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 $117,339 federal average.
- Employees
- 51
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $44,501
- Avg tenure
- 10.6 yrs
FedScope read on Miscellaneous Personal Services (thin series)
0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Miscellaneous Personal Services occupation (OPM code 7601): 51 people, headcount sideways 0.0% 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.
Average tenure in Miscellaneous Personal Services runs 10.6 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $44,501 per year, down 0.0% from the prior period, 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.
Miscellaneous Personal Services makes up 81.0% of the 63 employees across the Personal Services Family family, ranking #1 of 2 occupations in that family by headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Miscellaneous Personal Services pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$44,501
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-62.1%
Where Miscellaneous Personal Services ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $44,501 is higher 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; Miscellaneous Personal Services ranks higher than 2%.
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
- Miscellaneous Personal Services pays below the federal average by 62.1% ($44,501 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 2nd percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 51 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Miscellaneous Personal Services ranks #540 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Miscellaneous Personal Services makes up 81.0% of the 63 employees across the Personal Services Family family, ranking #1 of 2 occupations in that family by headcount.
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.