Office of Government Ethics salaries

Full-time civilian employees of the Office of Government Ethics earned a median of $159,460 in annualized adjusted basic pay in September 2026, 45% above the all-federal median of $109,641. The middle half earned between $141,620 and $180,565.

Median pay

$159,460

full-time, September 2026

Middle 50%

$141,620–$180,565

25th–75th percentile

Employees

all schedules

Pay published for

100%

of employees

Pay distribution, full-time employees with published pay, September 2026

Office of Government Ethics

$125,25910th $141,62025th $159,460Median $180,56575th $197,20090th

All federal (full-time)

Office of Government Ethics pay by state

States where the agency has at least 30 full-time employees with published pay and a published duty station.

Office of Government Ethics pay by state
State	Employees	Median pay	Middle 50%
District of Columbia	32	$177,497	$159,176–$187,093

middle 50% (25th–75th percentile) 10th–90th percentile median all-federal median ($109,641)

Change since September 2025

The median moved +1.7% from $156,755 in September 2025 to $159,460 in September 2026. Headcount went from 65 to 59 (−9.2%). A change in the median reflects both pay adjustments and who joined or left the workforce, so it is not the same as a pay raise.