Exhibits Making/modeling
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Exhibits Making/modeling occupation series (code 4715): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
In the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, Exhibits Making/modeling counts 16 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce; pay averages n/a, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 17.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #9 of 10
FedScope read on Exhibits Making/modeling (thin series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved sideways versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family (code 47) groups Exhibits Making/modeling together with 9 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Exhibits Making/modeling postings should also review these sibling occupations in the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family. Exhibits Making/modeling makes up 0.1% of the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family's 15,982 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Exhibits Making/modeling pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Exhibits Making/modeling ranks on lean federal pay
Exhibits Making/modeling earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Exhibits Making/modeling sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Exhibits Making/modeling.
Related Occupations in General Maintenance and Operations Work Family
9 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance Mechanic | 10,441 | $73,094 | 11.9 yrs |
| Misc General Maintenance & Operations Work | 2,599 | $93,724 | 16.5 yrs |
| Utility Systems Repairing-Operating | 1,983 | $84,204 | 13.2 yrs |
| Cemetery Caretaking | 644 | $63,552 | 8.6 yrs |
| General Equipment Mechanic | 140 | $75,100 | 15.4 yrs |
| Model Making | 91 | $93,472 | 14.8 yrs |
| Boat Building and Repairing | 34 | $74,449 | 13.3 yrs |
| General Equipment Operating | 26 | $81,524 | 18.2 yrs |
| Research Laboratory Mechanic | 8 | $83,825 | 13 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Exhibits Making/modeling outside the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (16 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Exhibits Making/modeling 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 General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Exhibits Making/modeling 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.