Rubber Equipment Repairing

What the Numbers Say About Rubber Equipment Repairing

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Rubber Equipment Repairing occupation (OPM code 4361): 23 people, headcount up 9.5% 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.

Rubber Equipment Repairing pays $65,989 per year on average, 39.9% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 4.5% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 8.2 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

Rubber Equipment Repairing sits inside the Pliable Materials Work Family family (code 43), which contains 4 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Rubber Equipment Repairing 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 Pliable Materials Work Family family, Rubber Equipment Repairing ranks #4 of 4 by headcount, accounting for 1.6% of the family's combined 1,395 employees.