Air Navigation
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Air Navigation occupation series (code 2183).
The verdict
With 60 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Air Navigation ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Transportation Group family, and headcount grew from the prior period. Its average salary of n/a pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +3.4%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 16.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #16 of 20
FedScope read on Air Navigation (thin series)
Headcount moved up 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. Pay moved sideways 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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
The Transportation Group family (code 21) groups Air Navigation together with 19 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Air Navigation postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. Air Navigation makes up 0.1% of the Transportation Group family's 42,428 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Air Navigation pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Air Navigation ranks on lean federal pay
Air Navigation earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Air Navigation sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Air Navigation.
Related Occupations in Transportation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Traffic Control | 21,627 | $153,037 | 13.7 yrs |
| Transportation Specialist | 8,313 | $123,621 | 16.6 yrs |
| Transportation Clerk and Assistant | 2,525 | $55,598 | 11.3 yrs |
| Aircraft Operation | 2,432 | $149,284 | 15.2 yrs |
| Transportation Operations | 1,900 | $105,349 | 16.3 yrs |
| Traffic Management | 1,400 | $119,205 | 15.8 yrs |
| Dispatching | 1,378 | $58,047 | 10.9 yrs |
| Technical Systems Program Manager | 672 | $191,580 | 24.5 yrs |
| Railroad Safety | 497 | $119,966 | 14.1 yrs |
| Motor Carrier Safety | 467 | $94,322 | 12 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Air Navigation outside the Transportation Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (60 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Air Navigation 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 Transportation Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Air Navigation 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.