Production Control
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Production Control occupation series (code 1152), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 5,015 employees (0.3% of the federal civilian workforce), Production Control ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Business and Industry Group family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of $99,508 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.7%
- Pay change
- +0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 14.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 25
FedScope read on Production Control (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The Business and Industry Group family (code 11) groups Production Control together with 24 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Production Control postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. Production Control makes up 6.0% of the Business and Industry Group family's 83,993 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (26th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Production Control pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$99,508
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-15.2%
Where Production Control ranks on federal pay
Production Control earns more on average than 54% of federal occupation series (290 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Production Control sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Production Control.
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 |
| 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 |
| Building Management | 986 | $122,043 | 16.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Production Control outside the Business and Industry 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 (5,015 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($99,508 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Production Control 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Production Control 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.