Animal Health Technician
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Animal Health Technician occupation series (code 0704).
The verdict
Animal Health Technician is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 415 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Veterinary Medical Science Group family. At an average salary of $67,066 it pays below the federal average, and headcount grew from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +1.2%
- Pay change
- -0.7%
- Avg tenure
- 13.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 3
What the Numbers Say About Animal Health Technician
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 down between the two reporting periods, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. On length of service, this series shows 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 07) 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 in the Veterinary Medical Science Group family. Animal Health Technician makes up 21.3% of the Veterinary Medical Science Group family's 1,949 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Animal Health Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$67,066
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-42.8%
Where Animal Health Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Animal Health Technician earns more on average than 22% of federal occupation series (119 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Animal Health Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Animal Health Technician.
Related Occupations in Veterinary Medical Science Group
2 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Medical Science | 1,510 | $132,360 | 14.4 yrs |
| Veterinary Student Trainee | 24 | $56,423 | 1.5 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Animal Health Technician outside the Veterinary Medical Science Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (415 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($67,066 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Animal Health Technician 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 Veterinary Medical Science Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Animal Health Technician 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.