Health Insurance Administration
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Health Insurance Administration occupation series (code 0107).
The verdict
Health Insurance Administration is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 2,443 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family. At an average salary of $149,476 it pays well above the federal average, and headcount edged up from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +0.5%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 15.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 29
FedScope read on Health Insurance Administration (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved up versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. 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.
The Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family (code 01) groups Health Insurance Administration together with 28 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Health Insurance Administration postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family. Health Insurance Administration makes up 2.4% of the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family's 101,196 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (78th percentile) of pay among Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Health Insurance Administration pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$149,476
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+27.4%
Where Health Insurance Administration ranks on rich federal pay
Health Insurance Administration earns more on average than 88% of federal occupation series (475 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Health Insurance Administration sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Health Insurance Administration.
Related Occupations in Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Insurance Administration | 24,044 | $105,855 | 17.7 yrs |
| Social Work | 22,339 | $112,147 | 10 yrs |
| Social Science | 13,513 | $109,039 | 11.8 yrs |
| Intelligence | 12,860 | n/a | 15 yrs |
| Psychology | 10,259 | $144,240 | 10.7 yrs |
| Economist | 3,774 | $158,425 | 14.1 yrs |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,748 | $155,920 | 14.4 yrs |
| Social Science Aid and Technician | 1,534 | $67,632 | 12.4 yrs |
| Archeology | 1,448 | $91,675 | 12 yrs |
| Social Services Aid and Assistant | 962 | $59,911 | 11.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Health Insurance Administration outside the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare 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 (2,443 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($149,476 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Health Insurance 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 Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Health Insurance 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.