Industrial Specialist
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Industrial Specialist occupation series (code 1150): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 392 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Industrial Specialist ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Business and Industry Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $137,274 pays above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -60.7%
- Pay change
- +0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 17.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #16 of 25
What the Numbers Say About Industrial Specialist
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved down versus 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. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Industrial Specialist sits inside the Business and Industry Group family (code 11), which contains 25 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Industrial Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. The Business and Industry Group family totals 83,993 employees, and Industrial Specialist accounts for 0.5% of them.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Industrial Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$137,274
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+17.0%
Where Industrial Specialist ranks on rich federal pay
Industrial Specialist earns more on average than 80% of federal occupation series (434 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Industrial Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Industrial Specialist.
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 |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Industrial Specialist outside the Business and Industry Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (392 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($137,274 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Industrial Specialist 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 Industrial Specialist 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.