Electrician
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Electrician occupation series (code 2805), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
In the Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family, Electrician counts 4,842 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.2% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount edged down from the prior period; pay averages $82,263, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -0.9%
- Pay change
- +0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 10.2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 5
FedScope read on Electrician (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. 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 Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family (code 28) groups Electrician together with 4 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Electrician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family. The Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family totals 8,082 employees, and Electrician accounts for 59.9% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (20th percentile) of pay among Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family occupations.
Salary Context
How Electrician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$82,263
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-29.9%
Where Electrician ranks on federal pay
Electrician earns more on average than 39% of federal occupation series (211 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Electrician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Electrician.
Related Occupations in Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family
4 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Voltage Electrician | 1,638 | $137,161 | 13.4 yrs |
| Aircraft Electrician | 989 | $87,599 | 10.8 yrs |
| Electrical Equipment Repairer | 438 | $79,790 | 14.5 yrs |
| Misc Electrical Installation & Maintenance | 175 | $116,939 | 16.5 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Electrician outside the Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (4,842 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($82,263 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Electrician 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 Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Electrician 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.