Mining Engineering

What the Numbers Say About Mining Engineering

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Mining Engineering occupation (OPM code 880): 59 people, headcount up 1.7% versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.

The average salary for Mining Engineering is $127,381 per year, placing it 15.9% above the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 3.2% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 15 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

The Engineering and Architecture Group family (code 8) groups Mining Engineering together with 28 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Mining Engineering 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.

Within the Engineering and Architecture Group family, Mining Engineering ranks #29 of 29 by headcount, accounting for 0.0% of the family's combined 142,526 employees.