Hazardous Waste Disposing
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Hazardous Waste Disposing occupation series (code 6913), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Hazardous Waste Disposing is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 212 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family. At an average salary of $58,478 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -3.2%
- Pay change
- -1.1%
- Avg tenure
- 11.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #6 of 9
What the Numbers Say About Hazardous Waste Disposing
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. Pay moved down between the two reporting periods, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. 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 Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family (code 69) groups Hazardous Waste Disposing together with 8 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Hazardous Waste Disposing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family. Across the Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family, 10,194 employees work in 9 occupations; Hazardous Waste Disposing is 2.1% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Hazardous Waste Disposing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$58,478
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-50.2%
Where Hazardous Waste Disposing ranks on lean federal pay
Hazardous Waste Disposing earns more on average than 13% of federal occupation series (68 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Hazardous Waste Disposing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Hazardous Waste Disposing.
Related Occupations in Warehousing and Stock Handling Family
8 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Handler | 5,317 | $67,371 | 12.1 yrs |
| Store Working | 1,980 | $51,622 | 9.7 yrs |
| Tools and Parts Attending | 888 | $64,659 | 9.7 yrs |
| Materials Expediting | 821 | $62,168 | 10.4 yrs |
| Materials Examining and Identifying | 560 | $61,924 | 10.5 yrs |
| Aircraft Freight Loading | 165 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
| Misc Warehousing and Stock Handling | 131 | $73,379 | 11.9 yrs |
| Bulk Money Handling | 120 | $69,330 | 16 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Hazardous Waste Disposing outside the Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (212 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($58,478 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Hazardous Waste Disposing 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 Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Hazardous Waste Disposing 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.