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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 

Environmental Protection 

Civil Rights Analyst 

Personnel occupations 

Administrative Officer 

Management Analyst 

Logistics Management 

Paralegal Specialist 

Contract Representative 

Claims Examining 

Public Affairs 

Writing and Editing 

Internal Revenue Officer 

Contract Administration 

General Investigator 

Air Traffic Controller 

Supply Management 

ACCOUNTING 

Accountants 

Auditors 

Contract Specialists 

Financial Managers 

Financial Administrators 

Financial Institution 

Examiners 

GAO Financial Auditors 

Intelligence Specialists 

Internal Revenue Agents 

AGRICULTURE 

Soil Conservationists 

Agricultural Commodity

 Graders 

Agricultural Engineers 

Agricultural Mgmt. Spec. 

Agricultural Program Spec. 

Agricultural Market Reporters 

Agricultural Marketing Spec. 

Foreign Agriculture Affairs 

 Specialists 

Soil Scientists 

AGRONOMY 

Agronomists 

Agricultural Mgmt. Spec. 

Soil Conservationists 

Soil Scientists 

ANTHROPOLOGY 

Anthropologists 

Museum Curators 

Museum Specialists 

Program Analysts 

Management Analysts 

ARCHEOLOGY 

Archaeologists 

Museum Curators 

Museum Specialists 

ARCHITECTURE 

Architects 

Construction Analysts 

Construction Control Inspector. 

Landscape Architects 

Naval Architects 

Program Analysts 

ARTS, FINE AND APPLIED 

Arts Specialists 

Audio-Visual Production 

 Specialists 

Recreation and Creative Arts 

 Therapists 

Exhibits Specialists 

General Arts and Information 

 Specialists 

Illustrators 

Photographers 

Visual Information Specialists 

ASTRONOMY 

Astronomers and Space 

Scientists 

Geodesists 

AVIATION 

Air Safety Investigators 

Aviation Safety Inspectors 

Air Navigators 

Aircrew Technicians 

BIOLOGY 

General Biological Scientists 

Entomologists 

Fishery Biologists 

Microbiologists 

Range Conservationists 

Wildlife Biologists 

Zoologists 

BOTANY 

Agronomists 

Botanists 

Forestry Technicians 

Geneticists 

Horticulturists 

Plant Pathologists 

Plant Physiologists 

Plant Protection and 

 Quarantine Specialists 

Range Conservationists 

BUSINESS 

Budget Analysts 

Business and Industry Spec. 

Commissary Store Managers 

GAO Analyst 

Import Specialists 

Internal Revenue Officers 

Miscellaneous Administrative 

 and Programs Specialists 

Quality Assurance Specialists 

Trade Specialists 

Contract Specialists 

CARTOGRAPHY 

Cartographers 

Cartographic Technicians 

Geodetic Technicians 

CHEMISTRY 

Chemical Engineers 

Chemists 

Consumer Safety Officers 

Environmental Engineers 

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Air Traffic Controllers 

Aircraft Operators 
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Food Technologists 

Health Physicists 

Intelligence Specialists 

Toxicologists 

COMMUNICATIONS 

Telecommunications 

Managers 

Communications Specialists 

Public Affairs Specialists 

Technical Writers and 

Editors 

Writers and Editors 

CORRECTIONS 

Correctional Institution 

Administrators 

Correctional Officers 

Program Analysts 

COUNSELING 

Chaplains 

Educ. and Vocational 

Training Specialists 

Personnel Specialists 

Psychologists 

Psychology Aids and 

Technicians 

Social Service Aids and 

Assistants 

Social Service Reps. 

Vocational Rehab Spec. 

Equal Opportunity

 Compliance Specialists 

Educational Services 

 Specialists 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LAW 

ENFORCEMENT 

Border Patrol Agents 

Criminal Investigators 

Game Law Enfc. Agents 

GAO Analyst 

Internal Revenue Officers 

Police Officers 

United States Marshals 

DIETETICS AND NUTRITION 

Dietitians 

Food Technologists 

Nutritionists 

ECONOMICS 

Actuaries 

Budget Analysts 

Contract Specialists 

Economists 

Financial Analysts 

Financial Instit. Examiners 

GAO Analyst 

Loan Specialists 

Trade Specialists 

Transportation Industrial 

 Analysts 

EDUCATION 

Education and Training 

 Specialists 

Educ. and Vocational 

Training Specialists 

Vocational Rehab. Specialists 

Educational Program 

 Specialists 

Employee Dev. Specialists 

Public Health Educators 

Training Instructors 

Instructional Systems 

 Specialists 

Educational Services 

 Specialists 

ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY 

Communications Specialists 

Electronics Technicians 

Patent Examiners 

Electronics Mechanics 

EMPLOYEE/LABOR 

RELATIONS 

Contractor Industrial Rel. 

 Specialists 

Employee Relations 

 Specialists 

Hearing and Appeals 

 Specialists 

Labor Management 

 Relations Examiners 

Labor Relations Specialists 

Mediators 

Salary and Wage Admin. 

Workers Compensation 

Claims Examiners 

ENGINEERING (ANY 

SPECIALTY) 

General Engineers 

Civil Engineers 

Mechanical Engineers 

Electrical Engineers 

Electronics Engineers 

Aerospace Engineers 

Industrial Engineers 

Nuclear Engineers 

Computer Engineers 

Biomedical Engineers 

(11 other Engineering fields) 

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE 

Editorial Assistants 

Printing Specialists 

Public Affairs Specialists 

Technical Writers and Editors 

Writers and Editors 

Misc. Admin. and 

 Programs Specialists 

Program Analysts 

Program Managers 

Management Analysts 

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 

Ecologists 

Environmental Health 

Technicians 

Environmental Protection 

Assistants 

Environmental Protection 

 Specialists 

GAO Analyst 

Gen. Fish and Wildlife 

Administrators 

Fish and Wildlife Refuge 

Management 

Misc. Admin. and 

 Programs Specialists 

Toxicologists 

EPIDEMIOLOGY 

Environmental Health 

Technicians 

Gen. Health Scientists 

Industrial Hygienists 

Microbiologists 

FINANCE 

Appraisers and Assessors 

Budget Analysts 

Financial Administrators 

Financial Analysts 

Financial Institution 

Examiners 

GAO Analyst 

Securities Compliance 

Examiners 

Tax Examiners 

Trade Specialists 

FISH, GAME, AND WILDLIFE 

MANAGEMENT 

Gen. Fish and Wildlife 

Administrators 

Fish and Wildlife Refuge 

Management 

Fishery Biologists 

Game Law Enforcement 

Agents 

Soil Conservationists 

Wildlife Biologists 

Wildlife Rescue Managers 

General Biological 

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Program Analysts 

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT 

Business and Ind. Specialists 

Equipment Specialists 

Industrial Hygienists 

Industrial Property Managers 

Industrial Specialists 

Management Analysts 

Production Controllers 

Program Analysts 

Property Disposal Specialists 

Quality Assurance Specialists 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

Information Technology Specialists 

Computer Specialists 

Program Managers 

Management Analysts 

Computer Programmers 

INSURANCE 

Crop Insurance 

Administrators 

Social Insurance Admin. 

Social Insurance Claims 

Examiner 

Unemployment Insurance 

 Specialists 

Misc. Admin. and 

 Programs Specialists 

Program Analysts 

INTERNATIONAL 

RELATIONS 

Foreign Affairs Specialists 

Foreign Agricult. Affairs 

 Specialists 

Intelligence Specialists 

Language Specialists 

Public Affairs Specialists 

Trade Specialists 

International Relations 

Workers 

JOURNALISM 

Agricult. Market Reporters 

Printing Specialists 

Public Affairs Specialists 

Writers and Editors 

Technical Writers and 

Editors 

Program Analysts 

LAW 

Administrative Law Judges 

Attorneys 

Hearing and Appeals 

 Specialists 

Legal Instruments Examiners 

Paralegal Specialists 

Patent Attorneys 

Scientists 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND 

SAFETY 

Consumer Safety Inspectors 

Consumer Safety Officers 

Dietitian and Nutritionists 

Food Assistance 

 Program Specialists 

Food Technologists 

Toxicologists 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 

Air Safety Investigators 

Border Patrol Agents 

Customs Inspectors 

Language Specialists 

Equal Employment 

 Opportunity Specialists 

Foreign Affairs Specialists 

Foreign Agricultural Affairs 

 Specialists 

Intelligence Specialists 

FORESTRY 

Foresters 

Soil Conservationists 

Management Analysts 

Program Analysts 

Gen. Fish and Wildlife 

Administrators 

Fish and Wildlife Refuge 

Management 

GEOGRAPHY 

Cartographers 

Geographers 

GEOLOGY 

Geodesists 

Geologists 

Hydrologists 

Oceanographers 

Gen. Physical Scientists 

GEOPHYSICS 

Geophysicists 

Gen. Physical Scientists 

HEALTH 

Environmental Health 

Technicians 

GAO Analyst 

Gen. Health Scientists 

Health Physicists 

Health System Admin. 

Health System Spec. 

Industrial Hygienists 

Public Health Programs 

 Specialists 

Safety and Occup. Health 

 Management Specialists 

HISTORY 

Archives Technicians 

Archivists 

Exhibits Specialists 

Historians 

Intelligence Specialists 

Museum Curators 

Misc. Admin. and 

 Programs Specialists 

Management Analysts 

Program Analysts 

HOME ECONOMICS 

Consumer Safety

 Officers 

Food Technologists 

HORTICULTURE 

Agricultural Mgt. Specialist 

Gen. Biological 

Scientists 

Horticulturists 

Plant Protection and Quaran. 

 Specialists 

Plant Physiologists Specialists 

Misc. Admin. and 

 Programs Specialists 

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION 

Administrative Officers 

Health System Administrators 

Health System Specialists 

Hospital Housekeepers 

Gen. Health Scientists 

Public Health Programs Specialists 

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 

Apprenticeship and Training 

 Representatives 

Employee Dev. Specialists 

Equal Employment 

 Opportunity Specialists 

Human Resource Specialist 

Military Pers. Mgmt. Spec. 

Personnel Staffing Spec. 

Position Classification 

 Specialists 

HYDROLOGY 

Environmental Engineers 

Environmental Protection 

 Specialists 

Hydrologists 

Gen. Fish and Wildlife 

Administrators 

Fish and Wildlife Refuge 

Management 

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Tax Law Specialists 

LAW ENFORCEMENT 

Alcohol, Tobacco, and 

 Firearms Inspectors 

Border Patrol Agents 

Criminal Investigators 

Customs Inspectors 

Game Law Enforcement 

Agents 

Immigration Inspectors 

Inspec., Invest. and 

Compliance Specialists 

Police Officers 

United States Marshals 

LIBERAL ARTS/HUMANITIES 

Contact Representatives 

Customs Inspectors 

Equal Opportunity

 Compliance Spec. 

Management Analysts 

Pers. Management Spec. 

Program Analysts 

Social Insurance Claims 

Examiners 

Veterans Claims Exam. 

Educ. Services Spec. 

LIBRARY SCIENCE 

Librarians 

Library Technicians 

Medical Record Librarians 

Technical Info. Services 

MGT. INFO. SYSTEMS 

Computer Science Specialists 

Computer Specialists 

Financial Managers 

Logistics Mgt. Specialists 

Management Analysts 

Misc. Admin. and 

 Programs Specialists 

Operations Research 

 Analysts 

Program Analysts 

Program Managers 

MANAGEMENT, FACILITIES 

Commissary Store Managers 

Correctional Institution 

Administrators 

Distrib. Facility and 

 Storage Managers 

Equipment Specialists 

Facility Managers 

Gen. Facilities and Equip. 

Manager 

Housing Managers 

Industrial Property Managers 

Production Controllers 

MANAGEMENT 

Administrative Officers 

Logistics Mgt. Specialists 

Management Analysts 

Manpower Dev. Specialists 

Misc. Admin. and Program 

 Specialists 

Program Analysts 

Support Svcs. Administrators 

MARKETING 

Agric. Marketing Specialists 

Bond Sales Promotion 

 Representatives 

Contract Specialists 

Inventory Mgt. Specialists 

Packaging Specialists 

Property Disposal Spec. 

Supply Specialists 

Trade Specialists 

Business and Industry

 Specialists 

MATHEMATICS 

Actuaries 

Cartographers 

Computer Science Mathematical 

Statisticians 

Mathematicians 

Operations Research 

 Analysts 

Statisticians 

MEDICAL SUPPORT 

Diagnostic Radiological 

Technicians 

Medical Instrument 

Technicians 

Medical Record Technicians 

Medical Technicians 

Nuclear Medicine Technicians 

Pathology Technicians 

Therapeutic Radiological 

Technicians 

METEOROLOGY 

Meteorologists 

Gen. Physical Scientists 

NATURAL RESOURCE 

MANAGEMENT 

Fish and Wildlife Admin. 

Gen. Biological Scientists 

Program Analysts 

Wildlife Biologists 

Wildlife Refuge Management 

NURSING 

Nurses 

Physician's Assistants 

PARK AND RECREATION 

MANAGEMENT 

Foresters 

Outdoor Recreation Planners 

Park Rangers 

Recreation Specialists 

Rec. and Creative Arts 

 Therapists 

Management Analysts 

PHARMACY 

Consumer Safety Inspectors 

Consumer Safety Officers 

Pharmacists 

Pharmacologists 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

Corrective Therapists 

Outdoor Recreation Planners 

Rec. and Creative Arts 

 Therapists 

Recreation Specialists 

Recreation Aids & Assistants 

Sports Specialists 

Program Analysts 

PHYSICAL SCIENCE 

Gen. Physical Scientists 

Metallurgists 

Physicists 

PHYSICS 

Astronomers and Space 

Scientists 

Geodesists 

Geophysicists 

Health Physicists 

Hydrologists 

Oceanographers 

Patent Examiners 

Physicists 

Gen. Physical Scientists 

POLITICAL SCIENCE/GOVT 

Archivists 

Budget Analysts 

Historians 

Foreign Affairs Specialists 

GAO Analyst 

Misc. Admin. and Programs 

 Specialists 

Program Analysts 

Public Affairs Specialists 

Social Scientists 

PSYCHOLOGY 

Rec. and Creative Arts 

 Therapists 

Employee Dev. Specialists 

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GAO Analyst 

Personnel Management Spec. 

Psychologists 

Personnel Staffing Spec. 

Position Class. Specialists 

Educational Svcs. Specialists 

PUBLIC HEALTH 

Environmental Health 

Technicians 

Food Assistance 

 Program Specialists 

Food Inspectors 

Health System Administrators 

Health System Specialists 

Industrial Hygienists 

Public Health Programs 

 Specialists 

Public Health Educators 

Social Insurance Admin. 

Veterans Claims Examiners 

PUBLIC ADMIN. 

Budget Analysts 

Employee Dev. Specialists 

Employee Relations 

 Specialists 

GAO Analyst 

Housing Managers 

Management Analysts 

Manpower Dev. Specialists 

Misc. Admin and Programs 

 Specialists 

Program Analysts 

Public Utilities Spec. 

PUBLIC RELATIONS 

Contact Representatives 

Foreign Affairs Specialists 

Foreign Agricult. Affairs 

 Specialists 

Public Affairs Specialists 

PURCHASING 

Commissary Store Managers 

Contract Specialists 

Purchasing Specialists 

Business and Industry

 Specialists 

REAL ESTATE 

Building Managers 

Housing Managers 

Realtors 

Business and Industry

 Specialists 

Contract Specialists 

REHABILITATION THERAPY 

Corrective Therapists 

Manual Arts Therapists 

Occupational Therapists 

Physical Therapists 

Prosthetic Reps. 

Rehabilitation Therapy 

Assistants 

SOCIAL WORK 

Food Assistance Program 

 Specialists 

Psychology Aids and 

Technicians 

Social Science Aids and 

Technicians 

Social Scientists 

Social Service Aids and 

Assistants 

Social Service Reps. 

Social Workers 

Recreation Specialists 

SOCIOLOGY 

GAO Analyst 

Social Science Aids and 

Technicians 

Social Scientists 

Social Service Aids and 

Assistants 

Social Service Reps. 

Program Analysts 

Sociologists 

STATISTICS 

Actuaries 

Computer Science Spec. 

Mathematical Statisticians 

Operations Research 

 Analysts 

Program Analysts 

Statisticians 

Transportation Industry

 Analysts 

SURVEYING 

Geodesists 

Land Surveyors 

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS 

Computer Science Specialists 

Computer Specialists 

GAO IT Analyst 

Misc. Administrative and 

 Programs Specialists 

Management Analysts 

Program Analysts 

THEOLOGY 

Chaplains 

Social Workers 

Program Analysts 

TRANSPORTATION 

Cargo Schedulers 

Highway Safety Specialists 

Marine Cargo Specialists 

Traffic Mgt. Specialists 

Transportation Industry

 Analysts 

Transportation Loss/Damage 

Claims Examiners 

Transportation Operators 

Transportation Specialists 

Travel Assistants 

ZOOLOGY 

Animal Scientists 

Zoologists 

Physiologists 

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