Transportation Clerk and Assistant
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Transportation Clerk and Assistant occupation series (code 2102), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Transportation Clerk and Assistant is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 2,525 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Transportation Group family. At an average salary of $55,598 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -10.8%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 11.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 20
FedScope read on Transportation Clerk and Assistant (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved down between the two reporting periods, 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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
The Transportation Group family (code 21) groups Transportation Clerk and Assistant together with 19 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Transportation Clerk and Assistant postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Transportation Group family. Across the Transportation Group family, 42,428 employees work in 20 occupations; Transportation Clerk and Assistant is 6.0% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (7th percentile) of pay among Transportation Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Transportation Clerk and Assistant pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$55,598
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-52.6%
Where Transportation Clerk and Assistant ranks on lean federal pay
Transportation Clerk and Assistant earns more on average than 9% of federal occupation series (50 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Transportation Clerk and Assistant sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Transportation Clerk and Assistant.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Transportation Clerk and Assistant 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 (2,525 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($55,598 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Transportation Clerk and Assistant 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 Transportation Clerk and Assistant 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.