Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic occupation series (code 5309), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 232 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $79,114 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -2.5%
- Pay change
- +0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 12.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 12
What the Numbers Say About Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic
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 up between the two reporting periods, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. 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.
Code 53, the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family, is where the federal government classifies Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic alongside 11 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family. Across the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family, 9,873 employees work in 12 occupations; Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic is 2.3% of that headcount.
Salary Context
How Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$79,114
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-32.6%
Where Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic ranks on federal pay
Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic earns more on average than 35% of federal occupation series (191 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic.
Related Occupations in Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Machinery Mechanic | 2,930 | $82,216 | 9.9 yrs |
| Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic | 2,341 | $81,732 | 10.7 yrs |
| Powered Support Systems Mechanic | 1,423 | $79,568 | 12.1 yrs |
| Industrial Equipment Mechanic | 1,058 | $110,522 | 14.6 yrs |
| Misc Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 846 | $96,979 | 14.3 yrs |
| Production Machinery Mechanic | 562 | $80,047 | 12.8 yrs |
| Lock and Dam Repairing | 430 | $121,526 | 16.1 yrs |
| Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing | 22 | $79,576 | 17.9 yrs |
| Oiling and Greasing | 19 | $69,636 | 14.7 yrs |
| Elevator Mechanic | 7 | $81,184 | 20.2 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic outside the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (232 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($79,114 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic 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 Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic 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.