Electronics Engineering
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Electronics Engineering occupation series (code 0855), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
In the Engineering and Architecture Group family, Electronics Engineering counts 12,889 employees, a mid-sized federal occupation at 0.7% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages $155,270, which pays well above the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -3.1%
- Pay change
- +0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 16.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 29
FedScope read on Electronics Engineering (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. 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.
Electronics Engineering sits inside the Engineering and Architecture Group family (code 08), which contains 29 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Electronics Engineering postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Engineering and Architecture Group family. Across the Engineering and Architecture Group family, 120,278 employees work in 29 occupations; Electronics Engineering is 10.7% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (78th percentile) of pay among Engineering and Architecture Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Electronics Engineering pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$155,270
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+32.3%
Where Electronics Engineering ranks on rich federal pay
Electronics Engineering earns more on average than 91% of federal occupation series (490 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Electronics Engineering sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Electronics Engineering.
Related Occupations in Engineering and Architecture Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Engineering | 27,619 | $158,941 | 16.9 yrs |
| Engineering Technical | 14,443 | $93,062 | 15.2 yrs |
| Mechanical Engineering | 12,920 | $136,601 | 11.9 yrs |
| Civil Engineering | 10,260 | $124,230 | 14.7 yrs |
| Aerospace Engineering | 8,359 | $155,848 | 14.8 yrs |
| Electronics Technical | 7,298 | $103,713 | 15.6 yrs |
| Electrical Engineering | 5,231 | $142,419 | 13.5 yrs |
| Computer Engineering | 3,753 | $160,672 | 14.2 yrs |
| Nuclear Engineering | 2,813 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
| Environmental Engineering | 2,429 | $139,024 | 17 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Electronics Engineering outside the Engineering and Architecture 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 (12,889 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($155,270 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Electronics Engineering 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 Engineering and Architecture Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Electronics Engineering 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.