Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating occupation series (code 3378), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 318 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Instrument Work Family family. At an average salary of $91,703 it pays below the federal average, and headcount edged down from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -0.3%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 5
What the Numbers Say About Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating
Headcount moved down 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. Pay moved sideways between the two reporting periods, 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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating sits inside the Instrument Work Family family (code 33), which contains 5 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Instrument Work Family family. Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating makes up 44.3% of the Instrument Work Family family's 718 combined employees.
Salary Context
How Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$91,703
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-21.8%
Where Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating ranks on federal pay
Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating earns more on average than 47% of federal occupation series (254 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating.
Related Occupations in Instrument Work Family
4 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrument Mechanic | 330 | $58,348 | 12.8 yrs |
| Optical Instrument Repairing | 66 | n/a | 12.7 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Instrument Work | 3 | $85,233 | 16.5 yrs |
| Instrument Making | 1 | n/a | 30.8 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating outside the Instrument Work Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (318 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($91,703 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating 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 Instrument Work Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Precision Measurement Equipment Calibrating 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.