Budget Clerical and Assistance

What the Numbers Say About Budget Clerical and Assistance

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Budget Clerical and Assistance occupation (OPM code 561): 451 people, headcount down -4.9% 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.

The average salary for Budget Clerical and Assistance is $58,404 per year, placing it 46.8% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.8% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 11.3 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Code 5, 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, 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 Clerical and Assistance ranks #17 of 18 by headcount, accounting for 0.4% of the family's combined 124,386 employees.