Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance occupation series (code 1603).
The verdict
Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 576 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family. At an average salary of $65,962 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.5%
- Pay change
- +0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 12.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 8
What the Numbers Say About Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. Pay moved up 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.
The Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family (code 16) groups Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance together with 7 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family. The Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family totals 15,807 employees, and Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance accounts for 3.6% of them. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$65,962
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-43.8%
Where Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance ranks on lean federal pay
Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance earns more on average than 21% of federal occupation series (113 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance.
Related Occupations in Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group
7 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment Facilities, and Services | 5,680 | $110,317 | 17.2 yrs |
| Equipment Services | 5,166 | $108,645 | 16.5 yrs |
| Facility Operations Services | 3,223 | $115,355 | 17.3 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 occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance outside the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (576 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($65,962 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance 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 Assistance 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.