Food Services
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Food Services occupation series (code 1667).
The verdict
Food Services is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 388 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family. At an average salary of $105,849 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.3%
- Pay change
- -0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 15.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #6 of 8
What the Numbers Say About Food Services
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 down 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.
Food 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 Food Services postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family. Food Services makes up 2.5% of the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family's 15,807 combined employees.
Salary Context
How Food Services pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$105,849
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-9.8%
Where Food Services ranks on federal pay
Food Services earns more on average than 58% of federal occupation series (313 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Food Services sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Food Services.
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 |
| Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance | 576 | $65,962 | 12.1 yrs |
| Cemetery Administration Services | 414 | $84,117 | 13.6 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 Food Services 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 (388 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($105,849 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Food Services 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 Food Services 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.