Information and Arts Student Trainee
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) 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: 5 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Information and Arts Group family. At an average salary of $58,199 it pays below the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 16.7% from the prior period.
- Employees
- 5
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $58,199
- Avg tenure
- 2 yrs
FedScope read on Information and Arts Student Trainee (thin series)
0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Information and Arts Student Trainee occupation (OPM code 1099): 5 people, headcount down -16.7% 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 $58,199 per year on average, moving down -6.2% 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 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Information and Arts Student Trainee postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Information and Arts Group family.
Information and Arts Student Trainee makes up 0.0% of the 14,755 employees across the Information and Arts Group family, ranking #17 of 19 occupations in that family by headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Information and Arts Student Trainee pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$58,199
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-50.4%
Where Information and Arts Student Trainee ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $58,199 is higher than 12% of federal occupation series (64 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Information and Arts Student Trainee sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Information and Arts Student Trainee ranks higher than 12%.
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 peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Information and Arts Student Trainee outside the Information and Arts Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (5 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($58,199 here).
Key takeaways
- Information and Arts Student Trainee pays below the federal average by 50.4% ($58,199 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 12th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 5 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined 16.7% from the prior period.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Information and Arts Student Trainee ranks #644 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Information and Arts Student Trainee makes up 0.0% of the 14,755 employees across the Information and Arts Group family, ranking #17 of 19 occupations in that family by headcount.
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.