Community Planning
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Community Planning occupation series (code 0020): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 890 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Community Planning ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of $133,078 pays above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.9%
- Pay change
- +0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 12.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #13 of 27
FedScope read on Community Planning (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved up between the two reporting periods, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows 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 00) groups Community Planning together with 26 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Community Planning postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family. Across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, 92,278 employees work in 27 occupations; Community Planning is 1.0% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (86th percentile) of pay among Miscellaneous Occupations Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Community Planning pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$133,078
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+13.4%
Where Community Planning ranks on rich federal pay
Community Planning earns more on average than 77% of federal occupation series (418 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Community Planning sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Community Planning.
Related Occupations in Miscellaneous Occupations Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Administration | 15,507 | $125,293 | 15.4 yrs |
| Correctional Officer | 14,821 | n/a | 10.3 yrs |
| Police | 11,883 | n/a | 12.2 yrs |
| Emergency Management Specialist | 11,832 | $100,833 | 9.7 yrs |
| Fire Protection and Prevention | 8,848 | $74,762 | 14.6 yrs |
| Safety and Occupational Health Management | 5,704 | $117,177 | 16.3 yrs |
| Park Ranger | 5,202 | $75,210 | 10.6 yrs |
| Security Guard | 4,312 | $57,464 | 11.3 yrs |
| Environmental Protection Specialist | 4,157 | $127,481 | 15.2 yrs |
| Security Clerical and Assistance | 3,340 | $65,477 | 12.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Community Planning outside the Miscellaneous Occupations 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 (890 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($133,078 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Community Planning 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 Miscellaneous Occupations Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Community Planning 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.