Passport and Visa Examining

What the Numbers Say About Passport and Visa Examining

Federal agencies employ 2,086 people in the Passport and Visa Examining occupation (OPM code 967), accounting for 0.1% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved up by 3.2% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Passport and Visa Examining pays $88,692 per year on average, 19.3% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 3.6% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 10.2 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Legal and Kindred Group family (code 9) groups Passport and Visa Examining together with 17 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Passport and Visa Examining 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.

Passport and Visa Examining makes up 1.6% of the 133,580 employees across the Legal and Kindred Group family, ranking #8 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (44th percentile) of pay among Legal and Kindred Group occupations.