Survey Technical

What the Numbers Say About Survey Technical

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Survey Technical occupation (OPM code 817): 289 people, headcount down -7.7% 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 Survey Technical is $69,919 per year, placing it 36.4% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 6.5% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 8.7 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Survey Technical sits inside the Engineering and Architecture Group family (code 8), which contains 29 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Survey Technical 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.

Survey Technical makes up 0.2% of the 142,526 employees across the Engineering and Architecture Group family, ranking #26 of 29 occupations in that family by headcount.