Railroad Retirement Claims Examining

What the Numbers Say About Railroad Retirement Claims Examining

Federal agencies employ 327 people in the Railroad Retirement Claims Examining occupation (OPM code 993), 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 -3.8% 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.

Railroad Retirement Claims Examining pays $90,632 per year on average, 17.5% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 3.8% 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 15.4 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Railroad Retirement Claims Examining sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 9), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Railroad Retirement Claims Examining 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.

Railroad Retirement Claims Examining makes up 0.2% of the 133,580 employees across the Legal and Kindred Group family, ranking #14 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount.