Employee Benefits Law

What the Numbers Say About Employee Benefits Law

Federal agencies employ 75 people in the Employee Benefits Law occupation (OPM code 958), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -3.8% versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.

Average tenure in Employee Benefits Law runs 15.7 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $150,482 per year, 37.0% above the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.2% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

Employee Benefits Law sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 9), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Employee Benefits Law 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.

Employee Benefits Law makes up 0.1% of the 133,580 employees across the Legal and Kindred Group family, ranking #18 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount.