Air Navigation

What the Numbers Say About Air Navigation

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Air Navigation occupation (OPM code 2183): 78 people, headcount up 11.4% 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.

Air Navigation pays $112,181 per year on average, 2.1% above the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 1.7% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 8.2 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Transportation Group family (code 21) groups Air Navigation together with 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Air Navigation 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.

Air Navigation makes up 0.2% of the 44,430 employees across the Transportation Group family, ranking #16 of 19 occupations in that family by headcount.