General Business and Industry
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the General Business and Industry occupation series (code 1101): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
General Business and Industry is a major federal occupation: 25,675 employees (1.3% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $123,489 it pays near the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -2.6%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 14.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 25
FedScope read on General Business and Industry (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. 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. 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.
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 in the Business and Industry Group family. Across the Business and Industry Group family, 83,993 employees work in 25 occupations; General Business and Industry is 30.6% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (52nd percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How General Business and Industry pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$123,489
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+5.2%
Where General Business and Industry ranks on rich federal pay
General Business and Industry earns more on average than 70% of federal occupation series (377 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where General Business and Industry sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks General Business and Industry.
Related Occupations in Business and Industry Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracting | 30,323 | $132,449 | 14.4 yrs |
| Production Control | 5,015 | $99,508 | 14.6 yrs |
| Loan Specialist | 3,952 | $95,452 | 12.7 yrs |
| Realty | 3,282 | $112,506 | 15.3 yrs |
| Grants Management | 3,042 | $129,704 | 14.5 yrs |
| Purchasing | 2,225 | $59,039 | 13.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Officer | 2,183 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
| Building Management | 986 | $122,043 | 16.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for General Business and Industry outside the Business and Industry 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 (25,675 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($123,489 here).
Key takeaways
- Place General Business and Industry 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current General Business and Industry 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.