Procurement Clerical and Technician

What the Numbers Say About Procurement Clerical and Technician

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 698 people work in the Procurement Clerical and Technician occupation (OPM code 1106) across federal agencies, 0.0% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -6.7% from the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Procurement Clerical and Technician pays $61,693 per year on average, 43.8% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 3.0% 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 15 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Procurement Clerical and Technician sits inside the Business and Industry Group family (code 11), which contains 25 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Procurement Clerical and Technician 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.

Procurement Clerical and Technician makes up 0.6% of the 115,651 employees across the Business and Industry Group family, ranking #14 of 25 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (12th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.