Equipment Cleaning
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Equipment Cleaning occupation series (code 7009).
The verdict
Equipment Cleaning is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 225 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Packing and Processing Family family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged up from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- +0.4%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 9.2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 4
What the Numbers Say About Equipment Cleaning
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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. Headcount moved up 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 Packing and Processing Family family (code 70) groups Equipment Cleaning together with 3 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Equipment Cleaning postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Packing and Processing Family family. The Packing and Processing Family family totals 492 employees, and Equipment Cleaning accounts for 45.7% of them.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Equipment Cleaning pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Equipment Cleaning ranks on lean federal pay
Equipment Cleaning earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Equipment Cleaning sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Equipment Cleaning.
Related Occupations in Packing and Processing Family
3 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packing | 192 | $61,836 | 7.9 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Packing and Processing | 42 | n/a | 12.6 yrs |
| Preservation Servicing | 33 | $68,892 | 10.6 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Equipment Cleaning outside the Packing and Processing Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (225 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Equipment Cleaning 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 Packing and Processing Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Equipment Cleaning 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.