Bindery Working
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Bindery Working occupation series (code 4402), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Bindery Working is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 256 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Printing Family family. At an average salary of $103,645 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.4%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 12.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 9
What the Numbers Say About Bindery Working
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. 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. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Code 44, the Printing Family family, is where the federal government classifies Bindery Working alongside 8 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Bindery Working postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Printing Family family. Across the Printing Family family, 994 employees work in 9 occupations; Bindery Working is 25.8% of that headcount.
Salary Context
How Bindery Working pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$103,645
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-11.7%
Where Bindery Working ranks on federal pay
Bindery Working earns more on average than 56% of federal occupation series (304 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Bindery Working sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Bindery Working.
Related Occupations in Printing Family
8 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Printing and Reproduction | 189 | $85,576 | 16 yrs |
| Letterpress Operating | 180 | $137,778 | 12 yrs |
| Hand Composing | 135 | $102,719 | 15.2 yrs |
| Intaglio Press Operating | 119 | $137,286 | 13.2 yrs |
| Offset Press Operating | 56 | $118,773 | 19.4 yrs |
| Bookbinding | 29 | $124,878 | 14 yrs |
| Platemaking | 15 | $115,980 | 19.3 yrs |
| Electrolytic Intaglio Platemaking | 15 | $142,639 | 20.1 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Bindery Working outside the Printing Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (256 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($103,645 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Bindery Working 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 Printing Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Bindery Working 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.