Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant occupation series (code 0303), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 35,782 employees (1.8% of the federal civilian workforce), Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant ranks as a major federal occupation within the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, and headcount edged up from the prior period. Its average salary of $53,568 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +0.2%
- Pay change
- -0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 10.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 31
FedScope read on Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved up versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.
Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant 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 Clerk and Assistant 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 Clerk and Assistant accounts for 13.7% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (34th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$53,568
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-54.3%
Where Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant ranks on lean federal pay
Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant earns more on average than 8% of federal occupation series (43 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant.
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 |
| 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 Clerk and Assistant 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 (35,782 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($53,568 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant 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 Clerk and Assistant 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.