Business and Industry Student Trainee
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Business and Industry Student Trainee occupation series (code 1199).
The verdict
Business and Industry Student Trainee is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 200 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $41,212 it pays below the federal average, and headcount grew from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +8.7%
- Pay change
- -1.6%
- Avg tenure
- 0.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #20 of 25
What the Numbers Say About Business and Industry Student Trainee
Headcount moved up 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. Pay moved down between the two reporting periods, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. On length of service, this series shows a comparatively short average tenure, which can reflect faster turnover, a competitive private-sector alternative, or a newer program still building up its workforce.
Code 11, the Business and Industry Group family, is where the federal government classifies Business and Industry Student Trainee alongside 24 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Business and Industry Student Trainee postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. Business and Industry Student Trainee makes up 0.2% of the Business and Industry Group family's 83,993 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Business and Industry Student Trainee pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$41,212
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-64.9%
Where Business and Industry Student Trainee ranks on lean federal pay
Business and Industry Student Trainee earns more on average than 1% of federal occupation series (3 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Business and Industry Student Trainee sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Business and Industry Student Trainee.
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 occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Business and Industry Student Trainee outside the Business and Industry Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (200 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($41,212 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Business and Industry Student Trainee 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Business and Industry Student Trainee 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.