Administrative Officer
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Administrative Officer occupation series (code 0341), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
In the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, Administrative Officer counts 8,149 employees, a mid-sized federal occupation at 0.4% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages $110,689, which pays near the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -1.1%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 18 yrs
- Rank in family
- #6 of 31
FedScope read on Administrative Officer (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.
Code 03, the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, is where the federal government classifies Administrative Officer alongside 30 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Administrative Officer postings should also review these sibling occupations in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family. Across the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, 260,640 employees work in 31 occupations; Administrative Officer is 3.1% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (69th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Administrative Officer pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$110,689
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-5.7%
Where Administrative Officer ranks on federal pay
Administrative Officer earns more on average than 62% of federal occupation series (333 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Administrative Officer sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Administrative Officer.
Related Occupations in General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Administration and Program | 84,990 | $125,183 | 15.6 yrs |
| Management and Program Analysis | 73,337 | $134,823 | 16.7 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant | 35,782 | $53,568 | 10.4 yrs |
| Logistics Management | 20,350 | $117,169 | 15 yrs |
| Program Management | 15,235 | $178,573 | 19.9 yrs |
| Secretary | 5,419 | $66,321 | 14.3 yrs |
| Telecommunications | 3,607 | $127,955 | 16.5 yrs |
| Management and Program Clerical and Assistance | 3,112 | $68,111 | 14 yrs |
| Government Information Specialist | 2,335 | $124,799 | 17.1 yrs |
| Support Services Administration | 1,719 | $99,850 | 16.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Administrative Officer outside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (8,149 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($110,689 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Administrative Officer pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Administrative Officer postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.