Education Program
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Education Program occupation series (code 1720): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Education Program is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 383 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Education Group family. At an average salary of $138,688 it pays above the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -3.5%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 14.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 11
What the Numbers Say About Education Program
Headcount moved down 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 down 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 Program together with 10 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Education Program 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 Program is 1.2% of that headcount.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Education Program pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$138,688
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+18.2%
Where Education Program ranks on rich federal pay
Education Program earns more on average than 82% of federal occupation series (442 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Education Program sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Education Program.
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 Training Technician | 5,144 | $64,690 | 12.9 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 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 occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Education Program outside the Education Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (383 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($138,688 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Education Program 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 Program 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.