General Education and Training
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the General Education and Training occupation series (code 1701).
The verdict
General Education and Training is a mid-sized federal occupation: 8,384 employees (0.4% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Education Group family. At an average salary of $130,610 it pays above the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -34.2%
- Pay change
- +0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 10.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 11
FedScope read on General Education and Training (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, 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.
General Education and Training sits inside the Education Group family (code 17), which contains 11 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for General Education and Training postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Education Group family. General Education and Training makes up 26.7% of the Education Group family's 31,426 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (60th percentile) of pay among Education Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How General Education and Training pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$130,610
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+11.3%
Where General Education and Training ranks on rich federal pay
General Education and Training earns more on average than 76% of federal occupation series (409 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where General Education and Training sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks General Education and Training.
Related Occupations in Education Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training Instruction | 8,952 | $106,664 | 13.4 yrs |
| Education and Training Technician | 5,144 | $64,690 | 12.9 yrs |
| Education and Vocational Training | 4,966 | $98,819 | 12.5 yrs |
| Instructional Systems | 2,001 | $133,760 | 13.9 yrs |
| Vocational Rehabilitation | 808 | $87,970 | 14 yrs |
| Education Services | 702 | $87,278 | 13.2 yrs |
| Education Program | 383 | $138,688 | 14.4 yrs |
| Education Research | 54 | $156,973 | 11.4 yrs |
| Public Health Educator | 22 | $105,660 | 16.8 yrs |
| Education Student Trainee | 10 | n/a | 0.1 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for General Education and Training outside the Education 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 (8,384 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($130,610 here).
Key takeaways
- Place General Education and Training 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 Education Group family occupations in the table above, or search current General Education and Training 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.