Claims Assistance and Examining

What the Numbers Say About Claims Assistance and Examining

0.1% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Claims Assistance and Examining occupation (OPM code 998): 1,158 people, headcount down -3.1% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

The average salary for Claims Assistance and Examining is $65,453 per year, placing it 40.4% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.4% 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 19.2 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Claims Assistance and Examining sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 9), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Claims Assistance and Examining 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.

Inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (18 occupations, 133,580 employees combined), Claims Assistance and Examining holds the #11 spot by headcount, a 0.9% share of the family total. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (17th percentile) of pay among Legal and Kindred Group occupations.