Loan Specialist
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Loan Specialist occupation series (code 1165).
The verdict
Loan Specialist is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 3,952 employees (0.2% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $95,452 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged up from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +0.1%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 12.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 25
FedScope read on Loan Specialist (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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. Headcount moved up versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
Loan Specialist sits inside the Business and Industry Group family (code 11), which contains 25 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Loan Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. The Business and Industry Group family totals 83,993 employees, and Loan Specialist accounts for 4.7% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (22nd percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Loan Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$95,452
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-18.7%
Where Loan Specialist ranks on federal pay
Loan Specialist earns more on average than 50% of federal occupation series (269 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Loan Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Loan Specialist.
Related Occupations in Business and Industry Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracting | 30,323 | $132,449 | 14.4 yrs |
| General Business and Industry | 25,675 | $123,489 | 14.9 yrs |
| Production Control | 5,015 | $99,508 | 14.6 yrs |
| Realty | 3,282 | $112,506 | 15.3 yrs |
| Grants Management | 3,042 | $129,704 | 14.5 yrs |
| Purchasing | 2,225 | $59,039 | 13.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Officer | 2,183 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
| Building Management | 986 | $122,043 | 16.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Loan Specialist outside the Business and Industry 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 (3,952 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($95,452 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Loan Specialist 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Loan Specialist 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.