Auditing
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Auditing occupation series (code 0511).
The verdict
With 5,808 employees (0.3% of the federal civilian workforce), Auditing ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Accounting and Budget Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $144,351 pays above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -38.4%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 17 yrs
- Rank in family
- #6 of 18
FedScope read on Auditing (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.
Code 05, the Accounting and Budget Group family, is where the federal government classifies Auditing alongside 17 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Auditing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Accounting and Budget Group family. Auditing makes up 6.7% of the Accounting and Budget Group family's 86,835 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (75th percentile) of pay among Accounting and Budget Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Auditing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$144,351
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+23.0%
Where Auditing ranks on rich federal pay
Auditing earns more on average than 85% of federal occupation series (460 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Auditing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Auditing.
Related Occupations in Accounting and Budget Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Administration and Program | 25,018 | $114,904 | 15.9 yrs |
| Budget Analysis | 12,255 | $131,861 | 16.8 yrs |
| Tax Examining | 10,631 | $56,610 | 10.9 yrs |
| Accounting | 8,731 | $145,658 | 16.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Agent | 7,678 | n/a | 13.6 yrs |
| Financial Clerical and Assistance | 5,304 | $56,817 | 10.7 yrs |
| Financial Institution Examining | 4,728 | $168,883 | 15.2 yrs |
| Accounting Technician | 1,754 | $61,366 | 12.3 yrs |
| Financial Management | 1,049 | $166,042 | 21.6 yrs |
| Military Pay | 738 | $63,334 | 11.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Auditing outside the Accounting and Budget Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (5,808 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($144,351 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Auditing 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 Accounting and Budget Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Auditing 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.