Procurement Clerical and Technician
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Procurement Clerical and Technician occupation series (code 1106): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Procurement Clerical and Technician is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 374 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $63,114 it pays below the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 28.9% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 374
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $63,114
- Avg tenure
- 14.8 yrs
What the Numbers Say About Procurement Clerical and Technician
As of the June 2026 reporting window, 374 people work in the Procurement Clerical and Technician occupation (OPM code 1106) across federal agencies, 0.0% of the 1,953,300-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -28.9% from 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.
Procurement Clerical and Technician pays $63,114 per year on average, moving up 0.2% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 14.8 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
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 in the Business and Industry Group family.
Procurement Clerical and Technician makes up 0.4% of the 83,993 employees across the Business and Industry Group family, ranking #17 of 25 occupations in that family by headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Procurement Clerical and Technician pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$63,114
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-46.2%
Where Procurement Clerical and Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $63,114 is higher than 18% of federal occupation series (96 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Procurement Clerical and Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Procurement Clerical and Technician ranks higher than 18%.
Related Occupations in Business and Industry Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracting | 30,323 | $132,449 | 14.4 yrs |
| General Business and Industry | 25,675 | $123,489 | 14.9 yrs |
| Production Control | 5,015 | $99,508 | 14.6 yrs |
| Loan Specialist | 3,952 | $95,452 | 12.7 yrs |
| Realty | 3,282 | $112,506 | 15.3 yrs |
| Grants Management | 3,042 | $129,704 | 14.5 yrs |
| Purchasing | 2,225 | $59,039 | 13.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Officer | 2,183 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Procurement Clerical and Technician outside the Business and Industry Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (374 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($63,114 here).
Key takeaways
- Procurement Clerical and Technician pays below the federal average by 46.2% ($63,114 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 18th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 374 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 28.9% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Procurement Clerical and Technician ranks #328 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Procurement Clerical and Technician makes up 0.4% of the 83,993 employees across the Business and Industry Group family, ranking #17 of 25 occupations in that family by headcount.
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.