Range Technician
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Range Technician occupation series (code 0455), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 176 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Range Technician ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Biological Sciences Group family, and headcount grew from the prior period. Its average salary of $58,234 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +4.1%
- Pay change
- -1.4%
- Avg tenure
- 11.2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #25 of 31
What the Numbers Say About Range Technician
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 up 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 modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.
Range Technician sits inside the Biological Sciences Group family (code 04), which contains 31 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Range Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Biological Sciences Group family. Across the Biological Sciences Group family, 67,961 employees work in 31 occupations; Range Technician is 0.3% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Range Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$58,234
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-50.4%
Where Range Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Range Technician earns more on average than 12% of federal occupation series (65 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Range Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Range Technician.
Related Occupations in Biological Sciences Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences | 23,662 | $124,641 | 14 yrs |
| Forestry Technician | 11,090 | $61,659 | 8.7 yrs |
| Wildland Fire Management | 9,667 | $64,457 | 7 yrs |
| Biological Science Technician | 5,212 | $56,618 | 8.9 yrs |
| Soil Conservation | 4,101 | $89,391 | 13.8 yrs |
| Wildlife Biology | 1,868 | $95,468 | 16.3 yrs |
| Fish Biology | 1,629 | $116,550 | 16.2 yrs |
| Microbiology | 1,629 | $143,306 | 16.3 yrs |
| Forestry | 1,626 | $88,902 | 15.1 yrs |
| Ecology | 989 | $122,664 | 16.1 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Range Technician outside the Biological Sciences Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (176 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($58,234 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Range Technician 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 Biological Sciences Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Range Technician 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.