Baking
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Baking occupation series (code 7402): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
In the Food Preparation and Serving Family family, Baking counts 16 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce; pay averages $63,987, which pays below the federal-wide $117,339.
- Employees
- 16
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $63,987
- Avg tenure
- 21.6 yrs
FedScope read on Baking (thin series)
0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Baking occupation (OPM code 7402): 16 people, headcount sideways 0.0% 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 $63,987 per year on average, moving down 0.0% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 21.6 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 6 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Baking postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Food Preparation and Serving Family family.
Within the Food Preparation and Serving Family family, Baking ranks #4 of 6 by headcount, accounting for 0.1% of the family's combined 10,719 employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Baking pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$63,987
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-45.5%
Where Baking ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $63,987 is higher than 19% of federal occupation series (101 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Baking sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Baking ranks higher than 19%.
Related Occupations in Food Preparation and Serving Family
5 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Service Working | 5,692 | $49,044 | 8.2 yrs |
| Cooking | 3,863 | $72,079 | 12.3 yrs |
| Meatcutting | 1,125 | n/a | 12.9 yrs |
| Misc Food Preparation and Serving | 13 | n/a | 6.4 yrs |
| Waiter | 10 | n/a | 25.6 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Baking outside the Food Preparation and Serving Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (16 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($63,987 here).
Key takeaways
- Baking pays below the federal average by 45.5% ($63,987 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 19th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 16 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Baking ranks #611 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Within the Food Preparation and Serving Family family, Baking ranks #4 of 6 by headcount, accounting for 0.1% of the family's combined 10,719 employees.
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.