Tools and Parts Attending
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Tools and Parts Attending occupation series (code 6904).
The verdict
Tools and Parts Attending is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 888 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family. At an average salary of $64,659 it pays below the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -1.3%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 9.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 9
FedScope read on Tools and Parts Attending (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family (code 69) groups Tools and Parts Attending together with 8 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Tools and Parts Attending postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family. The Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family totals 10,194 employees, and Tools and Parts Attending accounts for 8.7% of them. Its average salary ranks right at the midpoint of pay among Warehousing and Stock Handling Family occupations.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Tools and Parts Attending pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$64,659
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-44.9%
Where Tools and Parts Attending ranks on lean federal pay
Tools and Parts Attending earns more on average than 19% of federal occupation series (104 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Tools and Parts Attending sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Tools and Parts Attending.
Related Occupations in Warehousing and Stock Handling Family
8 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Handler | 5,317 | $67,371 | 12.1 yrs |
| Store Working | 1,980 | $51,622 | 9.7 yrs |
| Materials Expediting | 821 | $62,168 | 10.4 yrs |
| Materials Examining and Identifying | 560 | $61,924 | 10.5 yrs |
| Hazardous Waste Disposing | 212 | $58,478 | 11.5 yrs |
| Aircraft Freight Loading | 165 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
| Misc Warehousing and Stock Handling | 131 | $73,379 | 11.9 yrs |
| Bulk Money Handling | 120 | $69,330 | 16 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Tools and Parts Attending outside the Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (888 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($64,659 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Tools and Parts Attending 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 Warehousing and Stock Handling Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Tools and Parts Attending 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.