Miscellaneous Administration and Program
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Miscellaneous Administration and Program occupation series (code 0301): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 84,990 employees (4.4% of the federal civilian workforce), Miscellaneous Administration and Program ranks as one of the largest federal occupations within the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $125,183 pays near the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -5.1%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 31
FedScope read on Miscellaneous Administration and Program (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 workforce-scale shift government watchers track closely, since swings this large move federal staffing totals meaningfully. 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.
Miscellaneous Administration and Program 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 Miscellaneous Administration and Program 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 Miscellaneous Administration and Program accounts for 32.6% of them. Miscellaneous Administration and Program is one of just 5 federal occupation series with 50,000 or more employees, out of 541 tracked in OPM FedScope for the June 2026 reporting window. Within the family, the largest occupations by headcount are Miscellaneous Administration and Program, Management and Program Analysis at 73,337, and Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant at 35,782, ahead of 28 smaller occupations; together they hold 74.5% of the family total. Across these 5 large series, average tenure runs 13.5 years; Miscellaneous Administration and Program's own is longer than that peer-group average.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Miscellaneous Administration and Program pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$125,183
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+6.7%
Where Miscellaneous Administration and Program ranks on rich federal pay
Miscellaneous Administration and Program earns more on average than 72% of federal occupation series (390 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Miscellaneous Administration and Program sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Miscellaneous Administration and Program.
Related Occupations in General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Support Services Administration | 1,719 | $99,850 | 16.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Miscellaneous Administration and Program 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 (84,990 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($125,183 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Miscellaneous Administration and Program 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 Miscellaneous Administration and Program 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.