Community Planning

What the Numbers Say About Community Planning

0.1% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Community Planning occupation (OPM code 20): 1,204 people, headcount down -0.7% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

The average salary for Community Planning is $120,403 per year, placing it 9.6% above the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.6% 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 9.7 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Miscellaneous Occupations Group family (code 0) groups Community Planning together with 25 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Community Planning 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.

Community Planning makes up 1.1% of the 105,611 employees across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, ranking #13 of 26 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (88th percentile) of pay among Miscellaneous Occupations Group occupations.