Land Law Examining

What the Numbers Say About Land Law Examining

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Land Law Examining occupation (OPM code 965): 212 people, headcount down -4.1% 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.

Average tenure in Land Law Examining runs 13 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $77,641 per year, 29.3% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.5% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

Land Law Examining sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 9), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Land Law Examining 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.

Land Law Examining makes up 0.2% of the 133,580 employees across the Legal and Kindred Group family, ranking #16 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount.