General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series

What the Numbers Say About General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series

1.9% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series occupation (OPM code 1801): 42,403 people, headcount down -0.2% 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 Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series pays $116,927 per year on average, 6.4% above the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.7% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 14.6 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Investigation Group family (code 18) groups General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series together with 19 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series 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 Investigation Group family, General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series is one of the top 20 occupations by headcount (#3), accounting for 20.0% of the family's combined 211,925 employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (65th percentile) of pay among Investigation Group occupations.