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March 2025 workforce snapshot. The Electrician occupation series had 5,104 employees with an average salary of $77,449.
5,104 employees in this occupation series
$77,449 average pay
Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family occupation family
United States Fleet Forces Command largest agency for this occupation

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Occupation family

Electrician is reported under the Electrical Installation and Maintenance Family family in the latest OPM summary.

Agencies that employ the most Electrician 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
United States Fleet Forces Command Department of Defense 1,081 $76,026,423 $70,330 21.2%
"U.s. Pacific Fleet, Commander in Chief" Department of Defense 1,079 $89,941,778 $83,357 21.1%
Veterans Health Administration Department of Veterans Affairs 849 $64,139,203 $75,547 16.6%
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Department of Defense 392 $29,641,940 $75,617 7.7%
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System Department of Justice 215 $19,691,850 $91,590 4.2%
Air Force Materiel Command Department of Defense 130 $9,440,458 $72,619 2.5%
United States Army Installation Management Command Department of Defense 121 $8,816,278 $72,862 2.4%
U.s. Coast Guard Department of Homeland Security 79 $5,475,724 $69,313 1.5%
U.s. Marine Corps Department of Defense 63 $4,677,128 $74,240 1.2%
Air Education and Training Command Department of Defense 62 $4,328,716 $69,818 1.2%
U.s. Army Corps of Engineers Department of Defense 59 $4,393,993 $74,474 1.2%
National Park Service Department of the Interior 39 $2,998,008 $76,872 0.8%
Naval Sea Systems Command Department of Defense 38 $2,866,074 $75,423 0.7%
U.s. Army Communications Electronics Command Department of Defense 37 $2,358,047 $63,731 0.7%
Air Mobility Command Department of Defense 34 $2,578,390 $75,835 0.7%
Air Combat Command Department of Defense 28 $2,115,372 $75,549 0.5%
U.s. Army Joint Munitions Command Department of Defense 23 $1,498,787 $65,165 0.5%
Pacific Air Forces Department of Defense 21 $1,637,832 $77,992 0.4%
Military Treatment Facilities Under DHA Department of Defense 20 $1,593,260 $79,663 0.4%
Government Printing Office Independent or mixed 20 $2,317,240 $115,862 0.4%
Naval Air Systems Command Department of Defense 19 $1,454,944 $76,576 0.4%
Indian Health Service Department of Health and Human Services 19 $1,459,998 $76,842 0.4%
Air Force Global Strike Command Department of Defense 18 $1,389,240 $77,180 0.4%
U.s. Army Aviation and Missile Command Department of Defense 17 $1,260,958 $74,174 0.3%
U.s. Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (Tacom) Department of Defense 15 $976,785 $65,119 0.3%

Common pay plans for Electrician

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
WG 3,248 $72,822 63.6%
WS 530 $100,729 10.4%
WL 385 $88,183 7.5%
WT 307 $57,621 6.0%
WD 26 $91,185 0.5%
KE 20 $115,862 0.4%
WY 13 $72,083 0.3%

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