Battery Repairing
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Battery Repairing occupation series (code 3725), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 13 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Battery Repairing ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Metal Processing Family family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $72,252 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -7.1%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 19.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 9
FedScope read on Battery Repairing (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 37, the Metal Processing Family family, is where the federal government classifies Battery Repairing alongside 8 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Battery Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Metal Processing Family family. Across the Metal Processing Family family, 3,792 employees work in 9 occupations; Battery Repairing is 0.3% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Battery Repairing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$72,252
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-38.4%
Where Battery Repairing ranks on lean federal pay
Battery Repairing earns more on average than 29% of federal occupation series (155 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Battery Repairing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Battery Repairing.
Related Occupations in Metal Processing Family
8 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welding | 2,325 | $87,563 | 11.4 yrs |
| Non-Destructive Testing | 904 | $98,385 | 10.1 yrs |
| Electroplating | 272 | n/a | 10.7 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Metal Processing | 102 | n/a | 12.4 yrs |
| Metalizing | 70 | n/a | 14.8 yrs |
| Shot Peening Machine Operating | 54 | n/a | 16.9 yrs |
| Heat Treating | 46 | $79,709 | 16.9 yrs |
| Buffing and Polishing | 6 | $84,749 | 16.4 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Battery Repairing outside the Metal Processing 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 (13 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($72,252 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Battery Repairing 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 Metal Processing Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Battery Repairing 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.