Biological and Environmental Sciences • Go Government

Job Series Codes

You can search USAJOBS.gov using keywords or the job series code, a four-digit number corresponding to a government job category. The most common biological and environment science job series codes are listed below.

0028: Environmental Protection Specialist

0401: General Natural Resources Management

0404: Biological Science Technician

0457: Soil Conservation

0462: Forestry Technician

0482: Fish Biology

0486: Wildlife Biology

Did You Know?

There are opportunities with very specific interests. Even if you want to work exclusively with fish, or with particular wildlife, or soil conservation, there is a match for you in the federal government in the biological and environmental fields.

Again, there are specific fields to work in, and specific locations, if you want to work with arctic wildlife or marine wildlife, those specific agencies have high proportions of biologists.

Sample Position

Agency: Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Salary Range: $40,684 to $78,270 / per year
Location(s): Toppenish, Washington

As a Soil Conservationist, you will:

Develop plans, policies and procedures for meeting the overall objectives of various Natural Resources Program functions.
Provide management and conservation services for various assigned projects; to include project funding.
Maintain data on agricultural resources and soil classification surveys using Excel, Access, Microsoft, and ArcGIS software.

Sample Position

Agency: Department of the Navy, Navy Facilities Engineering Command
Salary Range: $79,644 to $103,541 / per year
Location (s): San Diego, CA

As an Environmental Engineer, you will:

Review plans, designs, and specifications for the improvement, alteration, or construction of facilities to ensure compliance with environmental requirements.
Brief agency engineers, environmental personnel, professionals, or managers on environmental issues and compliance status.
Review investigation, inspection reports, and letter of inquiry to ensure all issues and concerns are addressed correctly and promptly.

The federal government offers a variety of exciting, challenging positions in the biological and environmental sciences field.

As a research fishery biologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you can work aboard a scientific research vessel in the North Pacific

As a research fishery biologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you can work aboard a scientific research vessel in the North Pacific Ocean collecting ichthyoplankton samples. You could also develop innovative military biotechnologies as a microbiologist for Army Intelligence and Security Command.

Ocean collecting ichthyoplankton samples. You could also develop innovative military biotechnologies as a microbiologist for Army Intelligence and Security Command.

Top Biological and Environmental Sciences Positions by Region	Percentage
South Atlantic	24.0%
Pacific West	21.5%
Mountain West	16.7%
West North Central	8.6%
West South Central	7.6%
East North Central	5.8%
East South Central	4.6%
Mid-Atlantic	2.9%
Northeast	2.3%
Positions Overseas	1.0%