Education and Vocational Training

What the Numbers Say About Education and Vocational Training

0.2% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Education and Vocational Training occupation (OPM code 1710): 5,326 people, headcount up 3.2% 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.

The average salary for Education and Vocational Training is $102,848 per year, placing it 6.4% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved down by -1.0% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. Average length of service in this role is 11.7 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Education and Vocational Training sits inside the Education Group family (code 17), which contains 10 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Education and Vocational Training 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.

Within the Education Group family, Education and Vocational Training ranks #4 of 10 by headcount, accounting for 12.9% of the family's combined 41,420 employees. Its average salary ranks right at the midpoint of pay among Education Group occupations.