Industrial Equipment Mechanic
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Industrial Equipment Mechanic occupation series (code 5352), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Industrial Equipment Mechanic is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 1,058 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family. At an average salary of $110,522 it pays near the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -6.4%
- Pay change
- +0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 14.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #4 of 12
FedScope read on Industrial Equipment Mechanic (dense series)
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. 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.
Industrial Equipment Mechanic sits inside the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family (code 53), which contains 12 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Industrial Equipment 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; Industrial Equipment Mechanic is 10.7% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (82nd percentile) of pay among Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family occupations.
Salary Context
How Industrial Equipment Mechanic pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$110,522
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-5.8%
Where Industrial Equipment Mechanic ranks on federal pay
Industrial Equipment Mechanic earns more on average than 61% of federal occupation series (330 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Industrial Equipment Mechanic sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Industrial Equipment 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 |
| 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 |
| Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic | 232 | $79,114 | 12.5 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 peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Industrial Equipment Mechanic outside the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (1,058 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($110,522 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Industrial Equipment 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 Industrial Equipment 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.