Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing occupation series (code 8840): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 327 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Aircraft Overhaul Family family, and headcount grew from the prior period. Its average salary of n/a pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +2.2%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 5
What the Numbers Say About Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing
Headcount moved up 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. Pay moved sideways between the two reporting periods, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
The Aircraft Overhaul Family family (code 88) groups Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing together with 4 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Aircraft Overhaul Family family. Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing makes up 3.3% of the Aircraft Overhaul Family family's 10,049 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing ranks on lean federal pay
Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing.
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 Attending | 132 | $63,296 | 13.6 yrs |
| Aircraft Propeller Mechanic | 68 | n/a | 11.3 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing outside the Aircraft Overhaul Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (327 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Aircraft Mechnical Parts Repairing 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 Mechnical Parts Repairing 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.