Mail and File

What the Numbers Say About Mail and File

Federal agencies employ 2,029 people in the Mail and File occupation (OPM code 305), accounting for 0.1% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -4.6% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Mail and File pays $49,448 per year on average, 55.0% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.6% 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 13.8 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Mail and File sits inside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family (code 3), which contains 28 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Mail and File 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.

Mail and File makes up 0.6% of the 339,466 employees across the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, ranking #12 of 28 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (14th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.