Internal Revenue Officer
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Internal Revenue Officer occupation series (code 1169): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
In the Business and Industry Group family, Internal Revenue Officer counts 2,183 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.1% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount edged down from the prior period; pay averages n/a, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -0.7%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 14.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 25
FedScope read on Internal Revenue Officer (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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Code 11, the Business and Industry Group family, is where the federal government classifies Internal Revenue Officer alongside 24 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Internal Revenue Officer postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. Across the Business and Industry Group family, 83,993 employees work in 25 occupations; Internal Revenue Officer is 2.6% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Internal Revenue Officer pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Internal Revenue Officer ranks on lean federal pay
Internal Revenue Officer earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Internal Revenue Officer sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Internal Revenue Officer.
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 |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
| Building Management | 986 | $122,043 | 16.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Internal Revenue Officer outside the Business and Industry 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 (2,183 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Internal Revenue Officer 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 Internal Revenue Officer 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.