Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing occupation series (code 5317).
The verdict
In the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family, Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing counts 22 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce; pay averages $79,576, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 17.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #9 of 12
FedScope read on Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing (thin series)
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. Pay moved sideways 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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
Code 53, the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family, is where the federal government classifies Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing alongside 11 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family. The Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family totals 9,873 employees, and Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing accounts for 0.2% of them.
Salary Context
How Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$79,576
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-32.2%
Where Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing ranks on federal pay
Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing earns more on average than 36% of federal occupation series (193 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing.
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 |
| Heating & Boiler Plant Equipmt Mechanic | 232 | $79,114 | 12.5 yrs |
| Oiling and Greasing | 19 | $69,636 | 14.7 yrs |
| Elevator Mechanic | 7 | $81,184 | 20.2 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing outside the Industrial Equipment Maintenance 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 (22 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($79,576 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing 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 Laundry & Dry Cleaning Equipmt Repairing 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.