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How can I find the meaning of the federal government jobs' grade?

I am trying to apply to the some jobs with the federal government; however: they have very confusing qualifications (ex. G-2). I tried looking in the USA JOBS website for a table that would tell me what does it mean but can't find anything. Thanks Rebbeca, although I knew that, my main question is where can I see what every single step requires?? Like I am applying for a G-5, but is that bachelors with experience or what?

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1. Many civil service psoitions are assigned a grade between G2 and G15 that indicates the roughly the amount of education and experience. a G7 posiiton usually requires a bacholors degree. a G13-G15 are executive level staff. Salary is determined by the grade and the step. steps are from one to ten, and most start at step 5. roughly each year a person gains a step with its increase in pay.
2. www.opm.gov/qualifications has the listings of all the job qualifications by grade for the specific jobs. You can look by job title or number. Sometimes it takes a little work to fin the job you want to apply for.