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Sanitarian federal salary series 0688

Full-time federal employees in the Sanitarian series earned a median of $87,128 in annualized adjusted basic pay in September 2026, 21% below the all-federal median of $109,641. The middle half earned between $70,598 and $105,784.

Median pay
$87,128
full-time, September 2026
Middle 50%
$70,598–$105,784
25th–75th percentile
Employees
54
in this series, all schedules
Change in median
+1.9%
vs. September 2025
Pay distribution, full-time employees with published pay, September 2026
Sanitarian
All federal (full-time)

What shapes sanitarian pay

The largest employer of this series with published pay is the Department of Health and Human Services (37 employees). Federal pay depends mostly on grade and step, plus a locality adjustment for where the job is located; see the GS pay scale explainer.

OPM withheld pay for 28% of employees in this series. The figures here describe only employees with published pay; withholding is concentrated in certain agencies (see data coverage).

Sanitarian pay by agency

Sanitarian pay by agency
Agency Employees Median pay Middle 50%
Department of Health and Human Services 37 $79,658 $69,184–$102,993

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

Change since September 2025

The median moved +1.9% from $85,495 in September 2025 to $87,128 in September 2026. Headcount went from 60 to 54 (−10.0%). 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.

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