Inventory Management

What the Numbers Say About Inventory Management

0.3% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Inventory Management occupation (OPM code 2010): 7,394 people, headcount down -0.4% 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.

Inventory Management pays $84,155 per year on average, 23.4% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.1% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 12.4 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

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, 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.

Within the Supply Group family, Inventory Management is one of the top 8 occupations by headcount (#2), accounting for 26.7% of the family's combined 27,672 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (38th percentile) of pay among Supply Group occupations.