Miscellaneous Personal Services
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Miscellaneous Personal Services occupation series (code 7601), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 51 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Miscellaneous Personal Services ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Personal Services Family family. Its average salary of $44,501 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 10.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #1 of 2
FedScope read on Miscellaneous Personal Services (thin series)
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.
Miscellaneous Personal Services sits inside the Personal Services Family family (code 76), which contains 2 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Miscellaneous Personal Services postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Personal Services Family family. The Personal Services Family family totals 63 employees, and Miscellaneous Personal Services accounts for 81.0% of them.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Miscellaneous Personal Services pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$44,501
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-62.1%
Where Miscellaneous Personal Services ranks on lean federal pay
Miscellaneous Personal Services earns more on average than 2% of federal occupation series (11 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Miscellaneous Personal Services sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Miscellaneous Personal Services.
Related Occupations in Personal Services Family
1 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbering | 12 | n/a | 13.2 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Miscellaneous Personal Services outside the Personal Services 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 (51 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($44,501 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Miscellaneous Personal Services 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 Personal Services Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Miscellaneous Personal Services 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.