Blocking and Bracing
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Blocking and Bracing occupation series (code 4602): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
In the Wood Work Family family, Blocking and Bracing counts 134 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages n/a, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -14.6%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 11.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 6
What the Numbers Say About Blocking and Bracing
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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Blocking and Bracing sits inside the Wood Work Family family (code 46), which contains 6 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Blocking and Bracing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Wood Work Family family. Across the Wood Work Family family, 1,585 employees work in 6 occupations; Blocking and Bracing is 8.5% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Blocking and Bracing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Blocking and Bracing ranks on lean federal pay
Blocking and Bracing earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Blocking and Bracing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Blocking and Bracing.
Related Occupations in Wood Work Family
5 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpentry | 925 | $76,725 | 11.8 yrs |
| Wood Crafting | 243 | $80,767 | 9.3 yrs |
| Wood Working | 220 | $69,184 | 11.5 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Woodwork | 32 | $91,268 | 14.7 yrs |
| Patternmaking | 31 | n/a | 15.1 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Blocking and Bracing outside the Wood Work Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (134 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Blocking and Bracing 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 Wood Work Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Blocking and Bracing 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.