Visual Information
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Visual Information occupation series (code 1084): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
In the Information and Arts Group family, Visual Information counts 1,245 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.1% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages $110,638, which pays near the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -7.0%
- Pay change
- -0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 15.6 yrs
- Rank in family
- #3 of 19
FedScope read on Visual Information (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.
The Information and Arts Group family (code 10) groups Visual Information together with 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Visual Information postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Information and Arts Group family. Visual Information makes up 8.4% of the Information and Arts Group family's 14,755 combined employees. Its average salary ranks in the top half (56th percentile) of pay among Information and Arts Group occupations.
Salary Context
How Visual Information pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$110,638
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-5.7%
Where Visual Information ranks on federal pay
Visual Information earns more on average than 61% of federal occupation series (332 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Visual Information sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Visual Information.
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 |
| 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 |
| Exhibits Specialist | 268 | $103,348 | 16.7 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this dense headcount
Two peer sets for Visual Information outside the Information and Arts 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 (1,245 here).
Similar average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($110,638 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Visual Information 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 Visual Information 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.