Internal Revenue Agent

What the Numbers Say About Internal Revenue Agent

Federal agencies employ 11,568 people in the Internal Revenue Agent occupation (OPM code 512), accounting for 0.5% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved up by 8.9% 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.

Internal Revenue Agent pays $124,871 per year on average, 13.7% above the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 0.3% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 11.4 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Accounting and Budget Group family (code 5) groups Internal Revenue Agent together with 17 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Internal Revenue Agent 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.

Internal Revenue Agent makes up 9.3% of the 124,386 employees across the Accounting and Budget Group family, ranking #5 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (72nd percentile) of pay among Accounting and Budget Group occupations.