General Legal and Kindred Administration
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the General Legal and Kindred Administration occupation series (code 0901).
The verdict
General Legal and Kindred Administration is a mid-sized federal occupation: 8,711 employees (0.4% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Legal and Kindred Group family. At an average salary of $82,876 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.0%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 12.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 18
FedScope read on General Legal and Kindred Administration (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.
Code 09, the Legal and Kindred Group family, is where the federal government classifies General Legal and Kindred Administration alongside 17 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for General Legal and Kindred Administration postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Legal and Kindred Group family. General Legal and Kindred Administration makes up 7.9% of the Legal and Kindred Group family's 110,958 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (35th percentile) of pay among Legal and Kindred Group occupations.
Salary Context
How General Legal and Kindred Administration pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$82,876
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-29.4%
Where General Legal and Kindred Administration ranks on federal pay
General Legal and Kindred Administration earns more on average than 39% of federal occupation series (212 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where General Legal and Kindred Administration sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks General Legal and Kindred Administration.
Related Occupations in Legal and Kindred Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Attorney | 35,986 | $177,921 | 13.6 yrs |
| Contact Representative | 29,201 | $64,454 | 9.3 yrs |
| Veterans Claims Examining | 18,099 | $92,511 | 13.3 yrs |
| Paralegal Specialist | 5,165 | $107,719 | 15.8 yrs |
| Legal Assistance | 3,326 | $69,159 | 12.5 yrs |
| Hearings and Appeals | 3,231 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Passport and Visa Examining | 2,035 | $92,682 | 11.3 yrs |
| Legal Instruments Examining | 1,261 | $73,021 | 11.7 yrs |
| Administrative Law Judge | 1,189 | $208,642 | 20.7 yrs |
| Claims Assistance and Examining | 925 | $67,330 | 18.9 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for General Legal and Kindred Administration outside the Legal and Kindred 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 (8,711 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($82,876 here).
Key takeaways
- Place General Legal and Kindred Administration 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 Legal and Kindred Group family occupations in the table above, or search current General Legal and Kindred Administration 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.