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, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.4%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 29
FedScope read on Electronics Technical (dense series)
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. 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 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. The Engineering and Architecture Group family totals 120,278 employees, and Electronics Technical accounts for 6.1% of them. 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
Occupation Average
$103,713
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-11.6%
Where Electronics Technical ranks on federal pay
Electronics Technical earns more on average 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; the highlighted bar marks Electronics Technical.
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
- Place Electronics Technical 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 Technical 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.