General Arts and Information

What the Numbers Say About General Arts and Information

Federal agencies employ 3,933 people in the General Arts and Information occupation (OPM code 1001), accounting for 0.2% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved down by -3.9% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

General Arts and Information pays $122,643 per year on average, 11.6% above the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 4.3% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 12.6 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Information and Arts Group family (code 10) groups General Arts and Information together with 15 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for General Arts and Information 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.

General Arts and Information makes up 19.7% of the 19,923 employees across the Information and Arts Group family, ranking #2 of 16 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (88th percentile) of pay among Information and Arts Group occupations.