Letterpress Operating
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Letterpress Operating occupation series (code 4406).
The verdict
With 180 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Letterpress Operating ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Printing Family family. Its average salary of $137,778 pays above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 12 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 9
What the Numbers Say About Letterpress Operating
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. 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. 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.
Letterpress Operating sits inside the Printing Family family (code 44), which contains 9 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Letterpress Operating postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Printing Family family. Letterpress Operating makes up 18.1% of the Printing Family family's 994 combined employees.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Letterpress Operating pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$137,778
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+17.4%
Where Letterpress Operating ranks on rich federal pay
Letterpress Operating earns more on average than 81% of federal occupation series (438 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Letterpress Operating sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Letterpress Operating.
Related Occupations in Printing Family
8 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bindery Working | 256 | $103,645 | 12.8 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Printing and Reproduction | 189 | $85,576 | 16 yrs |
| Hand Composing | 135 | $102,719 | 15.2 yrs |
| Intaglio Press Operating | 119 | $137,286 | 13.2 yrs |
| Offset Press Operating | 56 | $118,773 | 19.4 yrs |
| Bookbinding | 29 | $124,878 | 14 yrs |
| Platemaking | 15 | $115,980 | 19.3 yrs |
| Electrolytic Intaglio Platemaking | 15 | $142,639 | 20.1 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Letterpress Operating outside the Printing Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (180 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($137,778 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Letterpress Operating 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 Printing Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Letterpress Operating 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.