Customs Entry and Liquidating

What the Numbers Say About Customs Entry and Liquidating

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Customs Entry and Liquidating occupation (OPM code 1894): 435 people, headcount down -2.5% 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.

The average salary for Customs Entry and Liquidating is $110,347 per year, placing it 0.4% above the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.7% 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 19.4 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Customs Entry and Liquidating sits inside the Investigation Group family (code 18), which contains 20 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Customs Entry and Liquidating 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 Investigation Group family (20 occupations, 211,925 employees combined), Customs Entry and Liquidating holds the #16 spot by headcount, a 0.2% share of the family total.