Highway Safety
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Highway Safety occupation series (code 2125).
The verdict
In the Transportation Group family, Highway Safety counts 169 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages $136,818, which pays above the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -1.2%
- Pay change
- +0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 16.2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #13 of 20
What the Numbers Say About Highway Safety
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. Pay moved up 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.
Highway Safety sits inside the Transportation Group family (code 21), which contains 20 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Highway Safety postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. Highway Safety makes up 0.4% of the Transportation Group family's 42,428 combined employees.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Highway Safety pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$136,818
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+16.6%
Where Highway Safety ranks on rich federal pay
Highway Safety earns more on average than 80% of federal occupation series (432 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Highway Safety sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Highway Safety.
Related Occupations in Transportation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Traffic Control | 21,627 | $153,037 | 13.7 yrs |
| Transportation Specialist | 8,313 | $123,621 | 16.6 yrs |
| Transportation Clerk and Assistant | 2,525 | $55,598 | 11.3 yrs |
| Aircraft Operation | 2,432 | $149,284 | 15.2 yrs |
| Transportation Operations | 1,900 | $105,349 | 16.3 yrs |
| Traffic Management | 1,400 | $119,205 | 15.8 yrs |
| Dispatching | 1,378 | $58,047 | 10.9 yrs |
| Technical Systems Program Manager | 672 | $191,580 | 24.5 yrs |
| Railroad Safety | 497 | $119,966 | 14.1 yrs |
| Motor Carrier Safety | 467 | $94,322 | 12 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Highway Safety outside the Transportation Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (169 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($136,818 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Highway Safety 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 Transportation Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Highway Safety 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.