Customs Entry and Liquidating
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Customs Entry and Liquidating occupation series (code 1894), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
In the Investigation Group family, Customs Entry and Liquidating counts 417 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount edged up from the prior period; pay averages $114,364, which pays near the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- +0.2%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 20.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #15 of 20
What the Numbers Say About Customs Entry and Liquidating
Headcount moved up 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. Pay moved sideways 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 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 in the Investigation Group family. The Investigation Group family totals 209,389 employees, and Customs Entry and Liquidating accounts for 0.2% of them.
Salary Context
How Customs Entry and Liquidating pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$114,364
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-2.5%
Where Customs Entry and Liquidating ranks on federal pay
Customs Entry and Liquidating earns more on average than 63% of federal occupation series (341 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Customs Entry and Liquidating sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Customs Entry and Liquidating.
Related Occupations in Investigation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance Inspection and Support | 53,444 | n/a | 9.8 yrs |
| 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 |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Customs Entry and Liquidating outside the Investigation Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (417 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($114,364 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Customs Entry and Liquidating 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 Customs Entry and Liquidating 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.