Artillery Repairing
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Artillery Repairing occupation series (code 6605), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 144 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Artillery Repairing ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Armament Work Family family, and headcount grew from the prior period. Its average salary of n/a pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +2.1%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 11.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 6
What the Numbers Say About Artillery 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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Artillery Repairing sits inside the Armament Work Family family (code 66), which contains 6 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Artillery Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Armament Work Family family. Across the Armament Work Family family, 1,944 employees work in 6 occupations; Artillery Repairing is 7.4% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Artillery Repairing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Artillery Repairing ranks on lean federal pay
Artillery Repairing earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Artillery Repairing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Artillery Repairing.
Related Occupations in Armament Work Family
5 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Ordnance Systems Mechanic | 746 | n/a | 12.2 yrs |
| Ordnance Equipment Mechanic | 520 | $88,007 | 11.8 yrs |
| Small Arms Repairing | 428 | n/a | 11.7 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Armament Work | 68 | n/a | 12.1 yrs |
| Special Weapons Systems Mechanic | 38 | n/a | 13.9 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Artillery Repairing outside the Armament Work Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (144 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Artillery 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 Armament Work Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Artillery 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.