Average Salary of Full-time Staff
Department of Homeland Security
March 2003

Occupation Average Salary Rank
0935-ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE $135,994 1
0131-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $127,489 2
0340-PROGRAM MANAGEMENT $112,768 3
0602-MEDICAL OFFICER $112,014 4
0505-FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT $108,836 5
0233-LABOR RELATIONS $108,802 6
0670-HEALTH SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION $108,273 7
1510-ACTUARY $106,086 8
0360-EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMPLIANCE $105,343 9
1313-GEOPHYSICS $100,645 10
1360-OCEANOGRAPHY $98,947 11
1550-COMPUTER SCIENCE $97,172 12
2110-TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY ANALYSIS $97,106 13
0401-GENERAL BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE $94,378 14
0905-GENERAL ATTORNEY $94,358 15
0896-INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING $93,882 16
0893-CHEMICAL ENGINEERING $91,986 17
1530-STATISTICIAN $91,923 18
1301-GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE $91,155 19
0180-PSYCHOLOGY $90,809 20
0801-GENERAL ENGINEERING $90,735 21
0855-ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING $90,203 22
0828-CONSTRUCTION ANALYST $90,068 23
0806-MATERIALS ENGINEERING $89,641 24
1515-OPERATIONS RESEARCH $89,543 25
0685-PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST $89,325 26
0185-SOCIAL WORK $87,783 27
0170-HISTORY $87,258 28
1163-INSURANCE EXAMINING $86,822 29
0804-FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING $86,220 30
1710-EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING $85,973 31
0871-NAVAL ARCHITECTURE $85,181 32
0803-SAFETY ENGINEERING $84,940 33
1315-HYDROLOGY $84,198 34
0334-COMPUTER SPECIALIST $84,032 35
1310-PHYSICS $83,183 36
0861-AEROSPACE ENGINEERING $82,867 37
1035-PUBLIC AFFAIRS $82,356 38
0062-CLOTHING DESIGN $82,310 39
0854-COMPUTER ENGINEERING $82,078 40
0701-VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE $81,602 41
0260-EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY $78,362 42
0810-CIVIL ENGINEERING $78,221 43
0235-EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT $77,703 44
0072-FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION $77,682 45
0690-INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE $77,505 46
1320-CHEMISTRY $76,922 47
1306-HEALTH PHYSICS $76,462 48
0819-ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING $76,421 49
1750-INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS $76,355 50
0346-LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT $76,214 51
0110-ECONOMIST $76,132 52
1071-AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION $76,001 53
0830-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING $75,819 54
0343-MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS $75,453 55
0808-ARCHITECTURE $75,360 56
0850-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING $75,237 57
0511-AUDITING $74,932 58
0391-TELECOMMUNICATIONS $74,740 59
2210-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT $74,624 60
1101-GENERAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY $74,469 61
2181-AIRCRAFT OPERATION $74,215 62
0510-ACCOUNTING $74,178 63
0130-FOREIGN AFFAIRS $74,100 64
2801-MISC ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION & MAINTENAN $73,734 65
1420-ARCHIVIST $73,659 66
1654-PRINTING MANAGEMENT $73,208 67
1102-CONTRACTING $72,368 68
1397-DOCUMENT ANALYSIS $71,723 69
0230-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS $71,618 70
1384-TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY $71,314 71
1170-REALTY $70,869 72
0201-HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT $70,541 73
0132-INTELLIGENCE $70,334 74
1008-INTERIOR DESIGN $70,112 75
0341-ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER $69,915 76
1015-MUSEUM CURATOR $69,564 77
0028-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST $69,379 78
0018-SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGEMEN $69,347 79
0301-MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM $69,342 80
0221-POSITION CLASSIFICATION $69,054 81
1410-LIBRARIAN $68,958 82
1082-WRITING AND EDITING $68,904 83
0560-BUDGET ANALYSIS $68,855 84
1811-CRIMINAL INVESTIGATING $68,673 85
0930-HEARINGS AND APPEALS $68,516 86
1701-GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING $68,439 87
0501-FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM $67,657 88
1712-TRAINING INSTRUCTION $67,517 89
5701-MISC TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPE $67,097 90
1889-IMPORT SPECIALIST $66,736 91
1640-FACILITY MANAGEMENT $66,660 92
1810-GENERAL INVESTIGATING $66,572 93
2101-TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST $65,743 94
5801-MISC TRANSPORTATION/MOBILE EQUIPMT MAINT $65,688 95
1670-EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST $65,315 96
1152-PRODUCTION CONTROL $64,022 97
0080-SECURITY ADMINISTRATION $63,978 98
1016-MUSEUM SPECIALIST AND TECHNICIAN $63,877 99
1001-GENERAL ARTS AND INFORMATION $63,792 100
1176-BUILDING MANAGEMENT $63,370 101
0160-CIVIL RIGHTS ANALYSIS $62,991 102
1060-PHOTOGRAPHY $62,735 103
2001-GENERAL SUPPLY $62,042 104
4601-MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORK $61,441 105
0101-SOCIAL SCIENCE $61,126 106
1894-CUSTOMS ENTRY AND LIQUIDATING $61,044 107
0342-SUPPORT SERVICES ADMINISTRATION $60,987 108
1801-GENERAL INSPECTION, INVESTIGATON, & COMP $60,653 109
1667-STEWARD $60,640 110
1084-VISUAL INFORMATION $60,481 111
1910-QUALITY ASSURANCE $60,454 112
0802-ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN $60,280 113
0601-GENERAL HEALTH SCIENCE $59,768 114
2003-SUPPLY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT $59,459 115
0021-COMMUNITY PLANNING TECHNICIAN $58,585 116
0895-INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN $58,145 117
0408-ECOLOGY $58,070 118
2150-TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS $57,790 119
2050-SUPPLY CATALOGING $57,532 120
1361-NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION $57,522 121
0671-HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST $57,383 122
0856-ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN $57,297 123
1020-ILLUSTRATING $56,658 124
0610-NURSE $56,644 125
0950-PARALEGAL SPECIALIST $56,633 126
2030-DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES & STORAGE MANAGE $56,493 127
0809-CONSTRUCTION CONTROL $56,181 128
2502-TELECOMMUNICATIONS MECHANIC $55,108 129
2010-INVENTORY MANAGEMENT $55,019 130
5378-POWERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS MECHANIC $54,252 131
2185-AIRCREW TECHNICIAN $54,153 132
2130-TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT $53,717 133
2135-TRANSPORTATION LOSS & DAMAGE CLAIMS EXAM $53,394 134
0199-SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDENT TRAINEE $53,298 135
1165-LOAN SPECIALIST $53,101 136
4714-MODEL MAKING $53,010 137
0083-POLICE $52,925 138
1884-CUSTOMS PATROL OFFICER $52,665 139
0904-LAW CLERK $52,486 140
3314-INSTRUMENT MAKING $52,186 141
5401-MISC INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT OPERATION $52,175 142
2601-MISC ELECTRONIC EQUIPMT INSTALL & MAINTN $51,987 143
1421-ARCHIVES TECHNICIAN $51,812 144
1083-TECHNICAL WRITING AND EDITING $50,716 145
2810-ELECTRICIAN (HIGH VOLTAGE) $50,655 146
0990-GENERAL CLAIMS EXAMINING $50,030 147
1890-CUSTOMS INSPECTION $49,736 148
4737-GENERAL EQUIPMENT MECHANIC $49,692 149
1040-LANGUAGE SPECIALIST $49,632 150
1896-BORDER PATROL AGENT $49,555 151
0205-MILITARY PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT $49,534 152
0188-RECREATION SPECIALIST $49,511 153
3359-INSTRUMENT MECHANIC $49,504 154
1104-PROPERTY DISPOSAL $49,396 155
1412-TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES $49,393 156
1740-EDUCATION SERVICES $48,685 157
1601-GENERAL FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT $48,509 158
5407-ELECTRICAL POWER CONTROLLER $48,499 159
4742-UTILITY SYSTEMS REPAIRER-OPERATOR $48,319 160
4701-MISC GENERAL MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS WO $47,998 161
8801-MISCELLANEOUS AIRCRAFT OVERHAUL $47,967 162
5409-WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR $47,934 163
5301-MISC INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE $47,873 164
2602-ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT MECHANI $47,417 165
4840-TOOL AND EQUIPMENT REPAIRING $47,340 166
2131-FREIGHT RATE $47,035 167
2604-ELECTRONICS MECHANIC $46,692 168
3809-MOBILE EQUIPMENT METAL MECHANIC $46,603 169
0436-PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE $46,494 170
6641-ORDNANCE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC $46,298 171
1173-HOUSING MANAGEMENT $46,238 172
3802-METAL FORGING $45,956 173
5220-SHIPWRIGHT $45,890 174
3610-INSULATING $45,865 175
5725-CRANE OPERATING $45,808 176
5352-INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT MECHANIC $45,476 177
1816-IMMIGRATION INSPECTION $45,399 178
4607-CARPENTER $45,162 179
3416-TOOLMAKING $44,905 180
2805-ELECTRICIAN $44,717 181
0704-ANIMAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN $44,716 182
4605-WOOD CRAFTING $44,625 183
5350-PRODUCTION MACHINERY MECHANIC $44,552 184
3703-WELDING $44,501 185
4749-MAINTENANCE MECHANIC $44,480 186
5334-MARINE MACHINERY MECHANIC $44,262 187
0181-PSYCHOLOGY AID AND TECHNICIAN $44,081 188
5876-ELECTROMOTIVE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC $43,472 189
3820-SHIPFITTING $43,320 190
2610-ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED SYSTEMS MECHANIC $43,300 191
4204-PIPEFITTING $43,211 192
5221-LOFTING $43,180 193
5803-HEAVY MOBILE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC $43,081 194
5716-ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT OPERATING $43,021 195
0020-COMMUNITY PLANNING $43,006 196
5309-HEATING & BOILER PLANT EQUIPMT MECHANIC $42,981 197
2854-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT REPAIRER $42,888 198
3414-MACHINING $42,844 199
5823-AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC $42,708 200
0682-DENTAL HYGIENE $42,589 201
1107-PROPERTY DISPOSAL CLERICAL AND TECHNICIA $42,558 202
5210-RIGGING $42,406 203
4417-OFFSET PRESS OPERATING $42,387 204
5306-AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT MECHANIC $41,997 205
4805-MEDICAL EQUIPMENT REPAIRING $41,970 206
4717-BOAT BUILDING AND REPAIRING $41,845 207
4206-PLUMBING $41,805 208
0390-TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROCESSING $41,753 209
5026-PEST CONTROLLER $41,608 210
3806-SHEET METAL MECHANIC $41,529 211
0029-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ASSISTANT $41,225 212
8602-AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC $41,100 213
4102-PAINTING $40,916 214
3801-MISCELLANEOUS METAL WORK $40,818 215
0394-COMMUNICATIONS CLERICAL $40,750 216
5406-UTILITY SYSTEMS OPERATOR $40,404 217
0332-COMPUTER OPERATION $40,376 218
1720-EDUCATION PROGRAM $40,289 219
0963-LEGAL INSTRUMENTS EXAMINING $40,222 220
0681-DENTAL ASSISTANT $40,075 221
3106-UPHOLSTERING $40,057 222
0392-GENERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS $39,928 223
8852-AIRCRAFT MECHANIC $39,922 224
7404-COOK $39,920 225
4604-WOOD WORKER $39,668 226
5402-BOILER PLANT OPERATOR $39,521 227
8268-AIRCRAFT PNEUDRAULIC SYSTEMS MECHANIC $39,465 228
1802-COMPLIANCE INSPECTION AND SUPPORT $39,259 229
1531-STATISTICAL ASSISTANT $39,214 230
1105-PURCHASING $38,959 231
0335-COMPUTER CLERK AND ASSISTANT $38,722 232
6913-HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSER $38,700 233
2892-AIRCRAFT ELECTRICIAN $38,675 234
5003-GARDENING $38,670 235
2299-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDENT TRAINEE $38,402 236
7002-PACKING $38,278 237
0318-SECRETARY $38,205 238
0086-SECURITY CLERICAL AND ASSISTANCE $38,165 239
5703-MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR $38,162 240
4352-PLASTIC FABRICATING $38,118 241
0525-ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN $38,026 242
1046-LANGUAGE CLERICAL $38,016 243
8840-AIRCRAFT MECHNICAL PARTS REPAIRING $37,986 244
0134-INTELLIGENCE AID AND CLERK $37,847 245
3711-ELECTROPLATING $37,775 246
6910-MATERIALS EXPEDITING $37,713 247
0962-CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE $37,501 248
1897-CUSTOMS AID $37,473 249
0561-BUDGET CLERICAL AND ASSISTANCE $37,359 250
0204-MILITARY PERSONNEL CLERICAL AND TECHNICI $37,236 251
1702-EDUCATION AND TRAINING TECHNICIAN $36,710 252
0344-MANAGEMENT & PROGRAM CLERICAL & ASSISTAN $36,666 253
1106-PROCUREMENT CLERICAL AND TECHNICIAN $36,632 254
1411-LIBRARY TECHNICIAN $36,599 255
0361-EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ASSISTANCE $36,542 256
8601-MISCELLANEOUS ENGINE OVERHAUL $36,418 257
6907-MATERIALS HANDLER $36,270 258
2102-TRANSPORTATION CLERK AND ASSISTANT $36,043 259
5423-SANDBLASTING $35,999 260
5413-FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATOR $35,947 261
0351-PRINTING CLERICAL $35,625 262
3603-MASONRY $35,542 263
0545-MILITARY PAY $35,094 264
0203-HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANCE $34,993 265
0544-CIVILIAN PAY $34,972 266
0818-ENGINEERING DRAFTING $34,938 267
0303-MISCELLANEOUS CLERK AND ASSISTANT $34,715 268
2005-SUPPLY CLERICAL AND TECHNICIAN $34,665 269
0081-FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION $34,462 270
0312-CLERK-STENOGRAPHER AND REPORTER $34,353 271
4361-RUBBER EQUIPMENT REPAIRING $34,331 272
5048-ANIMAL CARETAKING $34,295 273
0503-FINANCIAL CLERICAL AND ASSISTANCE $34,209 274
4804-LOCKSMITHING $33,809 275
3501-MISC GENERAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT WORK $33,794 276
0530-CASH PROCESSING $33,750 277
6904-TOOLS AND PARTS ATTENDING $33,433 278
0679-MEDICAL SUPPORT ASSISTANCE $32,978 279
1499-LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES STUDENT TRAINEE $32,736 280
0986-LEGAL ASSISTANCE $32,688 281
0309-CORRESPONDENCE CLERK $32,603 282
0085-SECURITY GUARD $32,592 283
0499-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE STUDENT TRAINEE $32,086 284
1311-PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN $31,551 285
5704-FORK LIFT OPERATING $31,075 286
0382-TELEPHONE OPERATING $30,995 287
0675-MEDICAL RECORDS TECHNICIAN $30,712 288
0305-MAIL AND FILE $30,514 289
0356-DATA TRANSCRIBER $29,348 290
3502-LABORING $29,307 291
0019-SAFETY TECHNICIAN $29,195 292
0635-CORRECTIVE THERAPIST $29,130 293
2151-DISPATCHING $29,122 294
0189-RECREATION AID AND ASSISTANT $29,118 295
0421-PLANT PROTECTION TECHNICIAN $28,701 296
0350-EQUIPMENT OPERATOR $28,423 297
0326-OFC AUTOMATION CLERICAL AND ASSISTANCE $28,105 298
5806-MOBILE EQUIPMENT SERVICING $28,052 299
0540-VOUCHER EXAMINING $27,673 300
0299-HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT STUDENT TRAIN $27,537 301
0304-INFORMATION RECEPTIONIST $27,324 302
3566-CUSTODIAL WORKER $26,737 303
0099-GENERAL STUDENT TRAINEE $26,513 304
0640-HEALTH AID AND TECHNICIAN $26,328 305
0322-CLERK-TYPIST $26,184 306
0302-MESSENGER $25,943 307
0399-ADMIN AND OFFICE SUPPORT STUDENT TRAINEE $25,371 308
1899-INVESTIGATION STUDENT TRAINEE $24,812 309
1199-BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY STUDENT TRAINEE $24,268 310
7408-FOOD SERVICE WORKER $24,013 311
1399-PHYSICAL SCIENCE STUDENT TRAINEE $23,208 312


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