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OPM FedScope March 2025 Information and Arts Group

Information and Arts Student Trainee

Everything OPM FedScope (March 2025) reports about the Information and Arts Student Trainee occupation series (code 1099): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.

The verdict

Information and Arts Student Trainee is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 30 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Information and Arts Group family. At an average salary of $49,330 it pays below the federal average of $109,869, and headcount declined 30.2% from the prior period.

Employees
30
Share of workforce
0.0%
Avg salary
$49,330
Avg tenure
2 yrs

What the Numbers Say About Information and Arts Student Trainee

0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Information and Arts Student Trainee occupation (OPM code 1099): 30 people, headcount down -30.2% 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.

Information and Arts Student Trainee pays $49,330 per year on average, 55.1% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 9.4% 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 2 years, a comparatively short average tenure, which can reflect faster turnover, a competitive private-sector alternative, or a newer program still building up its workforce.

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

Information and Arts Student Trainee makes up 0.2% of the 19,923 employees across the Information and Arts Group family, ranking #15 of 16 occupations in that family by headcount.

Employees

30

-30.2% from prior period

Average Salary

$49,330

+9.4%

Avg Length of Service

2 yrs

Occupation Family

Information and Arts Group

Salary Context

How Information and Arts Student Trainee pay compares to the federal average of $109,869

Occupation Average

$49,330

Federal Average

$109,869

vs. Federal Avg

-55.1%

Where Information and Arts Student Trainee ranks on federal pay

Its average salary of $49,330 is higher than 5% of federal occupation series (34 of 634). The highlighted bar marks where Information and Arts Student Trainee sits in the federal pay distribution.

$16,074132$63,787308$111,499167$159,21223$206,9242$254,6372
Distribution of average salary across all 634 federal occupation series (OPM FedScope) - Information and Arts Student Trainee is in the highlighted range.

Average-salary distribution across all 634 federal occupation series; Information and Arts Student Trainee ranks higher than 5%.

Source: OPM FedScope Employment Cubes As of March 2025

10 other occupations in the same family

Occupation Employees Avg Salary
Public Affairs 7,623 $120,238
General Arts and Information 3,933 $122,643
Visual Information 1,672 $106,125
Writing and Editing 1,191 $127,133
Technical Writing and Editing 1,092 $114,324
Language Specialist 972 $114,230
Audiovisual Production 919 $116,980
Museum Specialist and Technician 685 $90,437
Museum Curator 566 $118,955
Interior Design 461 $106,732

Frequently Asked Questions

How many federal employees work as Information and Arts Student Trainee?
Information and Arts Student Trainee employs 30 federal workers as of March 2025, a 0.0% share of the total federal civilian workforce.
What is the average salary for Information and Arts Student Trainee in the federal government?
Federal employees in the Information and Arts Student Trainee occupation earn an average of $49,330 per year, 55.1% below the $109,869 federal-wide average.
What occupation family does Information and Arts Student Trainee belong to?
Information and Arts Student Trainee (code 1099) belongs to the Information and Arts Group family (code 10). There are 16 occupations in this family.
What is the average length of service for Information and Arts Student Trainee?
Information and Arts Student Trainee employees stay an average of 2 years, compared with the 11.8-year federal-wide average.
Is the Information and Arts Student Trainee workforce growing or shrinking?
Since the prior reporting period, Information and Arts Student Trainee has shed about 13 positions, a 30.2% decrease.
How does Information and Arts Student Trainee pay compare to private sector salaries?
For a private-sector comparison, see the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program; on the federal side, Information and Arts Student Trainee averages $49,330, 55.1% below the $109,869 federal-wide average.

Data Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) FedScope Employment Cubes, March 2025. Federal civilian non-seasonal full-time and part-time employees. Data does not include military personnel, postal workers, or intelligence agency staff. Last updated: 2026-03-10.

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