Housing Management
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Housing Management occupation series (code 1173), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
In the Business and Industry Group family, Housing Management counts 1,724 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.1% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount edged down from the prior period; pay averages $91,096, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -0.1%
- Pay change
- +0.5%
- Avg tenure
- 12.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #9 of 25
FedScope read on Housing Management (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. 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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Housing Management sits inside the Business and Industry Group family (code 11), which contains 25 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Housing Management postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. Across the Business and Industry Group family, 83,993 employees work in 25 occupations; Housing Management is 2.1% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (17th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Housing Management pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$91,096
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-22.4%
Where Housing Management ranks on federal pay
Housing Management earns more on average than 46% of federal occupation series (250 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Housing Management sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Housing Management.
Related Occupations in Business and Industry Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracting | 30,323 | $132,449 | 14.4 yrs |
| General Business and Industry | 25,675 | $123,489 | 14.9 yrs |
| Production Control | 5,015 | $99,508 | 14.6 yrs |
| Loan Specialist | 3,952 | $95,452 | 12.7 yrs |
| Realty | 3,282 | $112,506 | 15.3 yrs |
| Grants Management | 3,042 | $129,704 | 14.5 yrs |
| Purchasing | 2,225 | $59,039 | 13.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Officer | 2,183 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
| Building Management | 986 | $122,043 | 16.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Housing Management outside the Business and Industry 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 (1,724 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($91,096 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Housing Management 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Housing Management 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.