Education and Training Technician
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Education and Training Technician occupation series (code 1702).
The verdict
In the Education Group family, Education and Training Technician counts 5,144 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.3% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 15.2% from the prior period; pay averages $64,690, which pays below the federal-wide $117,339.
- Employees
- 5,144
- Share of workforce
- 0.3%
- Avg salary
- $64,690
- Avg tenure
- 12.9 yrs
FedScope read on Education and Training Technician (dense series)
As of the June 2026 reporting window, 5,144 people work in the Education and Training Technician occupation (OPM code 1702) across federal agencies, 0.3% of the 1,953,300-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -15.2% from the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.
Education and Training Technician pays $64,690 per year on average, moving up 0.3% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 12.9 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
The Education Group family (code 17) groups Education and Training Technician together with 10 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Education and Training Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Education Group family.
Within the Education Group family, Education and Training Technician is one of the top 11 occupations by headcount (#3), accounting for 16.4% of the family's combined 31,426 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Education Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Education and Training Technician pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$64,690
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-44.9%
Where Education and Training Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $64,690 is higher than 19% of federal occupation series (105 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Education and Training Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Education and Training Technician ranks higher than 19%.
Related Occupations in Education Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training Instruction | 8,952 | $106,664 | 13.4 yrs |
| General Education and Training | 8,384 | $130,610 | 10.8 yrs |
| Education and Vocational Training | 4,966 | $98,819 | 12.5 yrs |
| Instructional Systems | 2,001 | $133,760 | 13.9 yrs |
| Vocational Rehabilitation | 808 | $87,970 | 14 yrs |
| Education Services | 702 | $87,278 | 13.2 yrs |
| Education Program | 383 | $138,688 | 14.4 yrs |
| Education Research | 54 | $156,973 | 11.4 yrs |
| Public Health Educator | 22 | $105,660 | 16.8 yrs |
| Education Student Trainee | 10 | n/a | 0.1 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Education and Training Technician outside the Education 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 (5,144 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($64,690 here).
Key takeaways
- Education and Training Technician pays below the federal average by 44.9% ($64,690 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 19th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 5,144 employees, 0.3% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 15.2% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Education and Training Technician ranks #86 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Education Group family, Education and Training Technician is one of the top 11 occupations by headcount (#3), accounting for 16.4% of the family's combined 31,426 employees.
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.