Printing Services
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Printing Services occupation series (code 1654): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 327 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Printing Services ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, and headcount edged up from the prior period. Its average salary of $130,018 pays above the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +0.3%
- Pay change
- +0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 19.2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 8
What the Numbers Say About Printing Services
Headcount moved up 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 up 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.
Code 16, the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, is where the federal government classifies Printing Services alongside 7 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Printing Services postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family. The Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family totals 15,807 employees, and Printing Services accounts for 2.1% of them.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Printing Services pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$130,018
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+10.8%
Where Printing Services ranks on rich federal pay
Printing Services earns more on average than 75% of federal occupation series (408 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Printing Services sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Printing Services.
Related Occupations in Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group
7 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment Facilities, and Services | 5,680 | $110,317 | 17.2 yrs |
| Equipment Services | 5,166 | $108,645 | 16.5 yrs |
| Facility Operations Services | 3,223 | $115,355 | 17.3 yrs |
| Equipment, Facilities, and Services Assistance | 576 | $65,962 | 12.1 yrs |
| Cemetery Administration Services | 414 | $84,117 | 13.6 yrs |
| Food Services | 388 | $105,849 | 15.4 yrs |
| Laundry Operations Services | 33 | $88,165 | 19.9 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Printing Services outside the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (327 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($130,018 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Printing Services 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 Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Printing Services 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.