Equipment Services
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Equipment Services occupation series (code 1670): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Equipment Services is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 5,166 employees (0.3% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family. At an average salary of $108,645 it pays near the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 2.0% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 5,166
- Share of workforce
- 0.3%
- Avg salary
- $108,645
- Avg tenure
- 16.5 yrs
FedScope read on Equipment Services (dense series)
Federal agencies employ 5,166 people in the Equipment Services occupation (OPM code 1670), accounting for 0.3% of the total federal civilian workforce of 1,953,300 for the June 2026 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -2.0% 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 Services runs 16.5 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Pay averages $108,645 per year, up 0.2% from the prior period, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Equipment 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 Services postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family.
Inside the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family (8 occupations, 15,807 employees combined), Equipment Services holds the #2 spot by headcount, a 32.7% share of the family total. Its average salary ranks right at the midpoint of pay among Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Equipment Services pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$108,645
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-7.4%
Where Equipment Services ranks on federal pay
Its average salary of $108,645 is higher than 60% of federal occupation series (323 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Equipment Services sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Equipment Services ranks higher than 60%.
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 |
| 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 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 (5,166 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($108,645 here).
Key takeaways
- Equipment Services pays near the federal average by 7.4% ($108,645 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 60th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 5,166 employees, 0.3% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 2.0% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Equipment Services ranks #84 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Inside the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family (8 occupations, 15,807 employees combined), Equipment Services holds the #2 spot by headcount, a 32.7% share of the family total.
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.