Military Pay
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Military Pay occupation series (code 0545), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Military Pay is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 738 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Accounting and Budget Group family. At an average salary of $63,334 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -39.5%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 11.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #11 of 18
What the Numbers Say About Military Pay
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. 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.
The Accounting and Budget Group family (code 05) groups Military Pay together with 17 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Military Pay postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Accounting and Budget Group family. The Accounting and Budget Group family totals 86,835 employees, and Military Pay accounts for 0.8% of them. Its average salary ranks right at the midpoint of pay among Accounting and Budget Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Military Pay pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$63,334
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-46.0%
Where Military Pay ranks on lean federal pay
Military Pay earns more on average than 18% of federal occupation series (98 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Military Pay sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Military Pay.
Related Occupations in Accounting and Budget Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Administration and Program | 25,018 | $114,904 | 15.9 yrs |
| Budget Analysis | 12,255 | $131,861 | 16.8 yrs |
| Tax Examining | 10,631 | $56,610 | 10.9 yrs |
| Accounting | 8,731 | $145,658 | 16.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Agent | 7,678 | n/a | 13.6 yrs |
| Auditing | 5,808 | $144,351 | 17 yrs |
| Financial Clerical and Assistance | 5,304 | $56,817 | 10.7 yrs |
| Financial Institution Examining | 4,728 | $168,883 | 15.2 yrs |
| Accounting Technician | 1,754 | $61,366 | 12.3 yrs |
| Financial Management | 1,049 | $166,042 | 21.6 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Military Pay outside the Accounting and Budget Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (738 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($63,334 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Military Pay 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 Accounting and Budget Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Military Pay 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.