General Business and Industry

What the Numbers Say About General Business and Industry

Federal agencies employ 33,171 people in the General Business and Industry occupation (OPM code 1101), accounting for 1.4% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved up by 1.6% 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.

The average salary for General Business and Industry is $113,395 per year, placing it 3.2% above the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 1.9% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. Average length of service in this role is 13.2 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

General Business and Industry sits inside the Business and Industry Group family (code 11), which contains 25 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for General Business and Industry 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.

Within the Business and Industry Group family, General Business and Industry is one of the top 25 occupations by headcount (#2), accounting for 28.7% of the family's combined 115,651 employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (60th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.