Miscellaneous Administration and Program Federal Employee Pay and Staffing

March 2025 workforce snapshot. The Miscellaneous Administration and Program occupation series had 111,646 employees with an average salary of $116,121.

111,646 employees in this occupation series

$116,121 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

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

Agencies that employ the most Miscellaneous Administration and Program 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	7,393	$643,716,025	$87,071	6.6%
Federal Bureau of Investigation	Department of Justice	3,691	$379,658,460	$102,861	3.3%
Air Force Materiel Command	Department of Defense	3,364	$357,144,141	$106,167	3.0%
Forest Service	Department of Agriculture	3,158	$311,814,073	$98,738	2.8%
U.s. Army Reserve Command	Department of Defense	3,152	$248,932,834	$78,976	2.8%
Citizenship and Immigration Services	Department of Homeland Security	2,861	$324,142,699	$113,297	2.6%
Federal Emergency Management Agency	Department of Homeland Security	2,648	$228,801,845	$86,406	2.4%
United States Army Installation Management Command	Department of Defense	2,463	$240,312,020	$97,569	2.2%
Defense Logistics Agency	Department of Defense	2,306	$276,700,115	$119,991	2.1%
Food and Drug Administration	Department of Health and Human Services	2,190	$324,055,404	$147,971	2.0%
Customs and Border Protection	Department of Homeland Security	2,058	$207,787,189	$100,966	1.8%
Defense Human Resources Activity	Department of Defense	1,674	$100,422,274	$59,989	1.5%
National Institutes of Health	Department of Health and Human Services	1,418	$159,747,387	$112,657	1.3%
Internal Revenue Service	Department of the Treasury	1,392	$166,506,043	$119,616	1.2%
U.s. Army Corps of Engineers	Department of Defense	1,301	$131,104,041	$100,772	1.2%
Veterans Benefits Administration	Department of Veterans Affairs	1,281	$126,695,183	$98,903	1.1%
Army National Guard Units	Department of Defense	1,222	$103,581,030	$84,764	1.1%
U.s. Marine Corps	Department of Defense	1,177	$137,604,643	$116,911	1.1%
Federal Aviation Administration	Department of Transportation	1,159	$165,699,096	$142,967	1.0%
Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Department of Homeland Security	1,142	$129,823,062	$113,680	1.0%
U.s. Army Training and Doctrine Command	Department of Defense	1,114	$121,439,911	$109,012	1.0%
United States Army Futures Command	Department of Defense	1,047	$137,993,707	$131,799	0.9%
Department of Energy	Department of Energy	1,045	$120,925,546	$115,718	0.9%
Bureau of Land Management	Department of the Interior	1,042	$114,704,834	$110,081	0.9%
Naval Sea Systems Command	Department of Defense	1,022	$134,268,819	$131,378	0.9%

Common pay plans for Miscellaneous Administration and Program

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	82,572	$111,789	74.0%
NH	3,985	$133,508	3.6%
EF	1,992	$46,778	1.8%
GG	1,323	$143,004	1.2%
AD	1,317	$156,797	1.2%
FV	1,071	$142,803	1.0%
IH	1,017	$53,653	0.9%
DE	934	$132,538	0.8%
SV	902	$125,565	0.8%
IC	848	$95,067	0.8%
NT	832	$133,372	0.7%
ES	818	$211,239	0.7%

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