Hearings and Appeals
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Hearings and Appeals occupation series (code 0930): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Hearings and Appeals is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 3,231 employees (0.2% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Legal and Kindred Group family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged up from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +0.7%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 18
FedScope read on Hearings and Appeals (dense series)
Headcount moved up versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved sideways 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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
The Legal and Kindred Group family (code 09) groups Hearings and Appeals together with 17 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Hearings and Appeals postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Legal and Kindred Group family. The Legal and Kindred Group family totals 110,958 employees, and Hearings and Appeals accounts for 2.9% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Legal and Kindred Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Hearings and Appeals pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Hearings and Appeals ranks on lean federal pay
Hearings and Appeals earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Hearings and Appeals sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Hearings and Appeals.
Related Occupations in Legal and Kindred Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Attorney | 35,986 | $177,921 | 13.6 yrs |
| Contact Representative | 29,201 | $64,454 | 9.3 yrs |
| Veterans Claims Examining | 18,099 | $92,511 | 13.3 yrs |
| General Legal and Kindred Administration | 8,711 | $82,876 | 12.3 yrs |
| Paralegal Specialist | 5,165 | $107,719 | 15.8 yrs |
| Legal Assistance | 3,326 | $69,159 | 12.5 yrs |
| Passport and Visa Examining | 2,035 | $92,682 | 11.3 yrs |
| Legal Instruments Examining | 1,261 | $73,021 | 11.7 yrs |
| Administrative Law Judge | 1,189 | $208,642 | 20.7 yrs |
| Claims Assistance and Examining | 925 | $67,330 | 18.9 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Hearings and Appeals outside the Legal and Kindred 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 (3,231 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Hearings and Appeals 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 Legal and Kindred Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Hearings and Appeals 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.