Packing

What the Numbers Say About Packing

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Packing occupation (OPM code 7002): 321 people, headcount up 1.3% 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 Packing runs 9.6 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $60,145 per year, 45.3% below the $109,869 federal civilian average and up 1.2% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement.

Packing sits inside the Packing and Processing Family family (code 70), which contains 4 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Packing 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.

Within the Packing and Processing Family family, Packing is the single largest occupation by headcount, accounting for 48.0% of the family's combined 669 employees.