Records and Information Management
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Records and Information Management occupation series (code 0308).
The verdict
Records and Information Management is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 1,066 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family. At an average salary of $121,161 it pays near the federal average, and headcount declined from the prior period.
- Headcount change
- -2.6%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 17 yrs
- Rank in family
- #13 of 31
FedScope read on Records and Information Management (dense series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved down versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
Records and Information Management sits inside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family (code 03), which contains 31 related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Records and Information Management postings should also review these sibling occupations in the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family. Across the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, 260,640 employees work in 31 occupations; Records and Information Management is 0.4% of that headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (76th percentile) of pay among General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group occupations.
Salary context · rich-pay series
How Records and Information Management pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$121,161
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+3.3%
Where Records and Information Management ranks on rich federal pay
Records and Information Management earns more on average than 69% of federal occupation series (371 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Records and Information Management sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Records and Information Management.
Related Occupations in General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Administration and Program | 84,990 | $125,183 | 15.6 yrs |
| Management and Program Analysis | 73,337 | $134,823 | 16.7 yrs |
| Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant | 35,782 | $53,568 | 10.4 yrs |
| Logistics Management | 20,350 | $117,169 | 15 yrs |
| Program Management | 15,235 | $178,573 | 19.9 yrs |
| Administrative Officer | 8,149 | $110,689 | 18 yrs |
| Secretary | 5,419 | $66,321 | 14.3 yrs |
| Telecommunications | 3,607 | $127,955 | 16.5 yrs |
| Management and Program Clerical and Assistance | 3,112 | $68,111 | 14 yrs |
| Government Information Specialist | 2,335 | $124,799 | 17.1 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Records and Information Management outside the General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar dense headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (1,066 here).
Similar rich average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($121,161 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Records and Information Management 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 General Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Records and Information Management 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.