Ship Pilot

What the Numbers Say About Ship Pilot

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Ship Pilot occupation (OPM code 9904): 38 people, headcount sideways 0.0% 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.

The average salary for Ship Pilot is $191,900 per year, placing it 74.7% above the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved down by 0.0% from the prior period, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. Average length of service in this role is 14 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family (code 99) groups Ship Pilot together with 50 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Ship Pilot 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.

Ship Pilot makes up 0.6% of the 6,135 employees across the Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family, ranking #40 of 51 occupations in that family by headcount.