Grants Management
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Grants Management occupation series (code 1109), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 3,042 employees (0.2% of the federal civilian workforce), Grants Management ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Business and Industry Group family, and headcount edged up from the prior period. Its average salary of $129,704 pays above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +0.5%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 14.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #6 of 25
FedScope read on Grants Management (dense series)
Headcount moved up versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved up between the two reporting periods, 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.
Grants Management sits inside the Business and Industry Group family (code 11), which contains 25 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Grants Management postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. The Business and Industry Group family totals 83,993 employees, and Grants Management accounts for 3.6% of them. Its average salary ranks in the top half (61st percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Grants Management pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$129,704
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+10.5%
Where Grants Management ranks on rich federal pay
Grants Management earns more on average than 75% of federal occupation series (406 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Grants Management sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Grants Management.
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 |
| General Business and Industry | 25,675 | $123,489 | 14.9 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 |
| 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 Grants Management 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 (3,042 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($129,704 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Grants Management 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Grants Management 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.