Social Insurance Administration

What the Numbers Say About Social Insurance Administration

1.2% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Social Insurance Administration occupation (OPM code 105): 26,336 people, headcount down -3.3% 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.

Average tenure in Social Insurance Administration runs 17.1 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $102,350 per year, 6.8% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.7% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

Code 1, the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, is where the federal government classifies Social Insurance Administration alongside 27 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Social Insurance Administration 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.

Within the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, Social Insurance Administration is the single largest occupation by headcount, accounting for 23.1% of the family's combined 113,996 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (32nd percentile) of pay among Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group occupations.