Appraising
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Appraising occupation series (code 1171), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Appraising is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 419 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $135,133 it pays above the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.5%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 12.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #15 of 25
What the Numbers Say About Appraising
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. 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. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The Business and Industry Group family (code 11) groups Appraising together with 24 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Appraising postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. Appraising makes up 0.5% of the Business and Industry Group family's 83,993 combined employees.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Appraising pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$135,133
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+15.2%
Where Appraising ranks on rich federal pay
Appraising earns more on average than 79% of federal occupation series (425 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Appraising sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Appraising.
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 Appraising 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 (419 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($135,133 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Appraising 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 Appraising 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.