Workforce Development

What the Numbers Say About Workforce Development

Federal agencies employ 253 people in the Workforce Development occupation (OPM code 142), accounting for 0.0% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved up by 0.8% 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.

Workforce Development pays $130,025 per year on average, 18.3% above the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 0.1% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 13.8 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Code 1, the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, is where the federal government classifies Workforce Development alongside 27 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Workforce Development 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.

Workforce Development makes up 0.2% of the 113,996 employees across the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare Group family, ranking #20 of 28 occupations in that family by headcount.