Railroad Safety
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Railroad Safety occupation series (code 2121).
The verdict
With 497 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Railroad Safety ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Transportation Group family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of $119,966 pays near the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.6%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 14.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #9 of 20
What the Numbers Say About Railroad Safety
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. 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 Safety sits inside the Transportation Group family (code 21), which contains 20 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Railroad Safety postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. The Transportation Group family totals 42,428 employees, and Railroad Safety accounts for 1.2% of them.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Railroad Safety pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$119,966
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+2.2%
Where Railroad Safety ranks on rich federal pay
Railroad Safety earns more on average than 67% of federal occupation series (364 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Railroad Safety sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Railroad Safety.
Related Occupations in Transportation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Traffic Control | 21,627 | $153,037 | 13.7 yrs |
| Transportation Specialist | 8,313 | $123,621 | 16.6 yrs |
| Transportation Clerk and Assistant | 2,525 | $55,598 | 11.3 yrs |
| Aircraft Operation | 2,432 | $149,284 | 15.2 yrs |
| Transportation Operations | 1,900 | $105,349 | 16.3 yrs |
| Traffic Management | 1,400 | $119,205 | 15.8 yrs |
| Dispatching | 1,378 | $58,047 | 10.9 yrs |
| Technical Systems Program Manager | 672 | $191,580 | 24.5 yrs |
| Motor Carrier Safety | 467 | $94,322 | 12 yrs |
| Aircrew Technician | 374 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Railroad Safety outside the Transportation Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (497 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($119,966 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Railroad Safety 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 Transportation Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Railroad Safety 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.