Office Automation Clerical and Assistance
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Office Automation Clerical and Assistance occupation series (code 0326).
The verdict
Office Automation Clerical and Assistance is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 788 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family. At an average salary of $53,342 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -3.9%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #14 of 31
What the Numbers Say About Office Automation Clerical and Assistance
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved down between the two reporting periods, 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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
The General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family (code 03) groups Office Automation Clerical and Assistance together with 30 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Office Automation Clerical and Assistance 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 Office Automation Clerical and Assistance accounts for 0.3% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (28th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Office Automation Clerical and Assistance pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$53,342
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-54.5%
Where Office Automation Clerical and Assistance ranks on lean federal pay
Office Automation Clerical and Assistance earns more on average than 8% of federal occupation series (41 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Office Automation Clerical and Assistance sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Office Automation Clerical and Assistance.
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 |
| 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 |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Office Automation Clerical and Assistance outside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (788 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($53,342 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Office Automation Clerical and Assistance 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 Office Automation Clerical and Assistance 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.