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, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -16.7%
- Pay change
- -6.2%
- Avg tenure
- 2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #17 of 19
FedScope read on Information and Arts Student Trainee (thin series)
Headcount moved down 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. Pay moved down between the two reporting periods, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. On length of service, this series shows 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. Across the Information and Arts Group family, 14,755 employees work in 19 occupations; Information and Arts Student Trainee is 0.0% of that headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Information and Arts Student Trainee pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$58,199
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-50.4%
Where Information and Arts Student Trainee ranks on lean federal pay
Information and Arts Student Trainee earns more on average 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; the highlighted bar marks Information and Arts Student Trainee.
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
- Place Information and Arts Student Trainee 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 Information and Arts Student Trainee 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.