Passport and Visa Examining
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Passport and Visa Examining occupation series (code 0967).
The verdict
Passport and Visa Examining is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 2,035 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Legal and Kindred Group family. At an average salary of $92,682 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.1%
- Pay change
- -0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 11.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 18
FedScope read on Passport and Visa Examining (dense series)
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 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 09) 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 in the Legal and Kindred Group family. The Legal and Kindred Group family totals 110,958 employees, and Passport and Visa Examining accounts for 1.8% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (47th percentile) of pay among Legal and Kindred Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Passport and Visa Examining pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$92,682
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-21.0%
Where Passport and Visa Examining ranks on federal pay
Passport and Visa Examining earns more on average than 48% of federal occupation series (258 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Passport and Visa Examining sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Passport and Visa Examining.
Related Occupations in Legal and Kindred Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Attorney | 35,986 | $177,921 | 13.6 yrs |
| Contact Representative | 29,201 | $64,454 | 9.3 yrs |
| Veterans Claims Examining | 18,099 | $92,511 | 13.3 yrs |
| General Legal and Kindred Administration | 8,711 | $82,876 | 12.3 yrs |
| Paralegal Specialist | 5,165 | $107,719 | 15.8 yrs |
| Legal Assistance | 3,326 | $69,159 | 12.5 yrs |
| Hearings and Appeals | 3,231 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Legal Instruments Examining | 1,261 | $73,021 | 11.7 yrs |
| Administrative Law Judge | 1,189 | $208,642 | 20.7 yrs |
| Claims Assistance and Examining | 925 | $67,330 | 18.9 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Passport and Visa Examining outside the Legal and Kindred 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 (2,035 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($92,682 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Passport and Visa Examining 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 Legal and Kindred Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Passport and Visa Examining 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.