Supply Clerical and Technician
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Supply Clerical and Technician occupation series (code 2005), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 6,454 employees (0.3% of the federal civilian workforce), Supply Clerical and Technician ranks as a mid-sized federal occupation within the Supply Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $51,881 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -10.4%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 12 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 8
FedScope read on Supply Clerical and Technician (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 down 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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
The Supply Group family (code 20) groups Supply Clerical and Technician together with 7 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Supply Clerical and Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Supply Group family. Supply Clerical and Technician makes up 31.1% of the Supply Group family's 20,755 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (14th percentile) of pay among Supply Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Supply Clerical and Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$51,881
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-55.8%
Where Supply Clerical and Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Supply Clerical and Technician earns more on average than 7% of federal occupation series (38 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Supply Clerical and Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Supply Clerical and Technician.
Related Occupations in Supply Group
7 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory Management | 5,556 | $77,917 | 14.4 yrs |
| Supply Program Management | 3,907 | $96,011 | 14.1 yrs |
| General Supply | 2,817 | $99,133 | 15.2 yrs |
| Sales Store Clerical | 1,589 | $41,951 | 8.1 yrs |
| Distribution Facilities & Storage Management | 306 | $104,366 | 16.6 yrs |
| Packaging | 108 | $109,900 | 15.8 yrs |
| Supply Student Trainee | 18 | n/a | 1 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Supply Clerical and Technician outside the Supply 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 (6,454 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($51,881 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Supply Clerical and 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 Supply Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Supply Clerical and 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.