Intelligence
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Intelligence occupation series (code 0132), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Intelligence is a mid-sized federal occupation: 12,860 employees (0.7% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -2.5%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 29
FedScope read on Intelligence (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition. 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.
The Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family (code 01) groups Intelligence together with 28 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Intelligence postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family. The Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family totals 101,196 employees, and Intelligence accounts for 12.7% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Intelligence pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Intelligence ranks on lean federal pay
Intelligence earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Intelligence sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Intelligence.
Related Occupations in Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Insurance Administration | 24,044 | $105,855 | 17.7 yrs |
| Social Work | 22,339 | $112,147 | 10 yrs |
| Social Science | 13,513 | $109,039 | 11.8 yrs |
| Psychology | 10,259 | $144,240 | 10.7 yrs |
| Economist | 3,774 | $158,425 | 14.1 yrs |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,748 | $155,920 | 14.4 yrs |
| Health Insurance Administration | 2,443 | $149,476 | 15.3 yrs |
| Social Science Aid and Technician | 1,534 | $67,632 | 12.4 yrs |
| Archeology | 1,448 | $91,675 | 12 yrs |
| Social Services Aid and Assistant | 962 | $59,911 | 11.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Intelligence outside the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare 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 (12,860 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Intelligence 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 Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Intelligence 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.