Agricultural Marketing
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Agricultural Marketing occupation series (code 1146): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 367 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Agricultural Marketing ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Business and Industry Group family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of $125,864 pays near the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.3%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 17.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #18 of 25
What the Numbers Say About Agricultural Marketing
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, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.
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 in the Business and Industry Group family. Across the Business and Industry Group family, 83,993 employees work in 25 occupations; Agricultural Marketing is 0.4% of that headcount.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Agricultural Marketing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$125,864
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+7.3%
Where Agricultural Marketing ranks on rich federal pay
Agricultural Marketing earns more on average than 72% of federal occupation series (392 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Agricultural Marketing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Agricultural Marketing.
Related Occupations in Business and Industry Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracting | 30,323 | $132,449 | 14.4 yrs |
| General Business and Industry | 25,675 | $123,489 | 14.9 yrs |
| Production Control | 5,015 | $99,508 | 14.6 yrs |
| Loan Specialist | 3,952 | $95,452 | 12.7 yrs |
| Realty | 3,282 | $112,506 | 15.3 yrs |
| Grants Management | 3,042 | $129,704 | 14.5 yrs |
| Purchasing | 2,225 | $59,039 | 13.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Officer | 2,183 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Agricultural Marketing outside the Business and Industry Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (367 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($125,864 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Agricultural Marketing 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Agricultural Marketing 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.