Genetics
396 federal civilian employees in May 2026, as the Office of Personnel Management published them. OPM publishes a salary for 385 of them, and the median of those is $138,356.
Genetics, May 2026
- 396
- Employees
- 385
- Salary published
- 97.2% of them. Every pay figure here divides by this.
- 2
- Salary withheld
- 0.5%, under OPM's own release policy.
- 9
- Neither withheld nor averaged
- Paid hourly, per diem or on another basis, or with no pay recorded. Not withheld, and not in the median.
- $138,356
- Median salary
- Annual rate, over those paid per annum. It excludes overtime, awards and bonuses.
A tenth of published salaries are under $92,491 and a tenth over $197,200.
Genetics, from September 2015 to July 2026
A point a year and the most recent months, which is what the file this page reads keeps. The share with a published salary is beside each, because a change in the median can be a change in whose pay is withheld. A month OPM flags as incomplete is marked provisional.
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| Month | Employees | Salary published |
|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | 437 | 97.7% |
| September 2016 | 448 | 98.2% |
| September 2017 | 443 | 98.4% |
| September 2018 | 447 | 98.0% |
| September 2019 | 444 | 97.7% |
| September 2020 | 452 | 97.6% |
| September 2021 | 455 | 98.0% |
| September 2022 | 465 | 98.1% |
| September 2023 | 461 | 98.0% |
| September 2024 | 473 | 97.5% |
| September 2025 | 450 | 97.8% |
| May 2026 | 396 | 97.2% |
| June 2026 (provisional) | 392 | 97.7% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 390 | 97.2% |
How the federal salary figures are made
Sources
- OPM Federal Workforce Data — Federal Employment Raw Data (EHRI Status) — U.S. Office of Personnel Management · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 26, 2026
Data retrieved