Botany

What the Numbers Say About Botany

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Botany occupation (OPM code 430): 312 people, headcount down -4.3% 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.

Botany pays $92,455 per year on average, 15.8% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 3.0% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 13 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Botany sits inside the Biological Sciences Group family (code 4), which contains 31 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Botany 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.

Botany makes up 0.4% of the 69,668 employees across the Biological Sciences Group family, ranking #22 of 31 occupations in that family by headcount.