Audiovisual Production
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Audiovisual Production occupation series (code 1071): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Audiovisual Production is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 619 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Information and Arts Group family. At an average salary of $128,404 it pays above the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -15.4%
- Pay change
- +0.3%
- Avg tenure
- 16 yrs
- Rank in family
- #8 of 19
What the Numbers Say About Audiovisual Production
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 long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
The Information and Arts Group family (code 10) groups Audiovisual Production together with 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Audiovisual Production postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Information and Arts Group family. Audiovisual Production makes up 4.2% of the Information and Arts Group family's 14,755 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (83rd percentile) of pay among Information and Arts Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Audiovisual Production pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$128,404
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+9.4%
Where Audiovisual Production ranks on rich federal pay
Audiovisual Production earns more on average than 74% of federal occupation series (399 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Audiovisual Production sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Audiovisual Production.
Related Occupations in Information and Arts Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Affairs | 5,552 | $129,060 | 14.3 yrs |
| General Arts and Information | 2,759 | $126,733 | 14.5 yrs |
| Visual Information | 1,245 | $110,638 | 15.6 yrs |
| Language Specialist | 864 | $117,705 | 11.8 yrs |
| Technical Writing and Editing | 816 | $128,063 | 14.1 yrs |
| Writing and Editing | 760 | $138,055 | 15.2 yrs |
| Museum Specialist and Technician | 657 | $91,362 | 13.8 yrs |
| Museum Curator | 490 | $125,118 | 17.5 yrs |
| Interior Design | 355 | $105,579 | 11 yrs |
| Exhibits Specialist | 268 | $103,348 | 16.7 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Audiovisual Production outside the Information and Arts Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (619 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($128,404 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Audiovisual Production 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 Information and Arts Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Audiovisual Production 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.