Administrative Officer

What the Numbers Say About Administrative Officer

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 10,002 people work in the Administrative Officer occupation (OPM code 341) across federal agencies, 0.4% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -0.5% from 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.

Administrative Officer pays $109,248 per year on average, 0.6% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.1% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 16.6 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Code 3, the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, is where the federal government classifies Administrative Officer alongside 27 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Administrative Officer postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Inside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family (28 occupations, 339,466 employees combined), Administrative Officer holds the #6 spot by headcount, a 2.9% share of the family total. Its average salary ranks in the top half (68th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.