Lock and Dam Repairing
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Lock and Dam Repairing occupation series (code 5318).
The verdict
Lock and Dam Repairing is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 430 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family. At an average salary of $121,526 it pays near the federal average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 16.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 12
What the Numbers Say About Lock and Dam Repairing
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.
The Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family (code 53) groups Lock and Dam Repairing together with 11 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Lock and Dam Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family. Lock and Dam Repairing makes up 4.4% of the Industrial Equipment Maintenance Family family's 9,873 combined employees.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Lock and Dam Repairing pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$121,526
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+3.6%
Where Lock and Dam Repairing ranks on rich federal pay
Lock and Dam Repairing earns more on average than 69% of federal occupation series (372 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Lock and Dam Repairing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Lock and Dam 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 |
| 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 occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Lock and Dam Repairing 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 (430 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($121,526 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Lock and Dam 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 Lock and Dam 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.