Land Surveying

What the Numbers Say About Land Surveying

Federal agencies employ 377 people in the Land Surveying occupation (OPM code 1373), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -1.8% 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.

Land Surveying pays $106,074 per year on average, 3.5% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.8% 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 14.1 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Land Surveying sits inside the Physical Sciences Group family (code 13), which contains 25 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Land Surveying 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.

Inside the Physical Sciences Group family (25 occupations, 32,337 employees combined), Land Surveying holds the #16 spot by headcount, a 1.2% share of the family total.