Electronics Technical

What the Numbers Say About Electronics Technical

0.4% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Electronics Technical occupation (OPM code 856): 8,135 people, headcount down -0.8% 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 $107,138 per year, placing it 2.5% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.2% 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 12.6 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Engineering and Architecture Group family (code 8) 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, 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 Engineering and Architecture Group family, Electronics Technical ranks #7 of 29 by headcount, accounting for 5.7% of the family's combined 142,526 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (21st percentile) of pay among Engineering and Architecture Group occupations.