Equipment Services

What the Numbers Say About Equipment Services

Federal agencies employ 6,044 people in the Equipment Services occupation (OPM code 1670), 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 -1.4% 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 13.3 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $101,234 per year, 7.9% below 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 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, 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.

Inside the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family (8 occupations, 17,992 employees combined), Equipment Services holds the #2 spot by headcount, a 33.6% share of the family total. Its average salary ranks right at the midpoint of pay among Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group occupations.