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.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 11.7 yrs
- Rank in family
- #15 of 19
FedScope read on Music Specialist (thin series)
On pay, the move between reporting periods was 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. Headcount moved sideways 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.
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. Across the Information and Arts Group family, 14,755 employees work in 19 occupations; Music Specialist is 0.1% of that headcount.
Salary Context
How Music Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$106,903
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-8.9%
Where Music Specialist ranks on federal pay
Music Specialist earns more on average 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; the highlighted bar marks Music Specialist.
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
- Place Music Specialist 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 Music Specialist 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.