Range Technician

What the Numbers Say About Range Technician

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Range Technician occupation (OPM code 455): 206 people, headcount down -24.0% 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.

The average salary for Range Technician is $58,695 per year, placing it 46.6% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 9.5% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 11.3 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Range Technician sits inside the Biological Sciences Group family (code 4), which contains 31 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Range Technician 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.

Inside the Biological Sciences Group family (31 occupations, 69,668 employees combined), Range Technician holds the #26 spot by headcount, a 0.3% share of the family total.