Equipment Facilities, and Services

What the Numbers Say About Equipment Facilities, and Services

Federal agencies employ 6,212 people in the Equipment Facilities, and Services occupation (OPM code 1601), accounting for 0.3% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -0.6% 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.

Average tenure in Equipment Facilities, and Services runs 15 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $111,458 per year, 1.4% above the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 2.3% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce.

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, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Equipment Facilities, and Services makes up 34.5% of the 17,992 employees across the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, ranking #1 of 8 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (75th percentile) of pay among Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group occupations.