Worker's Compensation Claims Examining
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Worker's Compensation Claims Examining occupation series (code 0991), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Worker's Compensation Claims Examining is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 820 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Legal and Kindred Group family. At an average salary of $120,424 it pays near the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.7%
- Pay change
- +0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 18.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #12 of 18
What the Numbers Say About Worker's Compensation Claims Examining
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. 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 09, the Legal and Kindred Group family, is where the federal government classifies Worker's Compensation Claims Examining alongside 17 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Worker's Compensation Claims Examining postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Legal and Kindred Group family. Across the Legal and Kindred Group family, 110,958 employees work in 18 occupations; Worker's Compensation Claims Examining is 0.7% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (71st percentile) of pay among Legal and Kindred Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Worker's Compensation Claims Examining pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$120,424
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+2.6%
Where Worker's Compensation Claims Examining ranks on rich federal pay
Worker's Compensation Claims Examining earns more on average than 68% of federal occupation series (367 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Worker's Compensation Claims Examining sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Worker's Compensation Claims Examining.
Related Occupations in Legal and Kindred Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Attorney | 35,986 | $177,921 | 13.6 yrs |
| Contact Representative | 29,201 | $64,454 | 9.3 yrs |
| Veterans Claims Examining | 18,099 | $92,511 | 13.3 yrs |
| General Legal and Kindred Administration | 8,711 | $82,876 | 12.3 yrs |
| Paralegal Specialist | 5,165 | $107,719 | 15.8 yrs |
| Legal Assistance | 3,326 | $69,159 | 12.5 yrs |
| Hearings and Appeals | 3,231 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Passport and Visa Examining | 2,035 | $92,682 | 11.3 yrs |
| Legal Instruments Examining | 1,261 | $73,021 | 11.7 yrs |
| Administrative Law Judge | 1,189 | $208,642 | 20.7 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Worker's Compensation Claims Examining outside the Legal and Kindred Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (820 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($120,424 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Worker's Compensation Claims Examining 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 Legal and Kindred Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Worker's Compensation Claims Examining 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.