Land Law Examining
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Land Law Examining occupation series (code 0965), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Land Law Examining is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 173 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Legal and Kindred Group family. At an average salary of $81,827 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.1%
- Pay change
- +0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 13.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #15 of 18
What the Numbers Say About Land Law Examining
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. Pay moved up 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.
Land Law Examining sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 09), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Land Law Examining postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Legal and Kindred Group family. Across the Legal and Kindred Group family, 110,958 employees work in 18 occupations; Land Law Examining is 0.2% of that headcount.
Salary Context
How Land Law Examining pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$81,827
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-30.3%
Where Land Law Examining ranks on federal pay
Land Law Examining earns more on average than 38% of federal occupation series (207 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Land Law Examining sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Land Law Examining.
Related Occupations in Legal and Kindred Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Attorney | 35,986 | $177,921 | 13.6 yrs |
| Contact Representative | 29,201 | $64,454 | 9.3 yrs |
| Veterans Claims Examining | 18,099 | $92,511 | 13.3 yrs |
| General Legal and Kindred Administration | 8,711 | $82,876 | 12.3 yrs |
| Paralegal Specialist | 5,165 | $107,719 | 15.8 yrs |
| Legal Assistance | 3,326 | $69,159 | 12.5 yrs |
| Hearings and Appeals | 3,231 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Passport and Visa Examining | 2,035 | $92,682 | 11.3 yrs |
| Legal Instruments Examining | 1,261 | $73,021 | 11.7 yrs |
| Administrative Law Judge | 1,189 | $208,642 | 20.7 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Land Law Examining outside the Legal and Kindred Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (173 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($81,827 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Land Law Examining 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 Legal and Kindred Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Land Law Examining 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.