Highway Safety

What the Numbers Say About Highway Safety

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 248 people work in the Highway Safety occupation (OPM code 2125) across federal agencies, 0.0% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -1.6% from 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.

Average tenure in Highway Safety runs 14.1 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $132,075 per year, 20.2% above the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 1.1% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.

Highway Safety sits inside the Transportation Group family (code 21), which contains 19 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Highway Safety 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.

Within the Transportation Group family, Highway Safety ranks #12 of 19 by headcount, accounting for 0.6% of the family's combined 44,430 employees.