1. Federal Employment Information Fact Sheets
Federal Jobs by College Major
To help you choose the right career field, we have prepared the following table that groups Federal
jobs that are often filled by college graduates with appropriate academic majors. As you study the
table, please keep these facts in mind: (1) The jobs listed under each major are usually examples,
not an all-inclusive list. (2) Many jobs do not require a college degree; job-related experience is
just as good. And (3), you can qualify for a large number of administrative jobs with a degree in
any academic major. To illustrate this third point, we are leading off the table with a list of some
of the most popular jobs for which any major is qualifying.
ANY MAJOR AGRONOMY Aviation Safety Inspectors
Environmental Protection Agronomists Air Navigators
Civil Rights Analyst Agricultural Mgmt. Spec. Aircrew Technicians
Personnel occupations Soil Conservationists
Administrative Officer Soil Scientists BIOLOGY
Management Analyst General Biological Scientists
Logistics Management ANTHROPOLOGY Entomologists
Paralegal Specialist Anthropologists Fishery Biologists
Contract Representative Museum Curators Microbiologists
Claims Examining Museum Specialists Range Conservationists
Public Affairs Program Analysts Wildlife Biologists
Writing and Editing Management Analysts Zoologists
Internal Revenue Officer
Contract Administration ARCHEOLOGY BOTANY
General Investigator Archaeologists Agronomists
Air Traffic Controller Museum Curators Botanists
Supply Management Museum Specialists Forestry Technicians
Geneticists
ACCOUNTING ARCHITECTURE Horticulturists
Accountants Architects Plant Pathologists
Auditors Construction Analysts Plant Physiologists
Contract Specialists Construction Control Inspector. Plant Protection and
Financial Managers Landscape Architects Quarantine Specialists
Financial Administrators Naval Architects Range Conservationists
Financial Institution Program Analysts
Examiners BUSINESS
GAO Financial Auditors ARTS, FINE AND APPLIED Budget Analysts
Intelligence Specialists Arts Specialists Business and Industry Spec.
Internal Revenue Agents Audio-Visual Production Commissary Store Managers
Specialists GAO Analyst
AGRICULTURE Recreation and Creative Arts Import Specialists
Soil Conservationists Therapists Internal Revenue Officers
Agricultural Commodity Exhibits Specialists Miscellaneous Administrative
Graders General Arts and Information and Programs Specialists
Agricultural Engineers Specialists Quality Assurance Specialists
Agricultural Mgmt. Spec. Illustrators Trade Specialists
Agricultural Program Spec. Photographers Contract Specialists
Agricultural Market Reporters Visual Information Specialists
Agricultural Marketing Spec. CARTOGRAPHY
Foreign Agriculture Affairs ASTRONOMY Cartographers
Specialists Astronomers and Space Cartographic Technicians
Soil Scientists Scientists Geodetic Technicians
Geodesists
CHEMISTRY
AVIATION Chemical Engineers
Air Safety Investigators Chemists
Air Traffic Controllers Consumer Safety Officers
Aircraft Operators Environmental Engineers
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Food Technologists Financial Analysts ENGLISH AND LITERATURE
Health Physicists Financial Instit. Examiners Editorial Assistants
Intelligence Specialists GAO Analyst Printing Specialists
Toxicologists Loan Specialists Public Affairs Specialists
Trade Specialists Technical Writers and Editors
COMMUNICATIONS Transportation Industrial Writers and Editors
Telecommunications Analysts Misc. Admin. and
Managers Programs Specialists
Communications Specialists EDUCATION Program Analysts
Public Affairs Specialists Education and Training Program Managers
Technical Writers and Specialists Management Analysts
Editors Educ. and Vocational
Writers and Editors Training Specialists ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Vocational Rehab. Specialists Ecologists
CORRECTIONS Educational Program Environmental Health
Correctional Institution Specialists Technicians
Administrators Employee Dev. Specialists Environmental Protection
Correctional Officers Public Health Educators Assistants
Program Analysts Training Instructors Environmental Protection
Instructional Systems Specialists
COUNSELING Specialists GAO Analyst
Chaplains Educational Services Gen. Fish and Wildlife
Educ. and Vocational Specialists Administrators
Training Specialists Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Personnel Specialists ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Management
Psychologists Communications Specialists Misc. Admin. and
Psychology Aids and Electronics Technicians Programs Specialists
Technicians Patent Examiners Toxicologists
Social Service Aids and Electronics Mechanics
Assistants EPIDEMIOLOGY
Social Service Reps. EMPLOYEE/LABOR Environmental Health
Vocational Rehab Spec. RELATIONS Technicians
Equal Opportunity Contractor Industrial Rel. Gen. Health Scientists
Compliance Specialists Specialists Industrial Hygienists
Educational Services Employee Relations Microbiologists
Specialists Specialists
Hearing and Appeals FINANCE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LAW Specialists Appraisers and Assessors
ENFORCEMENT Labor Management Budget Analysts
Border Patrol Agents Relations Examiners Financial Administrators
Criminal Investigators Labor Relations Specialists Financial Analysts
Game Law Enfc. Agents Mediators Financial Institution
GAO Analyst Salary and Wage Admin. Examiners
Internal Revenue Officers Workers Compensation GAO Analyst
Police Officers Claims Examiners Securities Compliance
United States Marshals Examiners
ENGINEERING (ANY Tax Examiners
DIETETICS AND NUTRITION SPECIALTY) Trade Specialists
Dietitians General Engineers
Food Technologists Civil Engineers FISH, GAME, AND WILDLIFE
Nutritionists Mechanical Engineers MANAGEMENT
Electrical Engineers Gen. Fish and Wildlife
ECONOMICS Electronics Engineers Administrators
Actuaries Aerospace Engineers Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Budget Analysts Industrial Engineers Management
Contract Specialists Nuclear Engineers Fishery Biologists
Economists Computer Engineers Game Law Enforcement
Biomedical Engineers Agents
(11 other Engineering fields) Soil Conservationists
Wildlife Biologists
Wildlife Rescue Managers
General Biological
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Scientists Public Health Programs Program Analysts
Specialists
FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND Safety and Occup. Health INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
SAFETY Management Specialists Business and Ind. Specialists
Consumer Safety Inspectors Equipment Specialists
Consumer Safety Officers HISTORY Industrial Hygienists
Dietitian and Nutritionists Archives Technicians Industrial Property Managers
Food Assistance Archivists Industrial Specialists
Program Specialists Exhibits Specialists Management Analysts
Food Technologists Historians Production Controllers
Toxicologists Intelligence Specialists Program Analysts
Museum Curators Property Disposal Specialists
FOREIGN LANGUAGE Misc. Admin. and Quality Assurance Specialists
Air Safety Investigators Programs Specialists
Border Patrol Agents Management Analysts INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Customs Inspectors Program Analysts Information Technology Specialists
Language Specialists Computer Specialists
Equal Employment HOME ECONOMICS Program Managers
Opportunity Specialists Consumer Safety Management Analysts
Foreign Affairs Specialists Officers Computer Programmers
Foreign Agricultural Affairs Food Technologists
Specialists INSURANCE
Intelligence Specialists HORTICULTURE Crop Insurance
Agricultural Mgt. Specialist Administrators
FORESTRY Gen. Biological Social Insurance Admin.
Foresters Scientists Social Insurance Claims
Soil Conservationists Horticulturists Examiner
Management Analysts Plant Protection and Quaran. Unemployment Insurance
Program Analysts Specialists Specialists
Gen. Fish and Wildlife Plant Physiologists Specialists Misc. Admin. and
Administrators Misc. Admin. and Programs Specialists
Fish and Wildlife Refuge Programs Specialists Program Analysts
Management
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL
GEOGRAPHY Administrative Officers RELATIONS
Cartographers Health System Administrators Foreign Affairs Specialists
Geographers Health System Specialists Foreign Agricult. Affairs
Hospital Housekeepers Specialists
GEOLOGY Gen. Health Scientists Intelligence Specialists
Geodesists Public Health Programs Specialists Language Specialists
Geologists Public Affairs Specialists
Hydrologists HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Trade Specialists
Oceanographers Apprenticeship and Training International Relations
Gen. Physical Scientists Representatives Workers
Employee Dev. Specialists
GEOPHYSICS Equal Employment JOURNALISM
Geophysicists Opportunity Specialists Agricult. Market Reporters
Gen. Physical Scientists Human Resource Specialist Printing Specialists
Military Pers. Mgmt. Spec. Public Affairs Specialists
HEALTH Personnel Staffing Spec. Writers and Editors
Environmental Health Position Classification Technical Writers and
Technicians Specialists Editors
GAO Analyst Program Analysts
Gen. Health Scientists HYDROLOGY
Health Physicists Environmental Engineers LAW
Health System Admin. Environmental Protection Administrative Law Judges
Health System Spec. Specialists Attorneys
Industrial Hygienists Hydrologists Hearing and Appeals
Gen. Fish and Wildlife Specialists
Administrators Legal Instruments Examiners
Fish and Wildlife Refuge Paralegal Specialists
Management Patent Attorneys
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Tax Law Specialists Housing Managers NURSING
Industrial Property Managers Nurses
LAW ENFORCEMENT Production Controllers Physician's Assistants
Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms Inspectors MANAGEMENT PARK AND RECREATION
Border Patrol Agents Administrative Officers MANAGEMENT
Criminal Investigators Logistics Mgt. Specialists Foresters
Customs Inspectors Management Analysts Outdoor Recreation Planners
Game Law Enforcement Manpower Dev. Specialists Park Rangers
Agents Misc. Admin. and Program Recreation Specialists
Immigration Inspectors Specialists Rec. and Creative Arts
Inspec., Invest. and Program Analysts Therapists
Compliance Specialists Support Svcs. Administrators Management Analysts
Police Officers PHARMACY
United States Marshals MARKETING Consumer Safety Inspectors
Agric. Marketing Specialists Consumer Safety Officers
LIBERAL ARTS/HUMANITIES Bond Sales Promotion Pharmacists
Contact Representatives Representatives Pharmacologists
Customs Inspectors Contract Specialists
Equal Opportunity Inventory Mgt. Specialists PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Compliance Spec. Packaging Specialists Corrective Therapists
Management Analysts Property Disposal Spec. Outdoor Recreation Planners
Pers. Management Spec. Supply Specialists Rec. and Creative Arts
Program Analysts Trade Specialists Therapists
Social Insurance Claims Business and Industry Recreation Specialists
Examiners Specialists Recreation Aids & Assistants
Veterans Claims Exam. Sports Specialists
Educ. Services Spec. MATHEMATICS Program Analysts
Actuaries
LIBRARY SCIENCE Cartographers PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Librarians Computer Science Mathematical Gen. Physical Scientists
Library Technicians Statisticians Metallurgists
Medical Record Librarians Mathematicians Physicists
Technical Info. Services Operations Research
Analysts PHYSICS
MGT. INFO. SYSTEMS Statisticians Astronomers and Space
Computer Science Specialists Scientists
Computer Specialists MEDICAL SUPPORT Geodesists
Financial Managers Diagnostic Radiological Geophysicists
Logistics Mgt. Specialists Technicians Health Physicists
Management Analysts Medical Instrument Hydrologists
Misc. Admin. and Technicians Oceanographers
Programs Specialists Medical Record Technicians Patent Examiners
Operations Research Medical Technicians Physicists
Analysts Nuclear Medicine Technicians Gen. Physical Scientists
Program Analysts Pathology Technicians
Program Managers Therapeutic Radiological POLITICAL SCIENCE/GOVT
Technicians Archivists
MANAGEMENT, FACILITIES Budget Analysts
Commissary Store Managers METEOROLOGY Historians
Correctional Institution Meteorologists Foreign Affairs Specialists
Administrators Gen. Physical Scientists GAO Analyst
Distrib. Facility and Misc. Admin. and Programs
Storage Managers NATURAL RESOURCE Specialists
Equipment Specialists MANAGEMENT Program Analysts
Facility Managers Fish and Wildlife Admin. Public Affairs Specialists
Gen. Facilities and Equip. Gen. Biological Scientists Social Scientists
Manager Program Analysts
Wildlife Biologists PSYCHOLOGY
Wildlife Refuge Management Rec. and Creative Arts
Therapists
Employee Dev. Specialists
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GAO Analyst REHABILITATION THERAPY THEOLOGY
Personnel Management Spec. Corrective Therapists Chaplains
Psychologists Manual Arts Therapists Social Workers
Personnel Staffing Spec. Occupational Therapists Program Analysts
Position Class. Specialists Physical Therapists
Educational Svcs. Specialists Prosthetic Reps. TRANSPORTATION
Rehabilitation Therapy Cargo Schedulers
PUBLIC HEALTH Assistants Highway Safety Specialists
Environmental Health Marine Cargo Specialists
Technicians SOCIAL WORK Traffic Mgt. Specialists
Food Assistance Food Assistance Program Transportation Industry
Program Specialists Specialists Analysts
Food Inspectors Psychology Aids and Transportation Loss/Damage
Health System Administrators Technicians Claims Examiners
Health System Specialists Social Science Aids and Transportation Operators
Industrial Hygienists Technicians Transportation Specialists
Public Health Programs Social Scientists Travel Assistants
Specialists Social Service Aids and
Public Health Educators Assistants ZOOLOGY
Social Insurance Admin. Social Service Reps. Animal Scientists
Veterans Claims Examiners Social Workers Zoologists
Recreation Specialists Physiologists
PUBLIC ADMIN.
Budget Analysts SOCIOLOGY
Employee Dev. Specialists GAO Analyst
Employee Relations Social Science Aids and
Specialists Technicians
GAO Analyst Social Scientists
Housing Managers Social Service Aids and
Management Analysts Assistants
Manpower Dev. Specialists Social Service Reps.
Misc. Admin and Programs Program Analysts
Specialists Sociologists
Program Analysts
Public Utilities Spec. STATISTICS
Actuaries
PUBLIC RELATIONS Computer Science Spec.
Contact Representatives Mathematical Statisticians
Foreign Affairs Specialists Operations Research
Foreign Agricult. Affairs Analysts
Specialists Program Analysts
Public Affairs Specialists Statisticians
Transportation Industry
PURCHASING Analysts
Commissary Store Managers
Contract Specialists SURVEYING
Purchasing Specialists Geodesists
Business and Industry Land Surveyors
Specialists
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
REAL ESTATE Computer Science Specialists
Building Managers Computer Specialists
Housing Managers GAO IT Analyst
Realtors Misc. Administrative and
Business and Industry Programs Specialists
Specialists Management Analysts
Contract Specialists Program Analysts
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