Freight Rate
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Freight Rate occupation series (code 2131).
The verdict
With 154 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Freight Rate ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Transportation Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $70,560 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -2.5%
- Pay change
- +0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 15 yrs
- Rank in family
- #14 of 20
What the Numbers Say About Freight Rate
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 down 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 small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Code 21, the Transportation Group family, is where the federal government classifies Freight Rate alongside 19 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Freight Rate postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. Freight Rate makes up 0.4% of the Transportation Group family's 42,428 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Freight Rate pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$70,560
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-39.9%
Where Freight Rate ranks on lean federal pay
Freight Rate earns more on average than 26% of federal occupation series (142 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Freight Rate sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Freight Rate.
Related Occupations in Transportation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Traffic Control | 21,627 | $153,037 | 13.7 yrs |
| Transportation Specialist | 8,313 | $123,621 | 16.6 yrs |
| Transportation Clerk and Assistant | 2,525 | $55,598 | 11.3 yrs |
| Aircraft Operation | 2,432 | $149,284 | 15.2 yrs |
| Transportation Operations | 1,900 | $105,349 | 16.3 yrs |
| Traffic Management | 1,400 | $119,205 | 15.8 yrs |
| Dispatching | 1,378 | $58,047 | 10.9 yrs |
| Technical Systems Program Manager | 672 | $191,580 | 24.5 yrs |
| Railroad Safety | 497 | $119,966 | 14.1 yrs |
| Motor Carrier Safety | 467 | $94,322 | 12 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Freight Rate outside the Transportation Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (154 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($70,560 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Freight Rate 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 Transportation Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Freight Rate 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.