Safety and Occupational Health Management
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Safety and Occupational Health Management occupation series (code 0018).
The verdict
With 5,704 employees (0.3% of the federal civilian workforce), Safety and Occupational Health Management ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $117,177 pays near the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -3.5%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 16.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #6 of 27
FedScope read on Safety and Occupational Health Management (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition. Pay moved down between the two reporting periods, 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.
Safety and Occupational Health Management sits inside the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family (code 00), which contains 27 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Safety and Occupational Health Management postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family. Across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, 92,278 employees work in 27 occupations; Safety and Occupational Health Management is 6.2% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (62nd percentile) of pay among Miscellaneous Occupations Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Safety and Occupational Health Management pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$117,177
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-0.1%
Where Safety and Occupational Health Management ranks on federal pay
Safety and Occupational Health Management earns more on average than 65% of federal occupation series (354 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Safety and Occupational Health Management sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Safety and Occupational Health Management.
Related Occupations in Miscellaneous Occupations Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Administration | 15,507 | $125,293 | 15.4 yrs |
| Correctional Officer | 14,821 | n/a | 10.3 yrs |
| Police | 11,883 | n/a | 12.2 yrs |
| Emergency Management Specialist | 11,832 | $100,833 | 9.7 yrs |
| Fire Protection and Prevention | 8,848 | $74,762 | 14.6 yrs |
| Park Ranger | 5,202 | $75,210 | 10.6 yrs |
| Security Guard | 4,312 | $57,464 | 11.3 yrs |
| Environmental Protection Specialist | 4,157 | $127,481 | 15.2 yrs |
| Security Clerical and Assistance | 3,340 | $65,477 | 12.7 yrs |
| Correctional Institution Administration | 1,677 | $122,358 | 19.4 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Safety and Occupational Health Management outside the Miscellaneous Occupations 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 (5,704 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($117,177 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Safety and Occupational Health Management 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 Miscellaneous Occupations Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Safety and Occupational Health Management 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.