Federal Agencies
126 federal agencies employing 1,953,300 workers, OPM FedScope, June 2026.
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| # | Agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Veterans Affairs (32 sub-agencies) | 445,351 | $114,508 | 11.1 yrs | -0.1% |
| 2 | Department of Homeland Security (13 sub-agencies) | 225,568 | $123,007 | 12.9 yrs | -0.0% |
| 3 | Department of the Navy (20 sub-agencies) | 201,061 | n/a | 13.4 yrs | +0.3% |
| 4 | Department of the Army (60 sub-agencies) | 187,785 | n/a | 14.5 yrs | -0.3% |
| 5 | Department of the Air Force (57 sub-agencies) | 151,285 | n/a | 13.7 yrs | -0.1% |
| 6 | Department of Justice (11 sub-agencies) | 107,082 | $123,744 | 13.5 yrs | +0.7% |
| 7 | Department of Treasury (10 sub-agencies) | 83,812 | $93,885 | 13.1 yrs | -0.6% |
| 8 | Department of Agriculture (29 sub-agencies) | 78,075 | $88,512 | 13.5 yrs | +0.8% |
| 9 | Department of Health and Human Services (17 sub-agencies) | 72,919 | $137,792 | 14.5 yrs | -0.4% |
| 10 | Department of Defense (7 sub-agencies) | 70,493 | n/a | 12.5 yrs | -51.3% |
| 11 | Department of Interior (14 sub-agencies) | 59,853 | $92,281 | 13.3 yrs | +1.6% |
| 12 | Department of Transportation (11 sub-agencies) | 52,923 | $143,624 | 15.2 yrs | +0.4% |
| 13 | Social Security Administration (1 sub-agencies) | 49,439 | $103,798 | 16.1 yrs | -0.2% |
| 14 | Department of Commerce (12 sub-agencies) | 41,007 | $129,985 | 14.4 yrs | +0.4% |
| 15 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (10 sub-agencies) | 14,248 | $153,014 | 17.8 yrs | +2.0% |
| 16 | Department of Energy (2 sub-agencies) | 13,339 | $149,925 | 16.2 yrs | -0.2% |
| 17 | Environmental Protection Agency (1 sub-agencies) | 12,513 | $139,471 | 15.1 yrs | -0.4% |
| 18 | Department of State (1 sub-agencies) | 11,354 | $137,896 | 15 yrs | -0.1% |
| 19 | Department of Labor (21 sub-agencies) | 11,041 | $129,942 | 16.3 yrs | +0.1% |
| 20 | General Services Administration (17 sub-agencies) | 8,282 | $135,215 | 16.7 yrs | -0.5% |
| 21 | Department of Housing and Urban Development (12 sub-agencies) | 5,859 | $145,372 | 15.9 yrs | -0.1% |
| 22 | Small Business Administration (1 sub-agencies) | 5,086 | $101,353 | 9.4 yrs | -0.2% |
| 23 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1 sub-agencies) | 5,009 | $185,614 | 16.4 yrs | -0.7% |
| 24 | Smithsonian Institution (3 sub-agencies) | 4,109 | $105,109 | 16.3 yrs | +0.2% |
| 25 | Securities and Exchange Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 3,927 | $240,371 | 18.6 yrs | -0.4% |
| 26 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 2,477 | $158,599 | 19.4 yrs | +0.8% |
| 27 | National Archives and Records Administration (1 sub-agencies) | 2,349 | $95,981 | 15.4 yrs | -0.4% |
| 28 | Department of Education (18 sub-agencies) | 2,279 | $147,639 | 15.1 yrs | +0.3% |
| 29 | Office of Personnel Management (1 sub-agencies) | 1,984 | $117,330 | 14.7 yrs | +0.4% |
| 30 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 1,677 | $127,945 | 16.6 yrs | -0.1% |
| 31 | Government Publishing Office (1 sub-agencies) | 1,625 | $115,990 | 17.7 yrs | -0.1% |
| 32 | Federal Communications Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 1,187 | $173,186 | 19.3 yrs | -0.3% |
| 33 | National Science Foundation (1 sub-agencies) | 1,104 | $165,766 | 16.7 yrs | -0.6% |
| 34 | Federal Reserve System (1 sub-agencies) | 1,082 | $198,516 | 16.1 yrs | -1.5% |
| 35 | National Labor Relations Board (1 sub-agencies) | 1,041 | $149,601 | 18.8 yrs | -0.3% |
| 36 | Federal Trade Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 1,029 | $174,855 | 14.7 yrs | +0.3% |
| 37 | National Credit Union Administration (1 sub-agencies) | 926 | $315,000 | 15.9 yrs | -0.5% |
| 38 | Court Services and Offendr Supervsn Agy (2 sub-agencies) | 912 | $128,226 | 17.8 yrs | +1.1% |
| 39 | U.s.agency for Global Media (1 sub-agencies) | 802 | $143,598 | 16.5 yrs | -1.4% |
| 40 | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (1 sub-agencies) | 733 | $158,974 | 17.3 yrs | -1.6% |
| 41 | Railroad Retirement Board (1 sub-agencies) | 684 | $112,310 | 18 yrs | -0.7% |
| 42 | Peace Corps (1 sub-agencies) | 610 | $148,998 | 12.4 yrs | -1.3% |
| 43 | Federal Housing Finance Agency (2 sub-agencies) | 598 | $210,207 | 18.1 yrs | -0.3% |
| 44 | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 579 | $242,522 | 16.3 yrs | +2.1% |
| 45 | Dfc (1 sub-agencies) | 532 | $162,181 | 12.8 yrs | +0.2% |
| 46 | Office of Management and Budget (1 sub-agencies) | 514 | $170,220 | 14 yrs | -0.2% |
| 47 | Consumer Product Safety Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 425 | $156,024 | 17.5 yrs | +1.0% |
| 48 | National Transportation Safety Board (1 sub-agencies) | 406 | $163,783 | 18 yrs | 0.0% |
| 49 | U.S. International Trade Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 402 | $162,519 | 15.1 yrs | -0.5% |
| 50 | Corp for National and Community Service (1 sub-agencies) | 376 | $121,764 | 11.1 yrs | -5.8% |
| 51 | Export-Import Bank of the United States (1 sub-agencies) | 344 | $155,744 | 15.7 yrs | +3.3% |
| 52 | Presidio Trust (1 sub-agencies) | 324 | $132,618 | 11.5 yrs | +0.6% |
| 53 | Farm Credit Administration (1 sub-agencies) | 319 | $314,528 | 13.5 yrs | +5.3% |
| 54 | Armed Forces Retirement Home (1 sub-agencies) | 275 | $80,325 | 11.2 yrs | +1.5% |
| 55 | Federal Election Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 256 | $145,174 | 17.5 yrs | +2.0% |
| 56 | Office of Administration (1 sub-agencies) | 256 | $134,199 | 15.2 yrs | -1.2% |
| 57 | Inter Bound and Water Comm U.S. Section (1 sub-agencies) | 245 | $89,447 | 14.6 yrs | -0.8% |
| 58 | U.S. Agency for International Development (1 sub-agencies) | 234 | $160,363 | 16.1 yrs | -0.8% |
| 59 | Fed Retirement Thrift Investment Board (1 sub-agencies) | 233 | $164,335 | 17.7 yrs | 0.0% |
| 60 | Millennium Challenge Corporation (1 sub-agencies) | 229 | $186,485 | 14.4 yrs | +0.4% |
| 61 | National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (3 sub-agencies) | 222 | $142,191 | 14 yrs | +2.3% |
| 62 | Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (1 sub-agencies) | 220 | $170,336 | 14.5 yrs | +0.9% |
| 63 | Judicial Branch (1 sub-agencies) | 170 | $124,428 | 11.2 yrs | +3.0% |
| 64 | Merit Systems Protection Board (1 sub-agencies) | 155 | $168,158 | 17.6 yrs | -1.3% |
| 65 | Office of Special Counsel (1 sub-agencies) | 127 | $152,616 | 12.7 yrs | +2.4% |
| 66 | Selective Service System (1 sub-agencies) | 126 | $126,906 | 12.4 yrs | -4.5% |
| 67 | Surface Transportation Board (1 sub-agencies) | 110 | $175,560 | 17.9 yrs | -0.9% |
| 68 | Federal Maritime Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 109 | $156,525 | 16 yrs | +1.9% |
| 69 | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (1 sub-agencies) | 102 | $186,271 | 18.6 yrs | +2.0% |
| 70 | Fed Mediation and Conciliation Service (1 sub-agencies) | 94 | $154,997 | 14.9 yrs | +3.3% |
| 71 | U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (1 sub-agencies) | 90 | $137,682 | 24.7 yrs | 0.0% |
| 72 | American Battle Monuments Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 77 | $120,083 | 18.1 yrs | 0.0% |
| 73 | Federal Labor Relations Authority (1 sub-agencies) | 76 | $170,174 | 17.2 yrs | -1.3% |
| 74 | Election Assistance Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 64 | $135,151 | 8.5 yrs | -1.5% |
| 75 | Office of Government Ethics (1 sub-agencies) | 58 | $159,399 | 18.8 yrs | 0.0% |
| 76 | Commission on Civil Rights (1 sub-agencies) | 50 | $137,029 | 12 yrs | 0.0% |
| 77 | Trade and Development Agency (1 sub-agencies) | 49 | $154,748 | 12.4 yrs | -2.0% |
| 78 | Medicaid & Chip Payment & Access Comm (1 sub-agencies) | 48 | $152,543 | 9.8 yrs | +2.1% |
| 79 | Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 44 | $162,801 | 17.2 yrs | +2.3% |
| 80 | Chemical Safety/hazard Investigation Bd (1 sub-agencies) | 42 | $164,703 | 13.7 yrs | 0.0% |
| 81 | Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 40 | $133,711 | 15.8 yrs | -2.4% |
| 82 | Adv Council on Historic Preservation (1 sub-agencies) | 36 | $113,554 | 8.3 yrs | 0.0% |
| 83 | Cmte for Purch Frm Pple Blind or Sev Dis (2 sub-agencies) | 34 | $155,763 | 16.6 yrs | +6.3% |
| 84 | National Capital Planning Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 33 | $144,744 | 11.8 yrs | +13.8% |
| 85 | Architectl & Trans Barrier Compliance Bd (1 sub-agencies) | 33 | $171,415 | 10.2 yrs | 0.0% |
| 86 | National Mediation Board (1 sub-agencies) | 33 | $153,476 | 17.9 yrs | 0.0% |
| 87 | Morris K. Udall & Stewart L. Udall Found (1 sub-agencies) | 33 | $95,082 | 11.5 yrs | +10.0% |
| 88 | U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 31 | $132,812 | 4.3 yrs | +6.9% |
| 89 | Ofc of the Nat Cyber Director (1 sub-agencies) | 30 | $157,076 | 10.4 yrs | -6.3% |
| 90 | U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (1 sub-agencies) | 28 | $95,877 | 8.1 yrs | +12.0% |
| 91 | National Security Council (1 sub-agencies) | 27 | $143,719 | 9.7 yrs | 0.0% |
| 92 | Council of Economic Advisers (1 sub-agencies) | 27 | $103,791 | 4.5 yrs | +22.7% |
| 93 | Council of Insp. Gen. on Integ.& Effic. (1 sub-agencies) | 24 | $180,411 | 14.8 yrs | +4.3% |
| 94 | Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight (1 sub-agencies) | 24 | $173,639 | 13.6 yrs | 0.0% |
| 95 | Marine Mammal Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 24 | $167,379 | 14.3 yrs | +4.3% |
| 96 | Inter-American Foundation (1 sub-agencies) | 22 | $143,369 | 13.5 yrs | 0.0% |
| 97 | Internat Boundary Cmsn: U.S. and Canada (1 sub-agencies) | 22 | $80,525 | 8.2 yrs | 0.0% |
| 98 | Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (1 sub-agencies) | 21 | $148,212 | 18.2 yrs | 0.0% |
| 99 | African Development Foundation (1 sub-agencies) | 21 | $119,900 | 12.2 yrs | 0.0% |
| 100 | Federal Permitting Improvement Steer (1 sub-agencies) | 20 | $157,205 | 16.3 yrs | 0.0% |
| 101 | Council on Envir Qual/ofc of Envir Qual (1 sub-agencies) | 20 | $159,191 | 10.8 yrs | -4.8% |
| 102 | National Council on Disability (1 sub-agencies) | 19 | $151,012 | 12.3 yrs | +5.6% |
| 103 | Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad (1 sub-agencies) | 18 | $10,956 | 5.3 yrs | 0.0% |
| 104 | National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (1 sub-agencies) | 17 | $120,785 | 24.6 yrs | 0.0% |
| 105 | International Joint Commission: U.S. and Canada (1 sub-agencies) | 14 | $168,321 | 16.3 yrs | 0.0% |
| 106 | Denali Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 11 | $155,352 | 18 yrs | 0.0% |
| 107 | Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 11 | $108,813 | 18.7 yrs | 0.0% |
| 108 | Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (1 sub-agencies) | 11 | $159,826 | 14.1 yrs | 0.0% |
| 109 | Federal Financial Inst. Exam. Council (1 sub-agencies) | 11 | $147,446 | 8.8 yrs | 0.0% |
| 110 | Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (1 sub-agencies) | 10 | $312,016 | 23.4 yrs | 0.0% |
| 111 | Admin Conference of the United States (1 sub-agencies) | 10 | $140,522 | 11 yrs | 0.0% |
| 112 | Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board (1 sub-agencies) | 10 | $159,984 | 4.8 yrs | 0.0% |
| 113 | U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (1 sub-agencies) | 10 | $160,885 | 8.8 yrs | 0.0% |
| 114 | Public Interest Declassification Board (1 sub-agencies) | 9 | $134,811 | 3.7 yrs | 0.0% |
| 115 | Japan-United States Friendship Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 9 | $145,432 | 7.8 yrs | -18.2% |
| 116 | Commission of Fine Arts (1 sub-agencies) | 8 | $161,762 | 15.5 yrs | 0.0% |
| 117 | The US Semiquincentennial Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 8 | $125,762 | 13.4 yrs | 0.0% |
| 118 | Public Buildings Reform Board (1 sub-agencies) | 7 | $197,201 | 13.4 yrs | 0.0% |
| 119 | Appalachian Regional Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 5 | $139,569 | 9.8 yrs | 0.0% |
| 120 | James Madison Memorial Fellowship Found (1 sub-agencies) | 5 | $124,913 | 10.3 yrs | 0.0% |
| 121 | Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation (1 sub-agencies) | 5 | $127,622 | 14.4 yrs | 0.0% |
| 122 | Barry Goldwater Schol & Excel in Ed Foun (1 sub-agencies) | 2 | $165,308 | 7.5 yrs | 0.0% |
| 123 | Arctic Research Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 2 | $197,243 | 24.8 yrs | 0.0% |
| 124 | Northern Border Regional Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 2 | $125,758 | 13.8 yrs | 0.0% |
| 125 | Delta Regional Authority (1 sub-agencies) | 1 | n/a | 2.1 yrs | 0.0% |
| 126 | Southwest Border Regional Commission (1 sub-agencies) | 1 | $174,922 | 11.3 yrs | 0.0% |
Download the 51-jurisdiction duty-station extract: federal-workforce-by-state.csv (same extract as /statistics).