Department of Labor
Headcount, average pay, length of service, sub-agencies, and hiring trends for Department of Labor, drawn directly from the OPM Federal Workforce Data (June 2026).
OPM FedScope stock folio
Employment stock June 2026 Department of Labor
Department of Labor is a mid-sized federal agency: 11,041 employees (0.6% of the federal civilian workforce) across 51 states (including DC). At an average salary of $129,942 it pays above the federal average of $117,339, and headcount grew 0.1% from the prior period.
Monthly FedScope employment stock for Department of Labor - headcount, pay, tenure, and nearest peer names from the same OPM extract (11,041 employees · $129,942 avg).
- HEAD 11,041
- RANK #19/126
- PAY $129,942
- LOS 16.3 yrs
- SHARE 0.6%
- STATES 51
- NET +27
- SUBS 21
- PHOTO Department of State
- BOOK OPM FWD
Headcount peers
Photo peer: Department of State (11,354 employees)
According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Department of Labor ranks #19 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 →
Department of Labor pay book (lean avg)
Lean-pay strip (11,041 employees · $129,942 avg) vs federal average $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 11,041 of Department of Labor's staff assigned to mapped sub-agencies.
- $100k–$120k: 1,367 (12%)
- $120k–$150k: 8,706 (79%)
- $150k+: 968 (9%)
Agency Average
$129,942
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+10.7%
Where Department of Labor ranks on pay
Ranked by agency (not weighted by headcount), its average salary of $129,942 is higher than 28% of the 121 federal agencies (34 pay less on average). Smaller specialized agencies often post higher per-employee averages than large ones like Department of Labor, 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 Labor sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 121 federal agencies; Department of Labor ranks higher than 28%.
Sub-agency pay span (dense agency)
Under $80K
0
$80K–$100K
0
$100K–$120K
1,367
$120K–$150K
8,706
Over $150K
968
Sub-agencies & Organizational Units
Department of Labor has 21 sub-agencies. The highest-paying unit averages $167,909.
| Sub-agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Labor Statistics | 1,865 | $122,714 | 15.1 yrs |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration | 1,488 | $125,565 | 17.2 yrs |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | 1,367 | $113,074 | 14.5 yrs |
| Wage and Hour Division | 1,195 | $121,664 | 17.2 yrs |
| Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | 1,056 | $123,213 | 18.3 yrs |
| Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management | 914 | $146,497 | 18.6 yrs |
| Employment and Training Administration | 894 | $138,756 | 14.9 yrs |
| Employee Benefits Security Administration | 614 | $134,171 | 15.5 yrs |
| Office of the Solicitor | 450 | $167,909 | 15.6 yrs |
| Office of the Inspector General | 248 | $156,803 | 19.8 yrs |
| Office of the Secretary of Labor | 212 | $145,232 | 16 yrs |
| Office of Labor-Management Standards | 168 | $139,411 | 16.8 yrs |
| Veterans Employment and Training Services | 160 | $133,408 | 18.6 yrs |
| Bureau of International Labor Affairs | 93 | $155,570 | 13.2 yrs |
| Office of the Chief Financial Officer | 82 | $151,080 | 15.2 yrs |
| Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs | 76 | $140,422 | 18.7 yrs |
| Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy | 50 | $160,922 | 12.4 yrs |
| Office of Disability Employment Policy | 45 | $151,215 | 11 yrs |
| Office of Public Affairs | 31 | $147,913 | 15 yrs |
| Women's Bureau | 19 | $148,084 | 17.3 yrs |
| Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs | 14 | $149,056 | 6.9 yrs |
Geographic Presence
Department of Labor has employees in 51 states (including DC). District of Columbia has the most with 1,891 employees.
| State | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 1,891 | $156,690 | 16.7 yrs |
| Maryland | 1,086 | $144,148 | 17.8 yrs |
| Texas | 636 | $119,578 | 16.5 yrs |
| Pennsylvania | 584 | $121,859 | 15.5 yrs |
| California | 566 | $133,531 | 15.8 yrs |
| Illinois | 535 | $129,429 | 16.8 yrs |
| Florida | 393 | $114,855 | 18.6 yrs |
| New York | 371 | $126,416 | 15.5 yrs |
| Georgia | 366 | $122,062 | 16.2 yrs |
| West Virginia | 354 | $109,693 | 15.4 yrs |
| Ohio | 299 | $118,600 | 17.5 yrs |
| Virginia | 277 | $132,270 | 16.3 yrs |
| Massachusetts | 251 | $131,464 | 16.3 yrs |
| Colorado | 216 | $126,790 | 16.1 yrs |
| Kentucky | 203 | $110,235 | 16.6 yrs |
| Missouri | 158 | $112,485 | 16 yrs |
| Washington | 151 | $127,493 | 15.9 yrs |
| New Jersey | 150 | $126,242 | 14.2 yrs |
| Alabama | 100 | $109,471 | 15.5 yrs |
| Michigan | 97 | $113,248 | 14.2 yrs |
Showing top 20 of 51 states
Workforce Dynamics
Dynamics feed (RSS)Monthly hiring and separation trends. Net change over 8 months: +27.
| Month | Accessions | Separations | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | +80 | -60 | +20 |
| May 2026 | +2 | -3 | -1 |
| Jan 2026 | +1 | -0 | +1 |
| Sep 2025 | +0 | -3 | -3 |
| Jan 2025 | +5 | -0 | +5 |
| Dec 2024 | +2 | -0 | +2 |
| Nov 2024 | +1 | -0 | +1 |
| Oct 2024 | +2 | -0 | +2 |
vs Federal Hiring Climate
OPM FedScope dynamics for Jun 2026 — Department of Labor against the same-month federal civilian totals (not a forecast).
Agency net (Jun 2026)
+20
+80 / −60
Federal net (Jun 2026)
+2,416
+15,984 / −13,568
Share of federal accessions
0.50%
Moved with the federal climate this month
Hiring & Separation Reasons
Why employees join and leave Department of Labor
Accession Reasons
NEW HIRE - COMPETITIVE SERVICE APPOINTMENT
54
NEW HIRE - EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENT
27
TRANSFER IN - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
10
NEW HIRE - SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES) APPT
2
Separation Reasons
QUIT
24
RETIREMENT - VOLUNTARY
21
TRANSFER OUT - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
11
TERMINATION (EXPIRED APPT/OTHER)
4
RETIREMENT - OTHER
3
Sub-agencies by average tenure
Agency-wide average length of service is 16.3 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
14
Sub-agency avg 10–15 yrs
2,449
Sub-agency avg 15–20 yrs
8,578
Sub-agency avg over 20 yrs
0
Similar-Sized Agencies
Federal agencies with a similar workforce size to Department of Labor
Showing 6 of 125 other federal agencies.
Department of State
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Energy
General Services Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nationwide agencies with similar pay or tenure
Two peer sets for Department of Labor on OPM FedScope averages that vary across the full agency corpus, not duty-station geography or sub-agency hierarchy.
Peers near this lean pay band
Nearest agency-wide average salaries ($129,942 here).
Peers near this dense headcount tenure
Nearest agency-wide average length of service (16.3 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 Labor'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 Labor'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.