Interior Design
Federal headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison for the Interior Design occupation series (code 1008), drawn directly from the OPM FedScope dataset (June 2026).
The verdict
With 355 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Interior Design ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Information and Arts Group family, and headcount edged down from the prior period. Its average salary of $105,579 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -0.3%
- Pay change
- -0.2%
- Avg tenure
- 11 yrs
- Rank in family
- #10 of 19
What the Numbers Say About Interior Design
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 small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
Code 10, the Information and Arts Group family, is where the federal government classifies Interior Design alongside 18 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Interior Design 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 Interior Design accounts for 2.4% of them.
Salary Context
How Interior Design pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$105,579
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-10.0%
Where Interior Design ranks on federal pay
Interior Design earns more on average than 57% of federal occupation series (311 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Interior Design sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Interior Design.
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 |
| Exhibits Specialist | 268 | $103,348 | 16.7 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Interior Design 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 (355 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($105,579 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Interior Design 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 Interior Design 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.