Meatcutting
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Meatcutting occupation series (code 7407): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Meatcutting is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 1,125 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Food Preparation and Serving Family family. At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.2%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 12.9 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 6
FedScope read on Meatcutting (dense series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
Meatcutting sits inside the Food Preparation and Serving Family family (code 74), which contains 6 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Meatcutting postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Food Preparation and Serving Family family. Meatcutting makes up 10.5% of the Food Preparation and Serving Family family's 10,719 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (0th percentile) of pay among Food Preparation and Serving Family occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Meatcutting pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Meatcutting ranks on lean federal pay
Meatcutting earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Meatcutting sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Meatcutting.
Related Occupations in Food Preparation and Serving Family
5 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Service Working | 5,692 | $49,044 | 8.2 yrs |
| Cooking | 3,863 | $72,079 | 12.3 yrs |
| Baking | 16 | $63,987 | 21.6 yrs |
| Misc Food Preparation and Serving | 13 | n/a | 6.4 yrs |
| Waiter | 10 | n/a | 25.6 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Meatcutting outside the Food Preparation and Serving 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 (1,125 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Meatcutting 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 Food Preparation and Serving Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Meatcutting 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.