Building Management
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Building Management occupation series (code 1176).
The verdict
Building Management is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 986 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $122,043 it pays near the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 3.1% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 986
- Share of workforce
- 0.1%
- Avg salary
- $122,043
- Avg tenure
- 16.3 yrs
FedScope read on Building Management (dense series)
As of the June 2026 reporting window, 986 people work in the Building Management occupation (OPM code 1176) across federal agencies, 0.1% of the 1,953,300-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -3.1% from the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
Average tenure in Building Management runs 16.3 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $122,043 per year, up 0.2% from the prior period, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Code 11, the Business and Industry Group family, is where the federal government classifies Building Management alongside 24 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Building Management postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family.
Within the Business and Industry Group family, Building Management ranks #11 of 25 by headcount, accounting for 1.2% of the family's combined 83,993 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (48th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Building Management pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$122,043
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+4.0%
Where Building Management ranks on rich federal pay
Its average salary of $122,043 is higher than 69% of federal occupation series (373 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Building Management sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Building Management ranks higher than 69%.
Related Occupations in Business and Industry Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracting | 30,323 | $132,449 | 14.4 yrs |
| General Business and Industry | 25,675 | $123,489 | 14.9 yrs |
| Production Control | 5,015 | $99,508 | 14.6 yrs |
| Loan Specialist | 3,952 | $95,452 | 12.7 yrs |
| Realty | 3,282 | $112,506 | 15.3 yrs |
| Grants Management | 3,042 | $129,704 | 14.5 yrs |
| Purchasing | 2,225 | $59,039 | 13.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Officer | 2,183 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Building Management outside the Business and Industry 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 (986 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($122,043 here).
Key takeaways
- Building Management pays near the federal average by 4.0% ($122,043 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 69th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 986 employees, 0.1% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 3.1% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Building Management ranks #213 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Business and Industry Group family, Building Management ranks #11 of 25 by headcount, accounting for 1.2% of the family's combined 83,993 employees.
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.