First, while the BLS analyzes the GS level of private sector and state/local government jobs, they don’t analyze the GS levels of federal jobs.

The coding systems used to classify federal jobs vary by agency, but the most common system is the General Schedule (GS).

Related: Search for government jobs. Estimate Your GS Level The federal government classifies positions according to the complexity of their job duties and their level of responsibility.

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At the lowest skill levels—a GS-6 on the federal scale—teachers earn salaries about 26 percent higher than similar white-collar workers.

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that made the 1.9 percent pay raise promised to federal employees earlier this year official.

The Federal Salary Council then has the BLS compare how much a private sector position at, say, a GS-9 level of skills compares with the pay of an actual GS-9 working for the federal government.