navigational Information 1361

Nutrition

  • Dietitian and Nutritionist 0630* Consumer Safety 0696*

Oceanography

  • Oceanography 1360*

Occupational Health

  • Safety and Occupational Health Management 0018

Occupational Therapy

  • Occupational Therapist 0631*

Operations Research

  • Operations Research 1515*
  • Information Technology Mgmt 2210

Outdoor Recreation Planning

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023

Park Administration

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023

Parks and Recreation

  • Recreation Specialist 0188

Personnel Administration / Human Resources Management

  • Labor Mgmt Relations Examining 0244

Photography

  • Audiovisual Production 1071
  • Visual Information 1084

Physical Education

  • Sports Specialist 0030
  • Recreation Specialist 0188
  • Kinesiotherapy 0635*

Physical Sciences

  • Consumer Safety 0696*
  • General Physical Science 1301*
  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Chemistry 1320*
  • Document Analysis 1397
  • Quality Assurance 1910

Physics

  • Telecommunications 0391
  • Physics 1310*
  • Geophysics 1313*
  • Astronomy and Space Science 1330*
  • Navigational Information 1361
  • Food Technology 1382*

Physiology

  • Physiology 0413*

Plant Pathology

  • Plant Pathology 0434*

Plant Physiology

  • Plant Physiology 0435*

Police Science

  • Document Analysis 1397

Political Science

  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Unemployment Insurance 0106
  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*
  • Workforce Research and Analysis 0140*
  • Labor Mgmt Relations Examining 0244
  • Trade Specialist 1140

Poultry Science

  • Animal Science 0487*

Production Management

  • Industrial Property Management 1103
  • Quality Assurance 1910

Printing

  • Printing Services 1654

Printing Engineering

  • Printing Services 1654

Property Management

  • Facility Operations Services 1640

Psychodrama

  • Recreation/Creative Arts Therapist 0638*

Psychology

  • Correctional Institution Admin 0006
  • Workforce Research and Analysis 0140*
  • Psychology 0180*

Public Administration

  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Unemployment Insurance 0106
  • Hospital Housekeeping Mgmt 0673
  • Pension Law Specialist 0958
  • Trade Specialist 1140
  • Commissary Management 1144
  • Highway Safety 2125

Public Health Administration

  • Health System Administration 0670
  • Health System Specialist 0671

Public Utilities

  • Telecommunications 0391

Quality Assurance

  • Quality Assurance 1910

Radio Production

  • Audiovisual Production 1071

Range Management

  • Rangeland Management 0454*

Recreation

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023
  • Recreation Specialist 0188

Recreational Therapy

  • Recreation/Creative Arts Therapist 0638*

Safety

  • Safety and Occupational Health Management 0018

Sanitary Science

  • Hospital Housekeeping Management 0673

Social Anthropology

  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*

Social Science

  • Social Science 0101*

Social Work

  • Correctional Institution Admin 0006
  • Public Health Educator 1725*

Sociology

  • Correctional Institution Admin 0006
  • Community Planning 0020*
  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023
  • Unemployment Insurance 0106
  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*
  • Workforce Research and Analysis 0140*
  • Sociology 0184*
  • Public Health Educator 1725*

Soil Conservation

  • Soil Conservation 0457*

Soil Science

  • Soil Science 0470*
  • Agricultural Program Specialist 1145

Space Science

  • Astronomy and Space Science 1330*

Statistics

  • Foreign Affairs 0130*
  • International Relations 0131*
  • Telecommunications 0391
  • Industrial Property Management 1103
  • Financial Analysis 1160
  • Loan Specialist 1165
  • Actuarial Science 1510*
  • Mathematical Statistics 1529*
  • Statistics 1530*
  • Quality Assurance 1910
  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150

Marine Cargo 2161

  • Information Technology Mgmt 2210

Telecommunications Management

  • Telecommunications 0391

Television Production

  • Audiovisual Production 1071

Textile and Apparel Studies

  • Trade Specialist 1140

Textiles

  • Quality Assurance 1910

Textile Technology

  • Textile Technology 1384

Toxicology

  • Toxicology 0415*

Traffic Management

  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Transportation

  • Transportation Specialist 2101
  • Transportation Industry Analysis 2110
  • Motor Carrier Safety 2123
  • Highway Safety 2125
  • Traffic Management 2130
  • Transportation Operations 2150
  • Marine Cargo 2161

Urban Affairs

  • Community Planning 0020*

Urban Planning

  • Outdoor Recreation Planning 0023

Visual Communication

  • Illustrating 1020
  • Visual Information 1084

Vocational Rehabilitation

  • Vocational Rehabilitation 1715

Wildlife Management

  • Wildlife Refuge Management 0485*

Zoology

  • Zoology 0410*
  • Wildlife Refuge Management 0485*

Any Major (Not All-Inclusive)

  • Environmental Protection Specialist 0028
  • Security Administration 0080
  • Social Insurance Administration 0105
  • Health Insurance Administration 0107
  • Intelligence 0132
  • Human Resources Management 0201
  • Equal Employment Opportunity 0260
  • Program Management 0340
  • Administrative Officer 0341
  • Management and Program Analysis 0343
  • Logistics Management 0346
  • Financial Administration 0501
  • Budget Analysis 0560
  • General Legal and Kindred Administration 0901
  • Paralegal Specialist 0950
  • Workers’ Compensation Claims Examining 0991
  • Veterans Claims Examining 0996
  • Public Affairs 1035
  • Writing and Editing 1082
  • Realty 1170
  • Education and Training Technician 1702
  • General Investigation 1810
  • Supply Program Management 2003
  • Inventory Management 2010
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