Public Utilities Specialist
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Public Utilities Specialist occupation series (code 1130), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Public Utilities Specialist is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 448 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $131,874 it pays above the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.1%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 16.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #14 of 25
What the Numbers Say About Public Utilities Specialist
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved down versus 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.
Code 11, the Business and Industry Group family, is where the federal government classifies Public Utilities Specialist alongside 24 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Public Utilities Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family. The Business and Industry Group family totals 83,993 employees, and Public Utilities Specialist accounts for 0.5% of them.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Public Utilities Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$131,874
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+12.4%
Where Public Utilities Specialist ranks on rich federal pay
Public Utilities Specialist earns more on average than 76% of federal occupation series (412 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Public Utilities Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Public Utilities Specialist.
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 Public Utilities Specialist 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 (448 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($131,874 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Public Utilities Specialist 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 Public Utilities Specialist 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.