Records and Information Management

What the Numbers Say About Records and Information Management

0.1% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Records and Information Management occupation (OPM code 308): 1,309 people, headcount down -1.7% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

The average salary for Records and Information Management is $111,693 per year, placing it 1.7% above the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.7% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 15 years, a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.

Records and Information Management sits inside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family (code 3), which contains 28 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Records and Information Management postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Records and Information Management makes up 0.4% of the 339,466 employees across the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, ranking #15 of 28 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (71st percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.