Training Instruction

What the Numbers Say About Training Instruction

0.5% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Training Instruction occupation (OPM code 1712): 10,585 people, headcount up 1.7% 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.

Training Instruction pays $94,834 per year on average, 13.7% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 1.6% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 10.4 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Training Instruction sits inside the Education Group family (code 17), which contains 10 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Training Instruction 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.

Within the Education Group family, Training Instruction is one of the top 10 occupations by headcount (#2), accounting for 25.6% of the family's combined 41,420 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (30th percentile) of pay among Education Group occupations.