Federal Workforce Data, Transparent & Searchable
The entire U.S. federal civilian workforce, by agency, occupation, pay grade, and state, straight from official OPM Federal Workforce Data.
- Employees
- 1,953,300
- Agencies
- 126
- Occupations
- 663
- States & terr.
- 51
The national picture
The U.S. federal government employs 1,953,300 civilian workers across 126 agencies and 663 occupation series across 51 states, including DC, at an average salary of $117,339. Headcount declined -3.6% from May 2026.
- Employees
- 1,953,300
- Agencies
- 126
- Avg salary
- $117,339
- Net change
- -3.6%
Largest federal agencies by workforce size
Federal civilian employment concentrates in a handful of large departments. Each rectangle is sized to that agency's headcount, so the biggest employers dominate the view at a glance, drawn directly from the 126 agencies in OPM FedScope.
Source: OPM FedScope Employment Cubes (June 2026). See methodology.
Is the federal workforce growing or shrinking?
Monthly accessions (people joining federal service) against separations (people leaving), over the most recent year of OPM FedScope dynamics data, the clearest read on whether the workforce is growing or contracting.
Monthly accessions vs separations
Federal civilian workforce inflow and outflow by month
Source: OPM FedScope, Federal Workforce Dynamics (June 2026).
Federal Employees
1,953,300
-3.6% from May 2026
Average Salary
$117,339
+0.0% from May 2026
Federal Agencies
126
Avg Length of Service
13.3 yrs
Latest Workforce Flow (Jun 2026)
Accessions
+16,610
Separations
-16,299
Net Change
+311
Top Agencies by Workforce Size
View all| # | Agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Veterans Affairs | 445,351 | $114,508 | -0.1% |
| 2 | Department of Homeland Security | 225,568 | $123,007 | -0.0% |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | 201,061 | n/a | +0.3% |
| 4 | Department of the Army | 187,785 | n/a | -0.3% |
| 5 | Department of the Air Force | 151,285 | n/a | -0.1% |
| 6 | Department of Justice | 107,082 | $123,744 | +0.7% |
| 7 | Department of Treasury | 83,812 | $93,885 | -0.6% |
| 8 | Department of Agriculture | 78,075 | $88,512 | +0.8% |
| 9 | Department of Health and Human Services | 72,919 | $137,792 | -0.4% |
| 10 | Department of Defense | 70,493 | n/a | -51.3% |
Top States by Federal Employment
View all| # | State | Employees | Avg Salary | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 15,145 | $104,265 | +0.2% |
| 2 | Alaska | 5,778 | $108,775 | +0.5% |
| 3 | Arizona | 23,479 | $104,382 | -0.1% |
| 4 | Arkansas | 9,591 | $102,501 | +0.4% |
| 5 | California | 78,484 | $124,322 | +0.2% |
| 6 | Colorado | 24,385 | $120,244 | +0.1% |
| 7 | Connecticut | 5,003 | $123,699 | +0.2% |
| 8 | Delaware | 2,221 | $116,878 | -0.1% |
| 9 | District of Columbia | 96,552 | $154,024 | -0.0% |
| 10 | Florida | 55,342 | $111,473 | +0.3% |
Federal Employment Guides
Understanding Federal Pay
GS, SES, and WG pay systems, plus how locality pay adjustments work.
GS Pay Scale Explained
Grades 1–15, steps 1–10, and what determines your federal pay grade.
Federal Workforce Trends
Which agencies are growing, where jobs concentrate, and what OPM data reveals.
Highest-Paying Federal Jobs
Top 20 occupations by salary, from physicians to cybersecurity engineers.
How to Get a Government Job
USAJobs, federal resume writing, GS qualifications, and clearances.
Explore More
Occupations
Browse 634 federal occupations by employee count and salary.
GS Pay Scale
View employee counts and average salaries by GS grade level.
Demographics
Age distribution and education levels across the federal workforce.
Workforce Trends
Monthly hiring and separation data with breakdowns by type.
Download the 51-jurisdiction duty-station extract: federal-workforce-by-state.csv (same file as /statistics).
How these figures are calculated
The employee, agency, and occupation counts above are computed live from PlainGovJobs' own OPM FedScope-sourced database, not hand-typed. The agency treemap sizes each block by that agency's actual employee_count from the same query, one hue (brand navy) with area (not color) carrying the value, darkest = largest.
The Jun 2026 accessions/separations/net-change figures below are summed directly from OPM's Federal Workforce Dynamics file for that single latest reporting month; the trend line chart plots every available month in the same series chronologically, not a smoothed or modeled curve.
See the methodology page for the full source-to-page pipeline and refresh cadence.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is PlainGovJobs?
PlainGovJobs provides transparent federal workforce data from OPM FedScope, covering 126 agencies, 663 occupations, and GS pay scale information.
What is the GS pay scale?
The General Schedule is the pay scale for most white-collar federal employees, with 15 grades and 10 steps within each grade. Locality pay adjustments vary by region.
Where does the data come from?
All data comes from the Office of Personnel Management FedScope dataset, the official source for federal civilian workforce statistics.
Data & Analysis
Original analysis derived entirely from our own federal-workforce database, aggregate statistics, leaderboards, and adjacent-snapshot change (June 2026 vs May 2026 employment cubes, plus June 2024–June 2026 monthly dynamics, one OPM release per month), every figure drawn from official OPM Federal Workforce Data.
Federal Workforce Statistics
The headline aggregate reference, total employment, the largest agencies, occupations, and states, with every figure drawn live from the OPM FedScope database.
RankingsFederal Workforce Rankings
Leaderboards of federal agencies and states by employment, average salary, and length of service, each derived directly from the live database.
TrendsFederal Workforce Trends
How federal employment, pay, and occupation mix are shifting over time, based on OPM FedScope monthly dynamics data.
Data currency: Employment stock from OPM Federal Workforce Data June 2026 (prior-period deltas vs May 2026); monthly hiring/separations from FWD Dynamics June 2024–June 2026 (filled civilian headcount and flows, not live USAJOBS vacancy listings). State pages sum only duty stations with a disclosed US state/DC code; 898,675 employees have redacted geography in the release and appear in the national total only. Database compiled 2026-08-11. See our methodology § populations for the three windows. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.
PlainGovJobs is rendered directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes and Federal Workforce Data (FWD), no number is typed in by an editor. National headcount, agency mix, and hiring-flow charts on this page are computed live from the same OPM tables as agency, occupation, and state profiles. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of June 2026. 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.