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, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.0%
- Pay change
- +1.0%
- Avg tenure
- 13.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #21 of 27
FedScope read on Safety Technician (thin series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. On length of service, this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved down 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 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. Across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, 92,278 employees work in 27 occupations; Safety Technician is 0.1% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Safety Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$71,948
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-38.7%
Where Safety Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Safety Technician earns more on average 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; the highlighted bar marks Safety Technician.
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
- Place Safety 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 Miscellaneous Occupations Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Safety 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.