Budget Analysis

What the Numbers Say About Budget Analysis

Federal agencies employ 15,480 people in the Budget Analysis occupation (OPM code 560), accounting for 0.7% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -0.2% 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.

Budget Analysis pays $116,728 per year on average, 6.2% above the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.2% 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 15.2 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Code 5, 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, 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.

Within the Accounting and Budget Group family, Budget Analysis is one of the top 18 occupations by headcount (#2), accounting for 12.4% of the family's combined 124,386 employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (61st percentile) of pay among Accounting and Budget Group occupations.