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OPM FWD June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Department of the Army

Headcount, average pay, length of service, sub-agencies, and hiring trends for Department of the Army, drawn directly from the OPM Federal Workforce Data (June 2026).

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Employment stock June 2026 Department of the Army

Department of the Army is one of the largest federal employers: 187,785 employees (9.6% 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 0.3% from the prior period.

Monthly FedScope employment stock for Department of the Army - headcount, pay, tenure, and nearest peer names from the same OPM extract (187,785 employees · n/a avg).

  • HEAD 187,785
  • RANK #4/126
  • PAY n/a
  • LOS 14.5 yrs
  • SHARE 9.6%
  • STATES n/a
  • NET -539
  • SUBS 60
  • PHOTO Department of the Navy
  • BOOK OPM FWD

Headcount peers

Photo peer: Department of the Navy (201,061 employees)

Department of Homeland Secur…225568 employeesDepartment of the Navy201061 employeesDepartment of the Army (this)187785 employeesDepartment of the Air Force151285 employeesDepartment of Justice107082 employeesDepartment of Treasury83812 employees
Nearest similar-headcount agencies vs Department of the Army. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Department of the Army ranks #4 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 Army pay book (lean avg)

Lean-pay strip (187,785 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 Army 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 Army, 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 Army sits in the federal pay distribution.

$10,9561$61,63014$112,30476$162,97825$213,6522$264,3263
Distribution of average salary across all 121 federal agencies (OPM FedScope) - Department of the Army is in the highlighted range.

Average-salary distribution across all 121 federal agencies; Department of the Army ranks higher than 0%.

Source: OPM Federal Workforce Data As of June 2026

Sub-agency pay span (dense agency)

Under $80K

187,785

$80K–$100K

0

$100K–$120K

0

$120K–$150K

0

Over $150K

0

Sub-agencies & Organizational Units

Department of the Army has 60 sub-agencies. The highest-paying unit averages n/a.

Sub-agency Employees Avg Salary
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 34,291 n/a
Army National Guard Units 24,052 n/a
United States Army Installation Management Command 19,719 n/a
United States Army Futures Command 13,462 n/a
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command 8,972 n/a
U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (tacom) 8,782 n/a
U.S. Army Reserve Command 7,585 n/a
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command 5,811 n/a
U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command 4,992 n/a
U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center 4,507 n/a
U. S. Army Contracting Command 4,399 n/a
U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command 4,102 n/a
United States Army Cyber Command 3,733 n/a
U.S. Army Sustainment Command 3,694 n/a
U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command 3,305 n/a
US Army Civilian Human Resources Agency 3,273 n/a
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command 3,093 n/a
U.S. Army Medical Command 2,682 n/a
Joint Activities 2,485 n/a
U. S. Military Entrance Processing Command 2,326 n/a
U.S. Army Forces Command 2,211 n/a
U.S. Army Recruiting Command and U.S. Army Cadet Command 2,098 n/a
U.S. Special Operations Command (army) 1,657 n/a
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command 1,442 n/a
U.S. Army, Pacific 1,307 n/a
US Army Human Resources Command (dru) 1,202 n/a
Army Transportation Command 1,132 n/a
Hqda Field Operating Agencies and Staff Support Agencies and Staff Support Agencies 1,061 n/a
Field Operating Offices of the Office of the Secretary of the Army 993 n/a
Immediate Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army 889 n/a
United States Army Financial Management Command 829 n/a
Immediate Office of the Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army 811 n/a
Office of the Secretary of the Army 796 n/a
U.S. Military Academy 698 n/a
Headquarters, Amc 670 n/a
Office of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau 636 n/a
U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/u. S. Army Forces Strategic Command 576 n/a
U.S. Army Security Assistance Command 421 n/a
21st Theater Sustainment Command (tsc) 358 n/a
U.S. Army Military District of Washington 300 n/a
U.S. Army War College 285 n/a
Seventh Army Training Command 284 n/a
U.S. Army Central 263 n/a
Army Transformation and Training Command (t2com) 249 n/a
United States Army Europe and Africa 197 n/a
U.S. Army National Military Cemeteries 194 n/a
U.S. Army North 181 n/a
U.S. Army Element Shape 168 n/a
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity 138 n/a
U.S. Army South 120 n/a
U.S. Army Corrections Command 104 n/a
Joint Services and Activities Supported by the Office, Secretary of the Army 60 n/a
U.S. Army V Corps 55 n/a
Materiel Acquisition Activities 49 n/a
United States Army Print and Media Distribution Center 41 n/a
U.S. Joint Counter 23 n/a
Military Postal Service Agency 14 n/a
U.S. Army Installation Management Command 6 n/a
United States Army Medical Logistics Command 1 n/a
Materiel Readiness Activities 1 n/a

Workforce Dynamics

Dynamics feed (RSS)

Monthly hiring and separation trends. Net change over 12 months: -539.

Month Accessions Separations Net
Jun 2026 +1,200 -1,365 -165
May 2026 +44 -188 -144
Apr 2026 +7 -40 -33
Mar 2026 +4 -24 -20
Feb 2026 +3 -12 -9
Jan 2026 +6 -20 -14
Dec 2025 +1 -22 -21
Nov 2025 +1 -32 -31
Oct 2025 +0 -30 -30
Sep 2025 +8 -46 -38
Aug 2025 +7 -28 -21
Jul 2025 +8 -21 -13

vs Federal Hiring Climate

OPM FedScope dynamics for Jun 2026 — Department of the Army against the same-month federal civilian totals (not a forecast).

Agency net (Jun 2026)

-165

+1,200 / −1,365

Federal net (Jun 2026)

+2,416

+15,984 / −13,568

Share of federal accessions

7.51%

Moved against the federal climate this month

Hiring & Separation Reasons

Why employees join and leave Department of the Army

Accession Reasons

NEW HIRE - EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENT

671

NEW HIRE - COMPETITIVE SERVICE APPOINTMENT

607

TRANSFER IN - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER

21

Separation Reasons

QUIT

718

RETIREMENT - VOLUNTARY

555

TERMINATION (EXPIRED APPT/OTHER)

269

TRANSFER OUT - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER

142

OTHER SEPARATION

125

Sub-agencies by average tenure

Agency-wide average length of service is 14.5 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

76,372

Sub-agency avg 15–20 yrs

111,406

Sub-agency avg over 20 yrs

7

Similar-Sized Agencies

Federal agencies with a similar workforce size to Department of the Army

Showing 6 of 125 other federal agencies.

Department of the Navy

201,061 employees n/a avg

Department of the Air Force

151,285 employees n/a avg

Department of Homeland Security

225,568 employees $123,007 avg

Department of Justice

107,082 employees $123,744 avg

Department of Treasury

83,812 employees $93,885 avg

Department of Agriculture

78,075 employees $88,512 avg

Nationwide agencies with similar pay or tenure

Two peer sets for Department of the Army 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).

Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
$10,956 avg · 18 employees
Armed Forces Retirement Home
$80,325 avg · 275 employees
Internat Boundary Cmsn: U.S. and Canada
$80,525 avg · 22 employees
Department of Agriculture
$88,512 avg · 78,075 employees
Inter Bound and Water Comm U.S. Section
$89,447 avg · 245 employees
Department of Interior
$92,281 avg · 59,853 employees

Peers near this dense headcount tenure

Nearest agency-wide average length of service (14.5 years here).

Department of Health and Human Services
14.5 yrs avg tenure · 72,919 employees
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
14.5 yrs avg tenure · 220 employees
Department of Commerce
14.4 yrs avg tenure · 41,007 employees
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
14.4 yrs avg tenure · 5 employees
Inter Bound and Water Comm U.S. Section
14.6 yrs avg tenure · 245 employees
Millennium Challenge Corporation
14.4 yrs avg tenure · 229 employees
How these figures are calculated

The pay percentile above is computed live from PlainGovJobs' own OPM FedScope database, not hand-typed: Department of the Army'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 Army'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 sourced from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes and Federal Workforce Data (FWD). See our methodology for details, or report a data error on this page. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGovJobs

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.