Geodetic Technician
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Geodetic Technician occupation series (code 1374), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Geodetic Technician is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 17 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Physical Sciences Group family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -5.6%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 9.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #23 of 25
FedScope read on Geodetic Technician (thin 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, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.
Code 13, the Physical Sciences Group family, is where the federal government classifies Geodetic Technician alongside 24 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Geodetic Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Physical Sciences Group family. The Physical Sciences Group family totals 26,960 employees, and Geodetic Technician accounts for 0.1% of them.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Geodetic Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Geodetic Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Geodetic Technician earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Geodetic Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Geodetic Technician.
Related Occupations in Physical Sciences Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Physical Science | 8,297 | $145,078 | 14.6 yrs |
| Chemistry | 4,440 | $149,099 | 14.9 yrs |
| Meteorology | 2,494 | $123,942 | 15.9 yrs |
| Physics | 2,009 | $174,005 | 15.9 yrs |
| Physical Science Technician | 1,577 | $78,820 | 13.3 yrs |
| Hydrology | 1,524 | $116,486 | 17.1 yrs |
| Hydrologic Technician | 1,356 | $76,077 | 12.9 yrs |
| Geology | 1,240 | $124,746 | 14 yrs |
| Health Physics | 746 | $146,649 | 16.4 yrs |
| Cartography | 487 | $120,890 | 16.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Geodetic Technician outside the Physical Sciences Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (17 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Geodetic Technician 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 Physical Sciences Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Geodetic Technician 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.