Electrician

What the Numbers Say About Electrician

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 5,104 people work in the Electrician occupation (OPM code 2805) across federal agencies, 0.2% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -1.0% 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.

The average salary for Electrician is $77,449 per year, placing it 29.5% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.5% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 8.5 years, 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, 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 Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family, Electrician is the single largest occupation by headcount, accounting for 58.0% of the family's combined 8,794 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (40th percentile) of pay among Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family occupations.