Animal Health Technician

What the Numbers Say About Animal Health Technician

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Animal Health Technician occupation (OPM code 704): 478 people, headcount down -2.0% 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 average salary for Animal Health Technician is $66,220 per year, placing it 39.7% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.9% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 12.5 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Veterinary Medical Science Group family (code 7) groups Animal Health Technician together with 2 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Animal Health Technician 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.

Animal Health Technician makes up 20.3% of the 2,360 employees across the Veterinary Medical Science Group family, ranking #2 of 3 occupations in that family by headcount.