Railroad Retirement Claims Examining
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Railroad Retirement Claims Examining occupation series (code 0993): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
In the Legal and Kindred Group family, Railroad Retirement Claims Examining counts 293 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages $94,079, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -1.0%
- Pay change
- +0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 16.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #14 of 18
What the Numbers Say About Railroad Retirement Claims Examining
For job seekers weighing career length: 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. 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.
Railroad Retirement Claims Examining sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 09), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Railroad Retirement Claims Examining postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Legal and Kindred Group family. Across the Legal and Kindred Group family, 110,958 employees work in 18 occupations; Railroad Retirement Claims Examining is 0.3% of that headcount.
Salary Context
How Railroad Retirement Claims Examining pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$94,079
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-19.8%
Where Railroad Retirement Claims Examining ranks on federal pay
Railroad Retirement Claims Examining earns more on average than 49% of federal occupation series (264 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Railroad Retirement Claims Examining sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Railroad Retirement Claims Examining.
Related Occupations in Legal and Kindred Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Attorney | 35,986 | $177,921 | 13.6 yrs |
| Contact Representative | 29,201 | $64,454 | 9.3 yrs |
| Veterans Claims Examining | 18,099 | $92,511 | 13.3 yrs |
| General Legal and Kindred Administration | 8,711 | $82,876 | 12.3 yrs |
| Paralegal Specialist | 5,165 | $107,719 | 15.8 yrs |
| Legal Assistance | 3,326 | $69,159 | 12.5 yrs |
| Hearings and Appeals | 3,231 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Passport and Visa Examining | 2,035 | $92,682 | 11.3 yrs |
| Legal Instruments Examining | 1,261 | $73,021 | 11.7 yrs |
| Administrative Law Judge | 1,189 | $208,642 | 20.7 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Railroad Retirement Claims Examining outside the Legal and Kindred Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (293 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($94,079 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Railroad Retirement Claims Examining 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 Legal and Kindred Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Railroad Retirement Claims Examining 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.