Prescription Eyeglass Making
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Prescription Eyeglass Making occupation series (code 4010): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 125 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Prescription Eyeglass Making ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Lens and Crystal Work Family family. Its average salary of $65,549 pays below the $117,339 federal average.
- Employees
- 125
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $65,549
- Avg tenure
- 11.5 yrs
FedScope read on Prescription Eyeglass Making (thin series)
As of the June 2026 reporting window, 125 people work in the Prescription Eyeglass Making occupation (OPM code 4010) across federal agencies, 0.0% of the 1,953,300-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved sideways by 0.0% from 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.
Prescription Eyeglass Making pays $65,549 per year on average, moving down -1.1% from the prior period (a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement). Employees in this role stay an average of 11.5 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Prescription Eyeglass Making sits inside the Lens and Crystal Work Family family (code 40), which contains 1 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Prescription Eyeglass Making postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Lens and Crystal Work Family family.
Prescription Eyeglass Making makes up 100.0% of the 125 employees across the Lens and Crystal Work Family family, ranking #1 of 1 occupations in that family by headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Prescription Eyeglass Making pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$65,549
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-44.1%
Where Prescription Eyeglass Making ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $65,549 is higher than 21% of federal occupation series (112 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Prescription Eyeglass Making sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Prescription Eyeglass Making ranks higher than 21%.
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Prescription Eyeglass Making outside the Lens and Crystal Work 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 (125 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($65,549 here).
Key takeaways
- Prescription Eyeglass Making pays below the federal average by 44.1% ($65,549 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 21st percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 125 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Prescription Eyeglass Making ranks #455 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Prescription Eyeglass Making makes up 100.0% of the 125 employees across the Lens and Crystal Work Family family, ranking #1 of 1 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.