Bookbinding
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Bookbinding occupation series (code 4441), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Bookbinding is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 29 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Printing Family family. At an average salary of $124,878 it pays near the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -21.6%
- Pay change
- +1.5%
- Avg tenure
- 14 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 9
FedScope read on Bookbinding (thin series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. 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. 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.
The Printing Family family (code 44) groups Bookbinding together with 8 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Bookbinding postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Printing Family family. Across the Printing Family family, 994 employees work in 9 occupations; Bookbinding is 2.9% of that headcount.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Bookbinding pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$124,878
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+6.4%
Where Bookbinding ranks on rich federal pay
Bookbinding earns more on average than 72% of federal occupation series (388 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Bookbinding sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Bookbinding.
Related Occupations in Printing Family
8 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bindery Working | 256 | $103,645 | 12.8 yrs |
| 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 |
| Platemaking | 15 | $115,980 | 19.3 yrs |
| Electrolytic Intaglio Platemaking | 15 | $142,639 | 20.1 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Bookbinding outside the Printing 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 (29 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($124,878 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Bookbinding 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 Bookbinding 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.