Department of the Air Force
Headcount, average pay, length of service, sub-agencies, and hiring trends for Department of the Air Force, drawn directly from the OPM Federal Workforce Data (June 2026).
OPM FedScope stock folio
Employment stock June 2026 Department of the Air Force
Department of the Air Force is one of the largest federal employers: 151,285 employees (7.7% of the federal civilian workforce) across 0 states (including DC). At an average salary of n/a it pays below the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 0.1% from the prior period.
Monthly FedScope employment stock for Department of the Air Force - headcount, pay, tenure, and nearest peer names from the same OPM extract (151,285 employees · n/a avg).
- HEAD 151,285
- RANK #5/126
- PAY n/a
- LOS 13.7 yrs
- SHARE 7.7%
- STATES n/a
- NET +1,760
- SUBS 57
- PHOTO Department of the Army
- BOOK OPM FWD
Headcount peers
Photo peer: Department of the Army (187,785 employees)
According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Department of the Air Force ranks #5 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 the Air Force pay book (lean avg)
Lean-pay strip (151,285 employees · n/a avg) vs federal average $117,339.
Agency Average
n/a
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-100.0%
Where Department of the Air Force ranks on pay
Ranked by agency (not weighted by headcount), its average salary of n/a is higher than 0% of the 121 federal agencies (0 pay less on average). Smaller specialized agencies often post higher per-employee averages than large ones like Department of the Air Force, 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 the Air Force sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 121 federal agencies; Department of the Air Force ranks higher than 0%.
Sub-agency pay span (dense agency)
Under $80K
151,285
$80K–$100K
0
$100K–$120K
0
$120K–$150K
0
Over $150K
0
Sub-agencies & Organizational Units
Department of the Air Force has 57 sub-agencies. The highest-paying unit averages n/a.
| Sub-agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force Materiel Command | 64,805 | n/a | 14 yrs |
| Air Education and Training Command | 13,086 | n/a | 14.1 yrs |
| Air National Guard Units | 12,597 | n/a | 11.3 yrs |
| Air Combat Command | 10,498 | n/a | 14.1 yrs |
| Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command | 8,770 | n/a | 14.9 yrs |
| Air Mobility Command | 6,809 | n/a | 14 yrs |
| Air Force Global Strike Command | 3,481 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
| Pacific Air Forces | 3,158 | n/a | 12.5 yrs |
| Air Force Civilian Career Training | 2,715 | n/a | 4.6 yrs |
| Space Systems Command | 2,592 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| United States Space Force | 2,171 | n/a | 14 yrs |
| Hq Usaf and Support Elements | 2,135 | n/a | 17 yrs |
| U.S. Air Forces, Europe | 1,401 | n/a | 12.2 yrs |
| Air Force Special Operations Command | 1,394 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Air Force Personnel Center | 1,351 | n/a | 14.8 yrs |
| United States Space Force Forces | 1,292 | n/a | 15.2 yrs |
| Air Force Elements, U.S. Strategic Command | 1,241 | n/a | 15.3 yrs |
| National Air and Space Intelligence Center | 1,146 | n/a | 15.1 yrs |
| U.S. Air Force Academy | 1,105 | n/a | 12.2 yrs |
| Air Force District of Washington | 1,089 | n/a | 15 yrs |
| Air Force Office of Special Investigations | 1,059 | n/a | 13.9 yrs |
| Air Force Elements, U.S. Special Operations Command | 984 | n/a | 15.1 yrs |
| Non-Dod and Other Support | 805 | n/a | 16.1 yrs |
| U.S. Northern Command | 613 | n/a | 13.5 yrs |
| Air National Guard Support Center | 596 | n/a | 16.9 yrs |
| Afelm US Space Command | 541 | n/a | 12.8 yrs |
| Air Force Technical Applications Center | 425 | n/a | 15.2 yrs |
| Air Force Audit Agency | 406 | n/a | 17.7 yrs |
| Air Force Elements, U.S. Central Command | 350 | n/a | 13.7 yrs |
| National Space Intelligence Center | 340 | n/a | 10.9 yrs |
| Space Training and Readiness Command | 279 | n/a | 14.7 yrs |
| Hq US Space Force | 271 | n/a | 14.9 yrs |
| Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center | 188 | n/a | 13.9 yrs |
| Air Force Legal Operations Agency | 168 | n/a | 17.2 yrs |
| Air Force Medical Command | 158 | n/a | 13.4 yrs |
| Air Force Elements | 146 | n/a | 14.3 yrs |
| Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency | 118 | n/a | 14.6 yrs |
| Air Forces Southern | 98 | n/a | 13 yrs |
| Defense Cyber Crime Center | 97 | n/a | 17.4 yrs |
| Air Force Elements Norad | 85 | n/a | 13 yrs |
| U.S. Special Operations Command (ang) | 84 | n/a | 12 yrs |
| Air Force Review Boards Agency | 82 | n/a | 16.9 yrs |
| Air Force Cost Analysis Agency | 75 | n/a | 14.9 yrs |
| United States Space Force Components | 72 | n/a | 14.9 yrs |
| Air Force Safety Center | 70 | n/a | 19.5 yrs |
| Space Force Service Wide Support Activities | 68 | n/a | 15.1 yrs |
| Hq Af Flight Standards Agency | 48 | n/a | 18.7 yrs |
| Air Force Historical Research Agency | 38 | n/a | 17.7 yrs |
| Air Force Public Affairs Agency | 36 | n/a | 17.8 yrs |
| Air Force Inspection Agency (fo) | 32 | n/a | 14.4 yrs |
| Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations | 30 | n/a | 17.8 yrs |
| Air Force Program Executive Office | 30 | n/a | 19.4 yrs |
| Air Force Operations Group | 19 | n/a | 16.3 yrs |
| Air Force Agency for Modeling/simulation | 19 | n/a | 17.9 yrs |
| Afelm Jcs | 16 | n/a | 12.3 yrs |
| 25 Af | 2 | n/a | 22.1 yrs |
| Air Force Medical Support Agency | 1 | n/a | 22.4 yrs |
Workforce Dynamics
Dynamics feed (RSS)Monthly hiring and separation trends. Net change over 12 months: +1,760.
| Month | Accessions | Separations | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | +2,113 | -754 | +1,359 |
| May 2026 | +648 | -117 | +531 |
| Apr 2026 | +12 | -23 | -11 |
| Mar 2026 | +10 | -16 | -6 |
| Feb 2026 | +4 | -7 | -3 |
| Jan 2026 | +11 | -14 | -3 |
| Dec 2025 | +11 | -29 | -18 |
| Nov 2025 | +5 | -19 | -14 |
| Oct 2025 | +3 | -18 | -15 |
| Sep 2025 | +2 | -43 | -41 |
| Aug 2025 | +9 | -14 | -5 |
| Jul 2025 | +1 | -15 | -14 |
vs Federal Hiring Climate
OPM FedScope dynamics for Jun 2026 — Department of the Air Force against the same-month federal civilian totals (not a forecast).
Agency net (Jun 2026)
+1,359
+2,113 / −754
Federal net (Jun 2026)
+2,416
+15,984 / −13,568
Share of federal accessions
13.22%
Moved with the federal climate this month
Hiring & Separation Reasons
Why employees join and leave Department of the Air Force
Accession Reasons
NEW HIRE - COMPETITIVE SERVICE APPOINTMENT
1,867
NEW HIRE - EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENT
908
TRANSFER IN - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
81
NEW HIRE - SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES) APPT
2
TRANSFER IN - MASS TRANSFER
1
Separation Reasons
QUIT
595
TERMINATION (EXPIRED APPT/OTHER)
179
RETIREMENT - VOLUNTARY
160
TRANSFER OUT - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
86
OTHER SEPARATION
51
Sub-agencies by average tenure
Agency-wide average length of service is 13.7 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
2,715
Sub-agency avg 5–10 yrs
0
Sub-agency avg 10–15 yrs
137,743
Sub-agency avg 15–20 yrs
10,824
Sub-agency avg over 20 yrs
3
Similar-Sized Agencies
Federal agencies with a similar workforce size to Department of the Air Force
Showing 6 of 125 other federal agencies.
Department of the Army
Department of Justice
Department of the Navy
Department of Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Nationwide agencies with similar pay or tenure
Two peer sets for Department of the Air Force 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 (n/a here).
Peers near this dense headcount tenure
Nearest agency-wide average length of service (13.7 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 the Air Force'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 the Air Force'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.