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 of $117,339, and headcount declined 2.6% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 25,675
- Share of workforce
- 1.3%
- Avg salary
- $123,489
- Avg tenure
- 14.9 yrs
FedScope read on General Business and Industry (dense series)
Federal agencies employ 25,675 people in the General Business and Industry occupation (OPM code 1101), accounting for 1.3% of the total federal civilian workforce of 1,953,300 for the June 2026 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -2.6% 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 $123,489 per year. Salaries moved up by 0.1% from the prior period, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. Average length of service in this role is 14.9 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 in the Business and Industry Group family.
Within the Business and Industry Group family, General Business and Industry is one of the top 25 occupations by headcount (#2), accounting for 30.6% of the family's combined 83,993 employees. 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 of $117,339
Occupation Average
$123,489
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+5.2%
Where General Business and Industry ranks on rich federal pay
Its average salary of $123,489 is higher 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; General Business and Industry ranks higher than 70%.
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
- General Business and Industry pays near the federal average by 5.2% ($123,489 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 70th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A major federal occupation by headcount: 25,675 employees, 1.3% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 2.6% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, General Business and Industry ranks #17 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Business and Industry Group family, General Business and Industry is one of the top 25 occupations by headcount (#2), accounting for 30.6% of the family's combined 83,993 employees.
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.