Electronics Technical
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Electronics Technical occupation series (code 0856): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Electronics Technical is a mid-sized federal occupation: 7,298 employees (0.4% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Engineering and Architecture Group family. At an average salary of $103,713 it pays below the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 0.4% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 7,298
- Share of workforce
- 0.4%
- Avg salary
- $103,713
- Avg tenure
- 15.6 yrs
FedScope read on Electronics Technical (dense series)
0.4% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Electronics Technical occupation (OPM code 0856): 7,298 people, headcount down -0.4% 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 Electronics Technical is $103,713 per year. Salaries moved down by -0.0% from the prior period, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. Average length of service in this role is 15.6 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
The Engineering and Architecture Group family (code 08) groups Electronics Technical together with 28 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Electronics Technical postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Engineering and Architecture Group family.
Within the Engineering and Architecture Group family, Electronics Technical ranks #7 of 29 by headcount, accounting for 6.1% of the family's combined 120,278 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (19th percentile) of pay among Engineering and Architecture Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Electronics Technical pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$103,713
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-11.6%
Where Electronics Technical ranks on federal pay
Its average salary of $103,713 is higher than 56% of federal occupation series (305 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Electronics Technical sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Electronics Technical ranks higher than 56%.
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 |
| Electronics Engineering | 12,889 | $155,270 | 16.8 yrs |
| Civil Engineering | 10,260 | $124,230 | 14.7 yrs |
| Aerospace Engineering | 8,359 | $155,848 | 14.8 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 Technical 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 (7,298 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($103,713 here).
Key takeaways
- Electronics Technical pays below the federal average by 11.6% ($103,713 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 56th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A mid-sized federal occupation by headcount: 7,298 employees, 0.4% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 0.4% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Electronics Technical ranks #64 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Engineering and Architecture Group family, Electronics Technical ranks #7 of 29 by headcount, accounting for 6.1% of the family's combined 120,278 employees.
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.