Health System Administration

What the Numbers Say About Health System Administration

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Health System Administration occupation (OPM code 670): 820 people, headcount down -1.4% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Health System Administration pays $161,645 per year on average, 47.1% above the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 5.4% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 17.6 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Code 6, the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, is where the federal government classifies Health System Administration alongside 44 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Health System Administration postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Health System Administration makes up 0.2% of the 356,984 employees across the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, ranking #32 of 45 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (89th percentile) of pay among Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group occupations.