Property Disposal

What the Numbers Say About Property Disposal

Federal agencies employ 622 people in the Property Disposal occupation (OPM code 1104), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -0.6% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Average tenure in Property Disposal runs 16.1 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $97,242 per year, 11.5% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 1.8% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.

Code 11, the Business and Industry Group family, is where the federal government classifies Property Disposal alongside 24 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Property Disposal 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.

Property Disposal makes up 0.5% of the 115,651 employees across the Business and Industry Group family, ranking #16 of 25 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (36th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.