Financial Administration and Program

What the Numbers Say About Financial Administration and Program

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 32,801 people work in the Financial Administration and Program occupation (OPM code 501) across federal agencies, 1.4% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -0.3% from 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.

Average tenure in Financial Administration and Program runs 14.9 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $112,029 per year, 2.0% above the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.4% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

Financial Administration and Program sits inside the Accounting and Budget Group family (code 5), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Financial Administration and Program 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.

Financial Administration and Program makes up 26.4% of the 124,386 employees across the Accounting and Budget Group family, ranking #1 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (56th percentile) of pay among Accounting and Budget Group occupations.