Equipment Facilities, and Services
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Equipment Facilities, and Services occupation series (code 1601).
The verdict
In the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, Equipment Facilities, and Services counts 5,680 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.3% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount edged down from the prior period; pay averages $110,317, which pays near the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -0.3%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 17.2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 8
FedScope read on Equipment Facilities, and Services (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition. Pay moved down 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.
Equipment Facilities, and Services sits inside the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family (code 16), which contains 8 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Equipment Facilities, and Services postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family. Across the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, 15,807 employees work in 8 occupations; Equipment Facilities, and Services is 35.9% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (63rd percentile) of pay among Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Equipment Facilities, and Services pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$110,317
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-6.0%
Where Equipment Facilities, and Services ranks on federal pay
Equipment Facilities, and Services earns more on average than 61% of federal occupation series (329 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Equipment Facilities, and Services sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Equipment Facilities, and Services.
Related Occupations in Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group
7 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment Services | 5,166 | $108,645 | 16.5 yrs |
| Facility Operations Services | 3,223 | $115,355 | 17.3 yrs |
| Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance | 576 | $65,962 | 12.1 yrs |
| Cemetery Administration Services | 414 | $84,117 | 13.6 yrs |
| Food Services | 388 | $105,849 | 15.4 yrs |
| Printing Services | 327 | $130,018 | 19.2 yrs |
| Laundry Operations Services | 33 | $88,165 | 19.9 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Equipment Facilities, and Services outside the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (5,680 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($110,317 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Equipment Facilities, and Services 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 Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Equipment Facilities, and Services 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.