Employee Benefits Law
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Employee Benefits Law occupation series (code 0958).
The verdict
With 54 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Employee Benefits Law ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Legal and Kindred Group family. Its average salary of $154,137 pays well above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- +0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 18.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #18 of 18
FedScope read on Employee Benefits Law (thin series)
Headcount moved sideways 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. Pay moved up 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.
Employee Benefits Law sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 09), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Employee Benefits Law postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Legal and Kindred Group family. Employee Benefits Law makes up 0.0% of the Legal and Kindred Group family's 110,958 combined employees.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Employee Benefits Law pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$154,137
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+31.4%
Where Employee Benefits Law ranks on rich federal pay
Employee Benefits Law earns more on average than 90% of federal occupation series (488 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Employee Benefits Law sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Employee Benefits Law.
Related Occupations in Legal and Kindred Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Attorney | 35,986 | $177,921 | 13.6 yrs |
| Contact Representative | 29,201 | $64,454 | 9.3 yrs |
| Veterans Claims Examining | 18,099 | $92,511 | 13.3 yrs |
| General Legal and Kindred Administration | 8,711 | $82,876 | 12.3 yrs |
| Paralegal Specialist | 5,165 | $107,719 | 15.8 yrs |
| Legal Assistance | 3,326 | $69,159 | 12.5 yrs |
| Hearings and Appeals | 3,231 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Passport and Visa Examining | 2,035 | $92,682 | 11.3 yrs |
| Legal Instruments Examining | 1,261 | $73,021 | 11.7 yrs |
| Administrative Law Judge | 1,189 | $208,642 | 20.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Employee Benefits Law outside the Legal and Kindred Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (54 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($154,137 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Employee Benefits Law 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 Legal and Kindred Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Employee Benefits Law 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.