Exhibits Specialist
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Exhibits Specialist occupation series (code 1010): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 268 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Exhibits Specialist ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Information and Arts Group family, and headcount grew from the prior period. Its average salary of $103,348 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- +1.1%
- Pay change
- -0.1%
- Avg tenure
- 16.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #11 of 19
What the Numbers Say About Exhibits Specialist
For job seekers weighing career length: 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 up 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. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The Information and Arts Group family (code 10) groups Exhibits Specialist together with 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Exhibits Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Information and Arts Group family. The Information and Arts Group family totals 14,755 employees, and Exhibits Specialist accounts for 1.8% of them.
Salary Context
How Exhibits Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$103,348
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-11.9%
Where Exhibits Specialist ranks on federal pay
Exhibits Specialist earns more on average than 56% of federal occupation series (303 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Exhibits Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Exhibits Specialist.
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 |
| Audiovisual Production | 619 | $128,404 | 16 yrs |
| Museum Curator | 490 | $125,118 | 17.5 yrs |
| Interior Design | 355 | $105,579 | 11 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Exhibits Specialist 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 (268 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($103,348 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Exhibits Specialist 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 Exhibits Specialist 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.