Miscellaneous Personal Services

What the Numbers Say About Miscellaneous Personal Services

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Miscellaneous Personal Services occupation (OPM code 7601): 67 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 8.2 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $45,714 per year, 58.4% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 1.5% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.

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, 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.

Miscellaneous Personal Services makes up 85.9% of the 78 employees across the Personal Services Family family, ranking #1 of 2 occupations in that family by headcount.