Motor Carrier Safety
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Motor Carrier Safety occupation series (code 2123), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Motor Carrier Safety is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 467 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Transportation Group family. At an average salary of $94,322 it pays below the federal average, and headcount grew from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +2.6%
- Pay change
- -0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 12 yrs
- Rank in family
- #10 of 20
What the Numbers Say About Motor Carrier Safety
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 up 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. 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.
Code 21, the Transportation Group family, is where the federal government classifies Motor Carrier Safety alongside 19 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Motor Carrier Safety postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. Across the Transportation Group family, 42,428 employees work in 20 occupations; Motor Carrier Safety is 1.1% of that headcount.
Salary Context
How Motor Carrier Safety pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$94,322
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-19.6%
Where Motor Carrier Safety ranks on federal pay
Motor Carrier Safety earns more on average than 49% of federal occupation series (265 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Motor Carrier Safety sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Motor Carrier Safety.
Related Occupations in Transportation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Traffic Control | 21,627 | $153,037 | 13.7 yrs |
| Transportation Specialist | 8,313 | $123,621 | 16.6 yrs |
| Transportation Clerk and Assistant | 2,525 | $55,598 | 11.3 yrs |
| Aircraft Operation | 2,432 | $149,284 | 15.2 yrs |
| Transportation Operations | 1,900 | $105,349 | 16.3 yrs |
| Traffic Management | 1,400 | $119,205 | 15.8 yrs |
| Dispatching | 1,378 | $58,047 | 10.9 yrs |
| Technical Systems Program Manager | 672 | $191,580 | 24.5 yrs |
| Railroad Safety | 497 | $119,966 | 14.1 yrs |
| Aircrew Technician | 374 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Motor Carrier Safety outside the Transportation Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (467 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($94,322 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Motor Carrier Safety 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 Transportation Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Motor Carrier Safety 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.