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 from the prior period; pay averages $64,690, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -15.2%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 12.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 11
FedScope read on Education and Training Technician (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus 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. 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 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. Across the Education Group family, 31,426 employees work in 11 occupations; Education and Training Technician is 16.4% of that headcount. 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
Occupation Average
$64,690
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-44.9%
Where Education and Training Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Education and Training Technician earns more on average 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; the highlighted bar marks Education and Training Technician.
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
- Place Education and Training Technician 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 Education Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Education and Training Technician 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.