Health Aid and Technician
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Health Aid and Technician occupation series (code 0640), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
In the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, Health Aid and Technician counts 12,490 employees, a mid-sized federal occupation at 0.6% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount edged down from the prior period; pay averages $61,276, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -0.4%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 10.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 45
FedScope read on Health Aid and Technician (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: 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. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Health Aid and Technician sits inside the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family (code 06), which contains 45 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Health Aid and Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family. Across the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, 339,162 employees work in 45 occupations; Health Aid and Technician is 3.7% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (9th percentile) of pay among Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Health Aid and Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$61,276
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-47.8%
Where Health Aid and Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Health Aid and Technician earns more on average than 16% of federal occupation series (84 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Health Aid and Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Health Aid and Technician.
Related Occupations in Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse | 106,218 | $132,267 | 10.2 yrs |
| Medical Support Assistance | 39,856 | $58,279 | 8.2 yrs |
| Medical Officer | 34,687 | $301,569 | 11.6 yrs |
| General Health Science | 17,434 | $133,765 | 11.9 yrs |
| Practical Nurse | 16,755 | $75,898 | 10.4 yrs |
| Pharmacist | 14,529 | $167,390 | 11.1 yrs |
| Nursing Assistant | 14,498 | $55,851 | 7.8 yrs |
| Health System Specialist | 7,966 | $110,534 | 15.9 yrs |
| Pharmacy Technician | 7,658 | $70,794 | 9.5 yrs |
| Medical Technologist | 6,123 | $117,456 | 12.2 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Health Aid and Technician outside the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health 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 (12,490 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($61,276 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Health Aid and 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 Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Health Aid and 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.