Financial Clerical and Assistance
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Financial Clerical and Assistance occupation series (code 0503), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
In the Accounting and Budget Group family, Financial Clerical and Assistance counts 5,304 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.3% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount edged down from the prior period; pay averages $56,817, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -0.6%
- Pay change
- -0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 10.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 18
FedScope read on Financial Clerical and Assistance (dense series)
Headcount moved down 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. Pay moved down 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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Financial Clerical and Assistance sits inside the Accounting and Budget Group family (code 05), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Financial Clerical and Assistance postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Accounting and Budget Group family. The Accounting and Budget Group family totals 86,835 employees, and Financial Clerical and Assistance accounts for 6.1% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (25th percentile) of pay among Accounting and Budget Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Financial Clerical and Assistance pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$56,817
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-51.6%
Where Financial Clerical and Assistance ranks on lean federal pay
Financial Clerical and Assistance earns more on average than 11% of federal occupation series (58 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Financial Clerical and Assistance sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Financial Clerical and Assistance.
Related Occupations in Accounting and Budget Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Administration and Program | 25,018 | $114,904 | 15.9 yrs |
| Budget Analysis | 12,255 | $131,861 | 16.8 yrs |
| Tax Examining | 10,631 | $56,610 | 10.9 yrs |
| Accounting | 8,731 | $145,658 | 16.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Agent | 7,678 | n/a | 13.6 yrs |
| Auditing | 5,808 | $144,351 | 17 yrs |
| Financial Institution Examining | 4,728 | $168,883 | 15.2 yrs |
| Accounting Technician | 1,754 | $61,366 | 12.3 yrs |
| Financial Management | 1,049 | $166,042 | 21.6 yrs |
| Military Pay | 738 | $63,334 | 11.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Financial Clerical and Assistance outside the Accounting and Budget Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (5,304 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($56,817 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Financial Clerical and Assistance 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 Accounting and Budget Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Financial Clerical and Assistance 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.