Agricultural Engineering

What the Numbers Say About Agricultural Engineering

Federal agencies employ 319 people in the Agricultural Engineering occupation (OPM code 890), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -1.8% versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.

Average tenure in Agricultural Engineering runs 14.6 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $107,467 per year, 2.2% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 1.4% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.

Code 8, the Engineering and Architecture Group family, is where the federal government classifies Agricultural Engineering alongside 28 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Agricultural Engineering 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.

Agricultural Engineering makes up 0.2% of the 142,526 employees across the Engineering and Architecture Group family, ranking #23 of 29 occupations in that family by headcount.