Worker's Compensation Claims Examining

What the Numbers Say About Worker's Compensation Claims Examining

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Worker's Compensation Claims Examining occupation (OPM code 991): 1,105 people, headcount down -1.1% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

Average tenure in Worker's Compensation Claims Examining runs 16.9 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $116,386 per year, 5.9% above the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 3.7% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

Code 9, 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, 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.

Worker's Compensation Claims Examining makes up 0.8% of the 133,580 employees across the Legal and Kindred Group family, ranking #12 of 18 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (67th percentile) of pay among Legal and Kindred Group occupations.