Technical Systems Program Manager
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Technical Systems Program Manager occupation series (code 2186), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Technical Systems Program Manager is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 672 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Transportation Group family. At an average salary of $191,580 it pays well above the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.0%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 24.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 20
What the Numbers Say About Technical Systems Program Manager
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
Technical Systems Program Manager sits inside the Transportation Group family (code 21), which contains 20 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Technical Systems Program Manager postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. Across the Transportation Group family, 42,428 employees work in 20 occupations; Technical Systems Program Manager is 1.6% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (93rd percentile) of pay among Transportation Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Technical Systems Program Manager pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$191,580
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+63.3%
Where Technical Systems Program Manager ranks on rich federal pay
Technical Systems Program Manager earns more on average than 98% of federal occupation series (532 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Technical Systems Program Manager sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Technical Systems Program Manager.
Related Occupations in Transportation Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Traffic Control | 21,627 | $153,037 | 13.7 yrs |
| Transportation Specialist | 8,313 | $123,621 | 16.6 yrs |
| Transportation Clerk and Assistant | 2,525 | $55,598 | 11.3 yrs |
| Aircraft Operation | 2,432 | $149,284 | 15.2 yrs |
| Transportation Operations | 1,900 | $105,349 | 16.3 yrs |
| Traffic Management | 1,400 | $119,205 | 15.8 yrs |
| Dispatching | 1,378 | $58,047 | 10.9 yrs |
| Railroad Safety | 497 | $119,966 | 14.1 yrs |
| Motor Carrier Safety | 467 | $94,322 | 12 yrs |
| Aircrew Technician | 374 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Technical Systems Program Manager outside the Transportation Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (672 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($191,580 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Technical Systems Program Manager 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 Transportation Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Technical Systems Program Manager 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.