Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Foreign Agricultural Affairs occupation series (code 0135), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 149 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Foreign Agricultural Affairs ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, and headcount grew from the prior period. Its average salary of $154,223 pays well above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +1.4%
- Pay change
- -0.8%
- Avg tenure
- 16.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #22 of 29
What the Numbers Say About Foreign Agricultural Affairs
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved up 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. As for pay, the latest move was a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.
Code 01, the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, is where the federal government classifies Foreign Agricultural Affairs alongside 28 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Foreign Agricultural Affairs postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family. Foreign Agricultural Affairs makes up 0.1% of the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family's 101,196 combined employees.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Foreign Agricultural Affairs pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$154,223
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+31.4%
Where Foreign Agricultural Affairs ranks on rich federal pay
Foreign Agricultural Affairs earns more on average than 90% of federal occupation series (489 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Foreign Agricultural Affairs sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Foreign Agricultural Affairs.
Related Occupations in Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Insurance Administration | 24,044 | $105,855 | 17.7 yrs |
| Social Work | 22,339 | $112,147 | 10 yrs |
| Social Science | 13,513 | $109,039 | 11.8 yrs |
| Intelligence | 12,860 | n/a | 15 yrs |
| Psychology | 10,259 | $144,240 | 10.7 yrs |
| Economist | 3,774 | $158,425 | 14.1 yrs |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,748 | $155,920 | 14.4 yrs |
| Health Insurance Administration | 2,443 | $149,476 | 15.3 yrs |
| Social Science Aid and Technician | 1,534 | $67,632 | 12.4 yrs |
| Archeology | 1,448 | $91,675 | 12 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Foreign Agricultural Affairs outside the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (149 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($154,223 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Foreign Agricultural Affairs 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 Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Foreign Agricultural Affairs 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.