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, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.3%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 15.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #5 of 25
FedScope read on Realty (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, 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, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
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. The Business and Industry Group family totals 83,993 employees, and Realty accounts for 3.9% of them. 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
Occupation Average
$112,506
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-4.1%
Where Realty ranks on federal pay
Realty earns more on average 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; the highlighted bar marks Realty.
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
- Place Realty 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 Business and Industry Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Realty 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.