Compliance Inspection and Support
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Compliance Inspection and Support occupation series (code 1802).
The verdict
With 53,444 employees (2.7% of the federal civilian workforce), Compliance Inspection and Support ranks as a major federal occupation within the Investigation Group family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of n/a pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.8%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 9.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 20
FedScope read on Compliance Inspection and Support (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a workforce-scale shift government watchers track closely, since swings this large move federal staffing totals meaningfully.
The Investigation Group family (code 18) groups Compliance Inspection and Support together with 19 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Compliance Inspection and Support postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Investigation Group family. Compliance Inspection and Support makes up 25.5% of the Investigation Group family's 209,389 combined employees. Compliance Inspection and Support is one of just 5 federal occupation series with 50,000 or more employees, out of 541 tracked in OPM FedScope for the June 2026 reporting window. Within the family, the largest occupations by headcount are Compliance Inspection and Support, Criminal Investigation at 44,633, and General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series at 44,491, ahead of 17 smaller occupations; together they hold 68.1% of the family total. Across these 5 large series, average tenure runs 13.5 years; Compliance Inspection and Support's own is shorter than that peer-group average.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Compliance Inspection and Support pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Compliance Inspection and Support ranks on lean federal pay
Compliance Inspection and Support earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Compliance Inspection and Support sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Compliance Inspection and Support.
Related Occupations in Investigation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Investigation | 44,633 | n/a | 14.5 yrs |
| General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series | 44,491 | n/a | 14.8 yrs |
| Customs and Border Protection | 27,421 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Border Patrol Enforcement Series | 21,781 | n/a | 13.3 yrs |
| Consumer Safety Inspection | 5,242 | $74,073 | 15.3 yrs |
| Aviation Safety | 4,206 | $143,216 | 15 yrs |
| Investigative Analysis | 2,129 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Import Compliance Series | 1,104 | $126,314 | 16.5 yrs |
| Wage and Hour Investigation Series | 885 | $120,994 | 17.1 yrs |
| Mine Safety and Health Inspection Series | 875 | $112,306 | 13.2 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Compliance Inspection and Support outside the Investigation 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 (53,444 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Compliance Inspection and Support 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 Investigation Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Compliance Inspection and Support 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.