Safety Technician
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Safety Technician occupation series (code 0019), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Safety Technician is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 96 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family. At an average salary of $71,948 it pays below the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 1.0% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 96
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $71,948
- Avg tenure
- 13.4 yrs
FedScope read on Safety Technician (thin series)
Federal agencies employ 96 people in the Safety Technician occupation (OPM code 0019), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 1,953,300 for the June 2026 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -1.0% 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.
Safety Technician pays $71,948 per year on average, moving up 1.0% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 13.4 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Safety Technician sits inside the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family (code 00), which contains 27 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Safety Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family.
Safety Technician makes up 0.1% of the 92,278 employees across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, ranking #21 of 27 occupations in that family by headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Safety Technician pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$71,948
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-38.7%
Where Safety Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $71,948 is higher than 28% of federal occupation series (151 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Safety Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Safety Technician ranks higher than 28%.
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 |
| Safety and Occupational Health Management | 5,704 | $117,177 | 16.3 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 |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Safety Technician outside the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (96 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($71,948 here).
Key takeaways
- Safety Technician pays below the federal average by 38.7% ($71,948 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 28th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 96 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 1.0% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Safety Technician ranks #480 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Safety Technician makes up 0.1% of the 92,278 employees across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, ranking #21 of 27 occupations in that family by headcount.
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.