Aircraft Attending
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Aircraft Attending occupation series (code 8862), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Aircraft Attending is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 132 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Aircraft Overhaul Family family. At an average salary of $63,296 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.8%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 13.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 5
FedScope read on Aircraft Attending (thin series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Aircraft Attending sits inside the Aircraft Overhaul Family family (code 88), which contains 5 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Aircraft Attending postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Aircraft Overhaul Family family. The Aircraft Overhaul Family family totals 10,049 employees, and Aircraft Attending accounts for 1.3% of them.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Aircraft Attending pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$63,296
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-46.1%
Where Aircraft Attending ranks on lean federal pay
Aircraft Attending earns more on average than 18% of federal occupation series (97 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Aircraft Attending sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Aircraft Attending.
Related Occupations in Aircraft Overhaul Family
4 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Mechanic | 8,041 | $96,241 | 11.2 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Aircraft Overhaul | 1,481 | n/a | 19.5 yrs |
| Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing | 327 | n/a | 15.3 yrs |
| Aircraft Propeller Mechanic | 68 | n/a | 11.3 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Aircraft Attending outside the Aircraft Overhaul Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (132 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($63,296 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Aircraft Attending pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Aircraft Overhaul Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Aircraft Attending postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.