Wood Working

What the Numbers Say About Wood Working

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Wood Working occupation (OPM code 4604): 419 people, headcount up 0.5% 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.

The average salary for Wood Working is $65,596 per year, placing it 40.3% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 1.3% from the prior period, a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. Average length of service in this role is 9.8 years, 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, 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.

Wood Working makes up 20.9% of the 2,004 employees across the Wood Work Family family, ranking #2 of 6 occupations in that family by headcount.