Music Specialist
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Music Specialist occupation series (code 1051): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Music Specialist is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 11 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the Information and Arts Group family. At an average salary of $106,903 it pays below the federal average of $117,339.
- Employees
- 11
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $106,903
- Avg tenure
- 11.7 yrs
FedScope read on Music Specialist (thin series)
0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Music Specialist occupation (OPM code 1051): 11 people, headcount sideways 0.0% 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.
Average tenure in Music Specialist runs 11.7 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career. Pay averages $106,903 per year, down 0.0% from the prior period, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The Information and Arts Group family (code 10) groups Music Specialist together with 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Music Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Information and Arts Group family.
Inside the Information and Arts Group family (19 occupations, 14,755 employees combined), Music Specialist holds the #15 spot by headcount, a 0.1% share of the family total.
Salary Context
How Music Specialist pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$106,903
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-8.9%
Where Music Specialist ranks on federal pay
Its average salary of $106,903 is higher than 59% of federal occupation series (318 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Music Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Music Specialist ranks higher than 59%.
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 Music Specialist 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 (11 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($106,903 here).
Key takeaways
- Music Specialist pays below the federal average by 8.9% ($106,903 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 59th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 11 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Music Specialist ranks #626 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Inside the Information and Arts Group family (19 occupations, 14,755 employees combined), Music Specialist holds the #15 spot by headcount, a 0.1% share of the family total.
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.