Industrial Engineering Technical
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Industrial Engineering Technical occupation series (code 0895): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Industrial Engineering Technical is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 992 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Engineering and Architecture Group family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.4%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 18.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #17 of 29
FedScope read on Industrial Engineering Technical (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved sideways 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.
Code 08, 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 in the Engineering and Architecture Group family. Industrial Engineering Technical makes up 0.8% of the Engineering and Architecture Group family's 120,278 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Engineering and Architecture Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Industrial Engineering Technical pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Industrial Engineering Technical ranks on lean federal pay
Industrial Engineering Technical earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Industrial Engineering Technical sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Industrial Engineering Technical.
Related Occupations in Engineering and Architecture Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Engineering | 27,619 | $158,941 | 16.9 yrs |
| Engineering Technical | 14,443 | $93,062 | 15.2 yrs |
| Mechanical Engineering | 12,920 | $136,601 | 11.9 yrs |
| Electronics Engineering | 12,889 | $155,270 | 16.8 yrs |
| Civil Engineering | 10,260 | $124,230 | 14.7 yrs |
| Aerospace Engineering | 8,359 | $155,848 | 14.8 yrs |
| Electronics Technical | 7,298 | $103,713 | 15.6 yrs |
| Electrical Engineering | 5,231 | $142,419 | 13.5 yrs |
| Computer Engineering | 3,753 | $160,672 | 14.2 yrs |
| Nuclear Engineering | 2,813 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Industrial Engineering Technical outside the Engineering and Architecture 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 (992 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Industrial Engineering Technical 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 Engineering and Architecture Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Industrial Engineering Technical 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.