Department of Housing and Urban Development
Headcount, average pay, length of service, sub-agencies, and hiring trends for Department of Housing and Urban Development, drawn directly from the OPM Federal Workforce Data (June 2026).
OPM FedScope stock folio
Employment stock June 2026 Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Housing and Urban Development is a smaller federal agency: 5,859 employees (0.3% of the federal civilian workforce) across 51 states (including DC). At an average salary of $145,372 it pays above the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 0.1% from the prior period.
Monthly FedScope employment stock for Department of Housing and Urban Development - headcount, pay, tenure, and nearest peer names from the same OPM extract (5,859 employees · $145,372 avg).
- HEAD 5,859
- RANK #21/126
- PAY $145,372
- LOS 15.9 yrs
- SHARE 0.3%
- STATES 51
- NET -7
- SUBS 12
- PHOTO Small Business Administratio
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Headcount peers
Photo peer: Small Business Administration (5,086 employees)
According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Department of Housing and Urban Development ranks #21 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 Housing and Urban Development
How Department of Housing and Urban Development 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 5,539 of Department of Housing and Urban Development's staff assigned to mapped sub-agencies.
- $120k–$150k: 3,970 (72%)
- $150k+: 1,569 (28%)
Agency Average
$145,372
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+23.9%
Where Department of Housing and Urban Development ranks on pay
Ranked by agency (not weighted by headcount), its average salary of $145,372 is higher than 47% of the 121 federal agencies (57 pay less on average). Smaller specialized agencies often post higher per-employee averages than large ones like Department of Housing and Urban Development, 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 Housing and Urban Development sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 121 federal agencies; Department of Housing and Urban Development ranks higher than 47%.
Sub-agency pay span (dense agency)
Under $80K
0
$80K–$100K
0
$100K–$120K
0
$120K–$150K
3,970
Over $150K
1,569
Sub-agencies & Organizational Units
Department of Housing and Urban Development has 12 sub-agencies. The highest-paying unit averages $161,307.
| Sub-agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of General Counsel | 1,913 | $140,000 | 15.5 yrs |
| Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer | 1,286 | $142,502 | 15.5 yrs |
| Office of Inspector General | 560 | $155,420 | 17.8 yrs |
| Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity | 456 | $151,144 | 16 yrs |
| Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development | 427 | $144,828 | 15.1 yrs |
| Office of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | 424 | $153,471 | 16.8 yrs |
| Office of the Chief Financial Officer | 284 | $142,650 | 16.1 yrs |
| Office of Field Policy and Management | 60 | $152,289 | 17.5 yrs |
| Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination | 48 | $156,502 | 17.6 yrs |
| Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations | 47 | $138,994 | 12.8 yrs |
| Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control | 21 | $161,307 | 22.7 yrs |
| Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner | 13 | $143,155 | 13.6 yrs |
Geographic Presence
Department of Housing and Urban Development has employees in 51 states (including DC). Virginia has the most with 1,679 employees.
| State | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 1,679 | $157,821 | 15.6 yrs |
| District of Columbia | 517 | $157,558 | 17.6 yrs |
| Georgia | 323 | $128,915 | 16.4 yrs |
| Texas | 318 | $134,334 | 16.5 yrs |
| California | 313 | $151,473 | 17.1 yrs |
| Colorado | 244 | $138,159 | 13.6 yrs |
| Illinois | 242 | $142,592 | 15.3 yrs |
| New York | 236 | $142,238 | 15.1 yrs |
| Pennsylvania | 188 | $138,282 | 17.6 yrs |
| Maryland | 175 | $153,158 | 16.2 yrs |
| Florida | 137 | $130,562 | 16.3 yrs |
| Kansas | 122 | $128,357 | 14.7 yrs |
| Michigan | 102 | $134,683 | 13.5 yrs |
| Massachusetts | 94 | $147,027 | 13.5 yrs |
| Oklahoma | 87 | $121,586 | 14.3 yrs |
| Washington | 84 | $142,264 | 15.8 yrs |
| Ohio | 71 | $138,575 | 15.1 yrs |
| Minnesota | 70 | $137,548 | 15 yrs |
| New Jersey | 55 | $152,310 | 15.7 yrs |
| Missouri | 55 | $129,564 | 16.2 yrs |
Showing top 20 of 51 states
Workforce Dynamics
Dynamics feed (RSS)Monthly hiring and separation trends. Net change over 2 months: -7.
| Month | Accessions | Separations | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | +19 | -26 | -7 |
| May 2026 | +1 | -1 | +0 |
vs Federal Hiring Climate
OPM FedScope dynamics for Jun 2026 — Department of Housing and Urban Development against the same-month federal civilian totals (not a forecast).
Agency net (Jun 2026)
-7
+19 / −26
Federal net (Jun 2026)
+2,416
+15,984 / −13,568
Share of federal accessions
0.12%
Moved against the federal climate this month
Hiring & Separation Reasons
Why employees join and leave Department of Housing and Urban Development
Accession Reasons
NEW HIRE - EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENT
11
NEW HIRE - COMPETITIVE SERVICE APPOINTMENT
7
TRANSFER IN - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
2
Separation Reasons
QUIT
11
RETIREMENT - VOLUNTARY
7
RETIREMENT - EARLY OUT
4
TRANSFER OUT - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
2
RETIREMENT - OTHER
1
Sub-agencies by average tenure
Agency-wide average length of service is 15.9 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
60
Sub-agency avg 15–20 yrs
5,458
Sub-agency avg over 20 yrs
21
Similar-Sized Agencies
Federal agencies with a similar workforce size to Department of Housing and Urban Development
Showing 6 of 125 other federal agencies.
Small Business Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Smithsonian Institution
Securities and Exchange Commission
General Services Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nationwide agencies with similar pay or tenure
Two peer sets for Department of Housing and Urban Development 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 ($145,372 here).
Peers near this dense headcount tenure
Nearest agency-wide average length of service (15.9 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 Housing and Urban Development'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 Housing and Urban Development's total employee count, since every sub-agency is counted in exactly one band.
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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.