Assistant Damage Control Officer
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Assistant Damage Control Officer occupation series (code 9915), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Assistant Damage Control Officer is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 46 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -2.1%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 16.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #39 of 55
FedScope read on Assistant Damage Control Officer (thin series)
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. 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.
Code 99, the Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family, is where the federal government classifies Assistant Damage Control Officer alongside 54 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Assistant Damage Control Officer postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family. Across the Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family, 6,786 employees work in 55 occupations; Assistant Damage Control Officer is 0.7% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Assistant Damage Control Officer pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Assistant Damage Control Officer ranks on lean federal pay
Assistant Damage Control Officer earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Assistant Damage Control Officer sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Assistant Damage Control Officer.
Related Occupations in Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System)
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steward Utilityman | 646 | n/a | 5.1 yrs |
| Ordinary Seaman | 619 | $42,990 | 2.5 yrs |
| Able Seaman-Maintenance | 556 | n/a | 11.2 yrs |
| Wiper | 449 | $42,656 | 2.9 yrs |
| Able Seaman | 338 | $51,760 | 12.1 yrs |
| Engine Utilityman | 283 | n/a | 8.5 yrs |
| Third Officer | 249 | n/a | 4.2 yrs |
| Boatswain's Mate | 199 | $60,969 | 16.9 yrs |
| Assistant Storekeeper | 194 | n/a | 6.1 yrs |
| Second Assistant Engineer | 186 | $107,628 | 13.5 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Assistant Damage Control Officer outside the Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (46 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Assistant Damage Control Officer 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 Vessel Jobs Family (excluded From the Federal Wage System) family occupations in the table above, or search current Assistant Damage Control Officer 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.