Department of Energy
Headcount, average pay, length of service, sub-agencies, and hiring trends for Department of Energy, drawn directly from the OPM Federal Workforce Data (June 2026).
OPM FedScope stock folio
Employment stock June 2026 Department of Energy
Department of Energy is a mid-sized federal agency: 13,339 employees (0.7% of the federal civilian workforce) across 51 states (including DC). At an average salary of $149,925 it pays well above the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 0.2% from the prior period.
Monthly FedScope employment stock for Department of Energy - headcount, pay, tenure, and nearest peer names from the same OPM extract (13,339 employees · $149,925 avg).
- HEAD 13,339
- RANK #16/126
- PAY $149,925
- LOS 16.2 yrs
- SHARE 0.7%
- STATES 51
- NET -19
- SUBS 2
- PHOTO Environmental Protection Age
- BOOK OPM FWD
Headcount peers
Photo peer: Environmental Protection Agency (12,513 employees)
According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Department of Energy ranks #16 of 126 federal agencies by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our agencies directory and /rankings/largest-agencies). Peer bars use similar workforce size, not duty-station geography. Corpus placement →
Salary Analysis · Department of Energy
How Department of Energy pay compares to the federal average of $117,339.
Sub-agencies by average pay band
Employees counted under the sub-agency whose average salary falls in each band, not an individual pay distribution. Covers 13,339 of Department of Energy's staff assigned to mapped sub-agencies.
- $120k–$150k: 11,999 (90%)
- $150k+: 1,340 (10%)
Agency Average
$149,925
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+27.8%
Where Department of Energy ranks on pay
Ranked by agency (not weighted by headcount), its average salary of $149,925 is higher than 53% of the 121 federal agencies (64 pay less on average). Smaller specialized agencies often post higher per-employee averages than large ones like Department of Energy, so this agency-count rank can differ from a comparison to the government-wide, employee-weighted average shown above. The highlighted bar marks where Department of Energy sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 121 federal agencies; Department of Energy ranks higher than 53%.
Sub-agency pay span (dense agency)
Under $80K
0
$80K–$100K
0
$100K–$120K
0
$120K–$150K
11,999
Over $150K
1,340
Sub-agencies & Organizational Units
Department of Energy has 2 sub-agencies. The highest-paying unit averages $160,225.
| Sub-agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Energy | 11,999 | $148,513 | 16.1 yrs |
| Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | 1,340 | $160,225 | 17 yrs |
Geographic Presence
Department of Energy has employees in 51 states (including DC). District of Columbia has the most with 3,346 employees.
| State | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 3,346 | $165,921 | 15.8 yrs |
| Washington | 2,021 | $142,384 | 15.5 yrs |
| Oregon | 1,277 | $134,766 | 14.5 yrs |
| New Mexico | 765 | $154,884 | 18.6 yrs |
| Maryland | 704 | $170,703 | 18.2 yrs |
| Colorado | 669 | $145,892 | 15.6 yrs |
| Pennsylvania | 365 | $150,148 | 16.3 yrs |
| Tennessee | 348 | $143,954 | 18.5 yrs |
| California | 341 | $157,780 | 16.3 yrs |
| Arizona | 251 | $139,842 | 15.9 yrs |
| West Virginia | 230 | $139,844 | 15.4 yrs |
| South Carolina | 218 | $146,955 | 18.2 yrs |
| Idaho | 197 | $142,700 | 16.6 yrs |
| Texas | 177 | $147,737 | 14.7 yrs |
| South Dakota | 173 | $129,632 | 14.8 yrs |
| Illinois | 148 | $149,457 | 19.3 yrs |
| Ohio | 139 | $148,809 | 18.2 yrs |
| Missouri | 127 | $132,356 | 16.5 yrs |
| Montana | 126 | $135,641 | 17.6 yrs |
| Georgia | 106 | $131,347 | 16.4 yrs |
Showing top 20 of 51 states
Workforce Dynamics
Dynamics feed (RSS)Monthly hiring and separation trends. Net change over 12 months: -19.
| Month | Accessions | Separations | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | +104 | -80 | +24 |
| May 2026 | +7 | -10 | -3 |
| Apr 2026 | +2 | -2 | +0 |
| Mar 2026 | +4 | -2 | +2 |
| Feb 2026 | +2 | -3 | -1 |
| Jan 2026 | +0 | -3 | -3 |
| Dec 2025 | +0 | -31 | -31 |
| Nov 2025 | +0 | -7 | -7 |
| Oct 2025 | +0 | -1 | -1 |
| Sep 2025 | +0 | -1 | -1 |
| Jan 2025 | +1 | -0 | +1 |
| Nov 2024 | +1 | -0 | +1 |
vs Federal Hiring Climate
OPM FedScope dynamics for Jun 2026 — Department of Energy against the same-month federal civilian totals (not a forecast).
Agency net (Jun 2026)
+24
+104 / −80
Federal net (Jun 2026)
+2,416
+15,984 / −13,568
Share of federal accessions
0.65%
Moved with the federal climate this month
Hiring & Separation Reasons
Why employees join and leave Department of Energy
Accession Reasons
NEW HIRE - EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENT
64
NEW HIRE - COMPETITIVE SERVICE APPOINTMENT
47
TRANSFER IN - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
7
NEW HIRE - SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES) APPT
4
Separation Reasons
QUIT
44
RETIREMENT - OTHER
34
RETIREMENT - VOLUNTARY
25
OTHER SEPARATION
16
TRANSFER OUT - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
15
Sub-agencies by average tenure
Agency-wide average length of service is 16.2 years. Counts below are employees in sub-agencies whose average tenure falls in each band, not how many individuals have that length of service.
Sub-agency avg under 5 yrs
0
Sub-agency avg 5–10 yrs
0
Sub-agency avg 10–15 yrs
0
Sub-agency avg 15–20 yrs
13,339
Sub-agency avg over 20 yrs
0
Similar-Sized Agencies
Federal agencies with a similar workforce size to Department of Energy
Showing 6 of 125 other federal agencies.
Environmental Protection Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Department of State
Department of Labor
General Services Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nationwide agencies with similar pay or tenure
Two peer sets for Department of Energy on OPM FedScope averages that vary across the full agency corpus, not duty-station geography or sub-agency hierarchy.
Similar average salary
Nearest agency-wide average salaries ($149,925 here).
Peers near this dense headcount tenure
Nearest agency-wide average length of service (16.2 years here).
How these figures are calculated
The pay percentile above is computed live from PlainGovJobs' own OPM FedScope database, not hand-typed: Department of Energy's average salary is ranked against every other federal agency's average salary, agency-by-agency (not weighted by headcount), and the percentile is the share of agencies whose average is strictly lower.
The sub-agency pay-span bars sum each sub-agency's own employee_count into one of five salary bands based on that sub-agency's average salary; the bands add up exactly to Department of Energy's total employee count, since every sub-agency is counted in exactly one band.
See the methodology page for the full source-to-page pipeline and refresh cadence.
Data Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) FedScope Employment Cubes, June 2026. Federal civilian non-seasonal full-time and part-time employees. Data does not include military personnel, postal workers, or intelligence agency staff. Last updated: 2026-08-11.
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.