Budget Analysis
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Budget Analysis occupation series (code 0560): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 12,255 employees (0.6% of the federal civilian workforce), Budget Analysis ranks as a mid-sized federal occupation within the Accounting and Budget Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $131,861 pays above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -4.6%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 16.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 18
FedScope read on Budget Analysis (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 Budget Analysis alongside 17 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Budget Analysis postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Accounting and Budget Group family. The Accounting and Budget Group family totals 86,835 employees, and Budget Analysis accounts for 14.1% of them. Its average salary ranks in the top half (69th percentile) of pay among Accounting and Budget Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Budget Analysis pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$131,861
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+12.4%
Where Budget Analysis ranks on rich federal pay
Budget Analysis earns more on average than 76% of federal occupation series (411 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Budget Analysis sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Budget Analysis.
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 |
| 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 |
| Auditing | 5,808 | $144,351 | 17 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 Budget Analysis 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 (12,255 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($131,861 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Budget Analysis 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 Budget Analysis 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.