Tax Law Specialist

What the Numbers Say About Tax Law Specialist

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Tax Law Specialist occupation (OPM code 987): 434 people, headcount down -0.9% 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 Tax Law Specialist is $147,721 per year, placing it 34.5% above the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.2% 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 16.9 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Tax Law Specialist sits inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (code 9), which contains 18 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Tax Law Specialist 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.

Inside the Legal and Kindred Group family (18 occupations, 133,580 employees combined), Tax Law Specialist holds the #13 spot by headcount, a 0.3% share of the family total.