Artillery Repairing

What the Numbers Say About Artillery Repairing

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 161 people work in the Artillery Repairing occupation (OPM code 6605) across federal agencies, 0.0% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -3.6% from 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.

The average salary for Artillery Repairing is $67,956 per year, placing it 38.1% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 0.7% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. Average length of service in this role is 8.8 years, 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, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Artillery Repairing makes up 7.4% of the 2,175 employees across the Armament Work Family family, ranking #4 of 6 occupations in that family by headcount.