Visual Information

What the Numbers Say About Visual Information

0.1% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Visual Information occupation (OPM code 1084): 1,672 people, headcount down -0.1% versus the prior period, a modest but trackable signal for anyone considering this specialized federal career path.

The average salary for Visual Information is $106,125 per year, placing it 3.4% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 2.4% 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 13.5 years, 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 Visual Information together with 15 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Visual Information 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.

Within the Information and Arts Group family, Visual Information is one of the top 16 occupations by headcount (#3), accounting for 8.4% of the family's combined 19,923 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (44th percentile) of pay among Information and Arts Group occupations.