Health System Specialist
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Health System Specialist occupation series (code 0671), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 7,966 employees (0.4% of the federal civilian workforce), Health System Specialist ranks as a mid-sized federal occupation within the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, and headcount edged up from the prior period. Its average salary of $110,534 pays near the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +0.2%
- Pay change
- +0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #9 of 45
FedScope read on Health System Specialist (dense 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 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 useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.
Health System Specialist 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 System Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family. The Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family totals 339,162 employees, and Health System Specialist accounts for 2.3% of them. Its average salary ranks in the top half (60th percentile) of pay among Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Health System Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$110,534
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-5.8%
Where Health System Specialist ranks on federal pay
Health System Specialist earns more on average than 61% of federal occupation series (331 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Health System Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Health System Specialist.
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 Aid and Technician | 12,490 | $61,276 | 10.8 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 System Specialist 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 (7,966 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($110,534 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Health System Specialist 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 System Specialist 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.