Production Control

What the Numbers Say About Production Control

Federal agencies employ 5,494 people in the Production Control occupation (OPM code 1152), accounting for 0.2% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -0.5% 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.

Production Control pays $83,423 per year on average, 24.1% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.3% 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 12.6 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

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, 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.

Production Control makes up 4.8% of the 115,651 employees across the Business and Industry Group family, ranking #4 of 25 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (20th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.