Social Insurance Administration
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Social Insurance Administration occupation series (code 0105): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Social Insurance Administration is a major federal occupation: 24,044 employees (1.2% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family. At an average salary of $105,855 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.3%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 17.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 29
FedScope read on Social Insurance Administration (dense series)
Headcount moved down 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. Pay moved up between the two reporting periods, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
Code 01, the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, is where the federal government classifies Social Insurance Administration alongside 28 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Social Insurance Administration postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family. The Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family totals 101,196 employees, and Social Insurance Administration accounts for 23.8% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (33rd percentile) of pay among Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Social Insurance Administration pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$105,855
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-9.8%
Where Social Insurance Administration ranks on federal pay
Social Insurance Administration earns more on average than 58% of federal occupation series (314 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Social Insurance Administration sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Social Insurance Administration.
Related Occupations in Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work | 22,339 | $112,147 | 10 yrs |
| Social Science | 13,513 | $109,039 | 11.8 yrs |
| Intelligence | 12,860 | n/a | 15 yrs |
| Psychology | 10,259 | $144,240 | 10.7 yrs |
| Economist | 3,774 | $158,425 | 14.1 yrs |
| Foreign Affairs | 2,748 | $155,920 | 14.4 yrs |
| Health Insurance Administration | 2,443 | $149,476 | 15.3 yrs |
| Social Science Aid and Technician | 1,534 | $67,632 | 12.4 yrs |
| Archeology | 1,448 | $91,675 | 12 yrs |
| Social Services Aid and Assistant | 962 | $59,911 | 11.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Social Insurance Administration outside the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (24,044 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($105,855 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Social Insurance Administration 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 Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Social Insurance Administration 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.