Realty
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Realty occupation series (code 1170): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Realty is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 3,282 employees (0.2% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Business and Industry Group family. At an average salary of $112,506 it pays near the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 0.3% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 3,282
- Share of workforce
- 0.2%
- Avg salary
- $112,506
- Avg tenure
- 15.3 yrs
FedScope read on Realty (dense series)
0.2% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Realty occupation (OPM code 1170): 3,282 people, headcount down -0.3% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
Average tenure in Realty runs 15.3 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $112,506 per year, up 0.1% from the prior period, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The Business and Industry Group family (code 11) groups Realty together with 24 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Realty postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Business and Industry Group family.
Within the Business and Industry Group family, Realty ranks #5 of 25 by headcount, accounting for 3.9% of the family's combined 83,993 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (35th percentile) of pay among Business and Industry Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Realty pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$112,506
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-4.1%
Where Realty ranks on federal pay
Its average salary of $112,506 is higher than 62% of federal occupation series (337 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Realty sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Realty ranks higher than 62%.
Related Occupations in Business and Industry Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracting | 30,323 | $132,449 | 14.4 yrs |
| General Business and Industry | 25,675 | $123,489 | 14.9 yrs |
| Production Control | 5,015 | $99,508 | 14.6 yrs |
| Loan Specialist | 3,952 | $95,452 | 12.7 yrs |
| Grants Management | 3,042 | $129,704 | 14.5 yrs |
| Purchasing | 2,225 | $59,039 | 13.1 yrs |
| Internal Revenue Officer | 2,183 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Housing Management | 1,724 | $91,096 | 12.5 yrs |
| Commissary Management | 1,174 | n/a | 19.2 yrs |
| Building Management | 986 | $122,043 | 16.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Realty outside the Business and Industry Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (3,282 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($112,506 here).
Key takeaways
- Realty pays near the federal average by 4.1% ($112,506 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 62nd percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 3,282 employees, 0.2% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 0.3% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Realty ranks #118 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Business and Industry Group family, Realty ranks #5 of 25 by headcount, accounting for 3.9% of the family's combined 83,993 employees.
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.