Housing Management

What the Numbers Say About Housing Management

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 1,974 people work in the Housing Management occupation (OPM code 1173) across federal agencies, 0.1% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved up by 1.5% from the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Housing Management pays $77,771 per year on average, 29.2% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 1.7% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 10.1 years, 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, 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 Business and Industry Group family, Housing Management ranks #9 of 25 by headcount, accounting for 1.7% of the family's combined 115,651 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (16th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.