Museum Specialist and Technician
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Museum Specialist and Technician occupation series (code 1016).
The verdict
In the Information and Arts Group family, Museum Specialist and Technician counts 657 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount grew from the prior period; pay averages $91,362, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- +1.9%
- Pay change
- -1.0%
- Avg tenure
- 13.8 yrs
- Rank in family
- #7 of 19
What the Numbers Say About Museum Specialist and Technician
On pay, the move between reporting periods was a modest shift, consistent with routine locality pay and grade-level movement. 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. Headcount moved up versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.
Code 10, the Information and Arts Group family, is where the federal government classifies Museum Specialist and Technician alongside 18 related occupations. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Museum Specialist and Technician 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; Museum Specialist and Technician is 4.5% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (28th percentile) of pay among Information and Arts Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Museum Specialist and Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$91,362
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-22.1%
Where Museum Specialist and Technician ranks on federal pay
Museum Specialist and Technician earns more on average than 47% of federal occupation series (252 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Museum Specialist and Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Museum Specialist and Technician.
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 |
| Audiovisual Production | 619 | $128,404 | 16 yrs |
| Museum Curator | 490 | $125,118 | 17.5 yrs |
| Interior Design | 355 | $105,579 | 11 yrs |
| Exhibits Specialist | 268 | $103,348 | 16.7 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Museum Specialist and Technician 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 (657 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($91,362 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Museum Specialist and Technician 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 Museum Specialist and Technician 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.