Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic (Series 5803) — Federal Hiring, Grades & Pay

Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic

There are 78 open federal jobs in occupational series 5803 (Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic) as of October 23, 2026; the median advertised salary is $67,444.

The government made 365 hires in this series over the last twelve months, and 78 roles are advertised here today. This is one of the better-advertised federal lanes.

Ayla Research · OPM Federal Workforce Data · through Aug 2026

Where it is hiring

Top agencies

Department of the Army	212
Department of the Air Force	113
Department of the Navy	31
Department of Veterans Affairs	3
Department of Interior	2
Department of Defense	2
Department of Energy	2

Top states

Ohio	2
Florida	1
Kansas	1
Oregon	1
Utah	1
Washington	1

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 98% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 365 hires.

Related occupations

Other series in the 5800 group, by federal hires over the same twelve months.

Misc Transportation/Mobile Equipmt MaintneSeries 5801 · 737 hires

Starting pay

Not reported for this series. OPM redacts annual_pay wherever a duty location is small enough to identify someone, and a few agencies record a single flat figure for every hire. Rather than publish a number that would look like a salary and behave like an artefact, we leave it out.

On the board now

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Method

Hires are OPM Federal Workforce Data accessions over the trailing twelve months of published data. Postings are live listings in the Ayla job graph carrying this occupational series. A twelve-month flow and a live stock are different measures — the comparison describes how thinly a lane is advertised, not an individual’s chances.