Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair occupation series (code 4818), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 337 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the General Equipment Maintenance Family family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount grew from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +1.2%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 12 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 9
What the Numbers Say About Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair
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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
The General Equipment Maintenance Family family (code 48) groups Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair together with 8 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair postings should also review these sibling occupations in the General Equipment Maintenance Family family. Across the General Equipment Maintenance Family family, 1,128 employees work in 9 occupations; Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair is 29.9% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair ranks on lean federal pay
Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair.
Related Occupations in General Equipment Maintenance Family
8 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misc General Equipment Maintenance | 288 | $66,726 | 12.4 yrs |
| Locksmithing | 282 | $74,158 | 12.8 yrs |
| Tool and Equipment Repairing | 111 | $77,219 | 11.1 yrs |
| Medical Equipment Repairing | 60 | $78,527 | 15.6 yrs |
| Bearing Reconditioning | 25 | n/a | 15.9 yrs |
| Protectve & Safe Equip Fabricatng & Repair | 23 | n/a | 12.9 yrs |
| Bowling Equipment Repairing | 1 | n/a | 24.8 yrs |
| Domestic Appliance Repairing | 1 | n/a | 9 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair outside the General Equipment Maintenance Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (337 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair 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 General Equipment Maintenance Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repair 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.