Wood Working
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Wood Working occupation series (code 4604).
The verdict
With 220 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Wood Working ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Wood Work Family family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of $69,184 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -42.4%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 11.5 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 6
What the Numbers Say About Wood Working
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. Pay moved sideways 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 mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
The Wood Work Family family (code 46) groups Wood Working together with 5 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Wood Working postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Wood Work Family family. Wood Working makes up 13.9% of the Wood Work Family family's 1,585 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Wood Working pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$69,184
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-41.0%
Where Wood Working ranks on lean federal pay
Wood Working earns more on average than 25% of federal occupation series (134 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Wood Working sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Wood Working.
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 Crafting | 243 | $80,767 | 9.3 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 Working 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 (220 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($69,184 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Wood Working 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 Working 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.