Baking

What the Numbers Say About Baking

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Baking occupation (OPM code 7402): 17 people, headcount down -19.0% 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.

Baking pays $68,467 per year on average, 37.7% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 1.5% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 17.7 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Baking sits inside the Food Preparation and Serving Family family (code 74), which contains 4 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Baking 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.

Within the Food Preparation and Serving Family family, Baking ranks #4 of 4 by headcount, accounting for 0.2% of the family's combined 10,934 employees.