Transportation Industry Analysis
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Transportation Industry Analysis occupation series (code 2110): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Transportation Industry Analysis is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 135 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Transportation Group family. At an average salary of $152,339 it pays well above the federal average, and headcount edged up from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +0.7%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 15.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #15 of 20
What the Numbers Say About Transportation Industry Analysis
Headcount moved up 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. Pay moved up 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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
Code 21, the Transportation Group family, is where the federal government classifies Transportation Industry Analysis alongside 19 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Transportation Industry Analysis 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 Industry Analysis is 0.3% of that headcount.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Transportation Industry Analysis pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$152,339
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+29.8%
Where Transportation Industry Analysis ranks on rich federal pay
Transportation Industry Analysis earns more on average than 89% of federal occupation series (483 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Transportation Industry Analysis sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Transportation Industry Analysis.
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 |
| 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 |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Transportation Industry Analysis 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 (135 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($152,339 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Transportation Industry Analysis 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 Industry Analysis 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.