Mail and File
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Mail and File occupation series (code 0305).
The verdict
Mail and File is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 1,509 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family. At an average salary of $49,118 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -3.2%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 16.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #12 of 31
FedScope read on Mail and File (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Mail and File sits inside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family (code 03), which contains 31 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Mail and File postings should also review these sibling occupations in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family. The General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family totals 260,640 employees, and Mail and File accounts for 0.6% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (21st percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Mail and File pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$49,118
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-58.1%
Where Mail and File ranks on lean federal pay
Mail and File earns more on average than 5% of federal occupation series (29 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Mail and File sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Mail and File.
Related Occupations in General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Administration and Program | 84,990 | $125,183 | 15.6 yrs |
| Management and Program Analysis | 73,337 | $134,823 | 16.7 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant | 35,782 | $53,568 | 10.4 yrs |
| Logistics Management | 20,350 | $117,169 | 15 yrs |
| Program Management | 15,235 | $178,573 | 19.9 yrs |
| Administrative Officer | 8,149 | $110,689 | 18 yrs |
| Secretary | 5,419 | $66,321 | 14.3 yrs |
| Telecommunications | 3,607 | $127,955 | 16.5 yrs |
| Management and Program Clerical and Assistance | 3,112 | $68,111 | 14 yrs |
| Government Information Specialist | 2,335 | $124,799 | 17.1 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Mail and File outside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services 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 (1,509 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($49,118 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Mail and File 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 General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Mail and File 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.