Inventory Management
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Inventory Management occupation series (code 2010).
The verdict
In the Supply Group family, Inventory Management counts 5,556 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.3% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages $77,917, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -20.1%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 14.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 8
FedScope read on Inventory Management (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. 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. 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.
The Supply Group family (code 20) groups Inventory Management together with 7 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Inventory Management postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Supply Group family. The Supply Group family totals 20,755 employees, and Inventory Management accounts for 26.8% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (29th percentile) of pay among Supply Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Inventory Management pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$77,917
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-33.6%
Where Inventory Management ranks on federal pay
Inventory Management earns more on average than 34% of federal occupation series (185 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Inventory Management sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Inventory Management.
Related Occupations in Supply Group
7 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Clerical and Technician | 6,454 | $51,881 | 12 yrs |
| Supply Program Management | 3,907 | $96,011 | 14.1 yrs |
| General Supply | 2,817 | $99,133 | 15.2 yrs |
| Sales Store Clerical | 1,589 | $41,951 | 8.1 yrs |
| Distribution Facilities & Storage Management | 306 | $104,366 | 16.6 yrs |
| Packaging | 108 | $109,900 | 15.8 yrs |
| Supply Student Trainee | 18 | n/a | 1 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Inventory Management outside the Supply 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 (5,556 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($77,917 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Inventory Management 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 Supply Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Inventory Management 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.