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 average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 21.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 6
FedScope read on Baking (thin series)
Headcount moved sideways 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.
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. Across the Food Preparation and Serving Family family, 10,719 employees work in 6 occupations; Baking is 0.1% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Baking pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$63,987
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-45.5%
Where Baking ranks on lean federal pay
Baking earns more on average 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; the highlighted bar marks Baking.
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
- Place Baking 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 Food Preparation and Serving Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Baking 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.