Wood Crafting
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Wood Crafting occupation series (code 4605), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 243 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Wood Crafting ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Wood Work Family family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of $80,767 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.8%
- Pay change
- -0.4%
- Avg tenure
- 9.3 yrs
- Rank in family
- #2 of 6
What the Numbers Say About Wood Crafting
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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 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, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.
Code 46, the Wood Work Family family, is where the federal government classifies Wood Crafting alongside 5 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Wood Crafting postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Wood Work Family family. Across the Wood Work Family family, 1,585 employees work in 6 occupations; Wood Crafting is 15.3% of that headcount.
Salary Context
How Wood Crafting pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$80,767
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-31.2%
Where Wood Crafting ranks on federal pay
Wood Crafting earns more on average than 37% of federal occupation series (200 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Wood Crafting sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Wood Crafting.
Related Occupations in Wood Work Family
5 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpentry | 925 | $76,725 | 11.8 yrs |
| Wood Working | 220 | $69,184 | 11.5 yrs |
| Blocking and Bracing | 134 | n/a | 11.4 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Woodwork | 32 | $91,268 | 14.7 yrs |
| Patternmaking | 31 | n/a | 15.1 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Wood Crafting outside the Wood 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 (243 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($80,767 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Wood Crafting 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 Wood Work Family family occupations in the table above, or search current Wood Crafting 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.