Agricultural Commodity Aid
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Agricultural Commodity Aid occupation series (code 1981), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Agricultural Commodity Aid is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 735 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group family. At an average salary of $38,048 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.5%
- Pay change
- +0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 3
What the Numbers Say About Agricultural Commodity Aid
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved up between the two reporting periods, 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 comparatively short average tenure, which can reflect faster turnover, a competitive private-sector alternative, or a newer program still building up its workforce.
Code 19, the Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group family, is where the federal government classifies Agricultural Commodity Aid alongside 2 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Agricultural Commodity Aid postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group family. The Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group family totals 7,261 employees, and Agricultural Commodity Aid accounts for 10.1% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Agricultural Commodity Aid pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$38,048
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-67.6%
Where Agricultural Commodity Aid ranks on lean federal pay
Agricultural Commodity Aid earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (1 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Agricultural Commodity Aid sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Agricultural Commodity Aid.
Related Occupations in Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group
2 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Assurance | 4,964 | $119,613 | 16.9 yrs |
| Agricultural Commodity Grading | 1,562 | $69,487 | 11.4 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Agricultural Commodity Aid outside the Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (735 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($38,048 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Agricultural Commodity Aid 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 Quality Assurance, Inspection, and Grading Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Agricultural Commodity Aid 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.