Logistics Management

What the Numbers Say About Logistics Management

1.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Logistics Management occupation (OPM code 346): 23,810 people, headcount down -0.1% 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.

Average tenure in Logistics Management runs 12.2 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $116,488 per year, 6.0% above the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.1% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

Code 3, the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, is where the federal government classifies Logistics Management alongside 27 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Logistics 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.

Logistics Management makes up 7.0% of the 339,466 employees across the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, ranking #4 of 28 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (79th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.