Industrial Engineering Technical

What the Numbers Say About Industrial Engineering Technical

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Industrial Engineering Technical occupation (OPM code 895): 1,060 people, headcount down -2.0% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

The average salary for Industrial Engineering Technical is $86,641 per year, placing it 21.1% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.6% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 17.4 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Code 8, the Engineering and Architecture Group family, is where the federal government classifies Industrial Engineering Technical alongside 28 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Industrial Engineering Technical 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 Engineering and Architecture Group family, Industrial Engineering Technical ranks #16 of 29 by headcount, accounting for 0.7% of the family's combined 142,526 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (7th percentile) of pay among Engineering and Architecture Group occupations.