Management and Program Clerical and Assistance

What the Numbers Say About Management and Program Clerical and Assistance

0.2% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Management and Program Clerical and Assistance occupation (OPM code 344): 4,415 people, headcount down -0.1% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Management and Program Clerical and Assistance pays $63,711 per year on average, 42.0% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 1.8% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 12.5 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Management and Program Clerical and Assistance 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 Management and Program Clerical and Assistance 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.

Management and Program Clerical and Assistance makes up 1.3% of the 339,466 employees across the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, ranking #9 of 28 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (39th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.