Maintenance Mechanic

What the Numbers Say About Maintenance Mechanic

0.5% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Maintenance Mechanic occupation (OPM code 4749): 10,702 people, headcount down -7.0% versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.

The average salary for Maintenance Mechanic is $73,128 per year, placing it 33.4% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 3.2% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 11 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family (code 47) groups Maintenance Mechanic together with 9 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Maintenance Mechanic postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Inside the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family (10 occupations, 16,562 employees combined), Maintenance Mechanic holds the #1 spot by headcount, a 64.6% share of the family total. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (10th percentile) of pay among General Maintenance and Operations Work Family occupations.