Theater Specialist
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Theater Specialist occupation series (code 1054): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
With 8 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Theater Specialist ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Information and Arts Group family, and headcount declined from the prior period. Its average salary of n/a pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- -11.1%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 13.2 yrs
- Rank in family
- #16 of 19
FedScope read on Theater Specialist (thin series)
Headcount moved down 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. Pay moved sideways between the two reporting periods, 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.
The Information and Arts Group family (code 10) groups Theater Specialist together with 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Theater Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Information and Arts Group family. Theater Specialist makes up 0.1% of the Information and Arts Group family's 14,755 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Theater Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Theater Specialist ranks on lean federal pay
Theater Specialist earns more on average than 0% of federal occupation series (0 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Theater Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Theater 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 Theater 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 (8 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families (n/a here).
Key takeaways
- Place Theater 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 Theater 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.