U.S. Federal Civil Position Job Postings from 2017 to 2026

1.6 GB of data on U.S. federal civil service job postings spanning a decade. The dataset was authored by William Resh and last updated in May 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license and includes a Dofile for analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze hiring trends and demand for specific roles in the U.S. federal government based on the temporal coverage.
• Study the evolution of job requirements and qualifications in the civil service based on the job posting data.
• Model public sector workforce planning and resource allocation based on the longitudinal nature of the postings.

Strengths

• Covers a significant 10-year time range from 2017 to 2026.
• Dataset size of 1.6 GB suggests a substantial volume of records.
• Includes a Dofile, which likely provides code for data processing or analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

William Resh via figshare

Time Range

2017-2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-09 20:07:21; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States