Traffic Management
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Traffic Management occupation series (code 2130): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Traffic Management is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 1,400 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Transportation Group family. At an average salary of $119,205 it pays near the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -12.8%
- Pay change
- +0.6%
- Avg tenure
- 15.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #6 of 20
FedScope read on Traffic Management (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: 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. As for pay, the latest move was a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.
Code 21, the Transportation Group family, is where the federal government classifies Traffic Management alongside 19 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Traffic Management postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. The Transportation Group family totals 42,428 employees, and Traffic Management accounts for 3.3% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (47th percentile) of pay among Transportation Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Traffic Management pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$119,205
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+1.6%
Where Traffic Management ranks on rich federal pay
Traffic Management earns more on average than 67% of federal occupation series (361 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Traffic Management sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Traffic Management.
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 |
| Dispatching | 1,378 | $58,047 | 10.9 yrs |
| Technical Systems Program Manager | 672 | $191,580 | 24.5 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 peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Traffic Management outside the Transportation 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 (1,400 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($119,205 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Traffic Management 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 Traffic Management 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.