Administrative Officer Federal Employee Pay and Staffing

March 2025 workforce snapshot. The Administrative Officer occupation series had 10,002 employees with an average salary of $109,248.

10,002 employees in this occupation series

$109,248 average pay

"General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group" occupation family

Veterans Health Administration largest agency for this occupation

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Occupation family

Administrative Officer is reported under the "General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group" family in the latest OPM summary.

Agencies that employ the most Administrative Officer staff

These are the agencies with the biggest reported headcount in this occupation series.

Agency	Department	Employees	Total salary expense	Average pay	Share of occupation
Veterans Health Administration	Department of Veterans Affairs	2,863	$243,138,284	$84,924	28.6%
National Institutes of Health	Department of Health and Human Services	753	$105,653,250	$140,310	7.5%
Federal Aviation Administration	Department of Transportation	322	$31,941,499	$99,197	3.2%
U.s. Army Corps of Engineers	Department of Defense	284	$25,311,803	$89,126	2.8%
National Park Service	Department of the Interior	219	$23,084,050	$105,407	2.2%
U.s. Agency for International Development	Independent or mixed	186	$26,712,934	$143,618	1.9%
Department of State	Department of State	180	$28,153,433	$156,408	1.8%
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service	Department of the Interior	179	$14,915,513	$83,327	1.8%
United States Army Futures Command	Department of Defense	145	$13,870,783	$95,661	1.4%
U.s. Secret Service	Department of Homeland Security	141	$14,920,108	$105,816	1.4%
Executive Office for U.s. Attorneys and the Offices of the U.s. Attorneys	Department of Justice	103	$16,197,752	$157,260	1.0%
U.s. Marine Corps	Department of Defense	98	$9,052,596	$92,373	1.0%
Naval Sea Systems Command	Department of Defense	94	$12,571,746	$133,742	0.9%
U.s. Marshals Service	Department of Justice	91	$12,104,717	$133,019	0.9%
Department of Defense Education Activity	Department of Defense	88	$6,727,600	$76,450	0.9%
United States Army Installation Management Command	Department of Defense	76	$6,371,985	$83,842	0.8%
Food and Drug Administration	Department of Health and Human Services	72	$9,867,854	$137,054	0.7%
Environmental Protection Agency	Independent or mixed	71	$6,676,232	$94,031	0.7%
National Institute of Standards and Technology	Department of Commerce	69	$8,841,399	$128,136	0.7%
Air National Guard Units	Department of Defense	66	$7,118,826	$107,861	0.7%
Agricultural Research Service	Department of Agriculture	65	$6,493,662	$99,902	0.6%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Department of Health and Human Services	63	$7,468,234	$118,543	0.6%
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response	Department of Health and Human Services	62	$6,112,172	$98,583	0.6%
Army National Guard Units	Department of Defense	62	$6,661,464	$107,443	0.6%
Veterans Benefits Administration	Department of Veterans Affairs	60	$8,059,810	$134,330	0.6%

Common pay plans for Administrative Officer

This shows the pay plans most commonly attached to this occupation series in the latest OPM summary.

Pay plan	Employees	Average pay	Share of occupation
GS	6,847	$103,016	68.5%
FV	322	$99,197	3.2%
DE	145	$95,661	1.4%
ZA	120	$148,772	1.2%
FP	109	$141,416	1.1%
NH	83	$125,347	0.8%
NO	58	$108,011	0.6%
NT	56	$130,421	0.6%
SV	56	$141,675	0.6%
GG	56	$117,444	0.6%
FO	51	$158,457	0.5%
DJ	23	$113,356	0.2%

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Occupation totals come from the latest OPM FedScope Employment Summary Data (March 2025).