Equal Employment Opportunity

What the Numbers Say About Equal Employment Opportunity

Federal agencies employ 3,120 people in the Equal Employment Opportunity occupation (OPM code 260), accounting for 0.1% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -0.4% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Average tenure in Equal Employment Opportunity runs 16.8 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $124,725 per year, 13.5% 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.

The Human Resources Management Group family (code 2) groups Equal Employment Opportunity together with 5 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Equal Employment Opportunity 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity makes up 5.7% of the 54,281 employees across the Human Resources Management Group family, ranking #3 of 6 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks right at the midpoint of pay among Human Resources Management Group occupations.