Safety Technician

What the Numbers Say About Safety Technician

Federal agencies employ 134 people in the Safety Technician occupation (OPM code 19), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved up by 0.8% 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 $66,366 per year on average, 39.6% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.0% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 10 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 0), which contains 26 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Safety Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Safety Technician makes up 0.1% of the 105,611 employees across the Miscellaneous Occupations Group family, ranking #22 of 26 occupations in that family by headcount.