Agricultural Marketing

What the Numbers Say About Agricultural Marketing

Federal agencies employ 489 people in the Agricultural Marketing occupation (OPM code 1146), 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 -3.9% 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 Marketing runs 16.2 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $122,422 per year, 11.4% above the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.0% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.

The Business and Industry Group family (code 11) groups Agricultural Marketing together with 24 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Agricultural Marketing 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 Marketing makes up 0.4% of the 115,651 employees across the Business and Industry Group family, ranking #19 of 25 occupations in that family by headcount.