Supply Clerical and Technician

What the Numbers Say About Supply Clerical and Technician

0.4% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Supply Clerical and Technician occupation (OPM code 2005): 8,333 people, headcount down -1.8% 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 Supply Clerical and Technician runs 9.1 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $55,964 per year, 49.1% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.1% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

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, 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.

Supply Clerical and Technician makes up 30.1% of the 27,672 employees across the Supply Group family, ranking #1 of 8 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (25th percentile) of pay among Supply Group occupations.