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 of $117,339, and headcount grew 0.7% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 3,231
- Share of workforce
- 0.2%
- Avg salary
- n/a
- Avg tenure
- 15.9 yrs
FedScope read on Hearings and Appeals (dense series)
0.2% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Hearings and Appeals occupation (OPM code 0930): 3,231 people, headcount up 0.7% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
Hearings and Appeals pays n/a per year on average, moving down 0.0% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 15.9 years, 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.
Hearings and Appeals makes up 2.9% of the 110,958 employees across the Legal and Kindred Group family, ranking #7 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount. 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 of $117,339
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Hearings and Appeals ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of n/a is higher 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; Hearings and Appeals ranks higher than 0%.
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
- Hearings and Appeals pays below the federal average by 100.0% (n/a vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 0th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 3,231 employees, 0.2% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount grew 0.7% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Hearings and Appeals ranks #119 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Hearings and Appeals makes up 2.9% of the 110,958 employees across the Legal and Kindred Group family, ranking #7 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount.
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.