Budget Clerical and Assistance
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Budget Clerical and Assistance occupation series (code 0561).
The verdict
With 358 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Budget Clerical and Assistance ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Accounting and Budget Group family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of $59,989 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.6%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 13.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #17 of 18
What the Numbers Say About Budget Clerical and Assistance
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 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.
Code 05, the Accounting and Budget Group family, is where the federal government classifies Budget Clerical and Assistance alongside 17 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Budget Clerical and Assistance 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 Clerical and Assistance accounts for 0.4% of them.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Budget Clerical and Assistance pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$59,989
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-48.9%
Where Budget Clerical and Assistance ranks on lean federal pay
Budget Clerical and Assistance earns more on average than 14% of federal occupation series (77 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Budget Clerical and Assistance sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Budget Clerical and Assistance.
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 |
| 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 |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Budget Clerical and Assistance outside the Accounting and Budget Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (358 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($59,989 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Budget Clerical and Assistance 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 Clerical and Assistance 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.