National Archives and Records Administration
Headcount, average pay, length of service, sub-agencies, and hiring trends for National Archives and Records Administration, drawn directly from the OPM Federal Workforce Data (June 2026).
OPM FedScope stock folio
Employment stock June 2026 National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives and Records Administration is a smaller federal agency: 2,349 employees (0.1% of the federal civilian workforce) across 28 states (including DC). At an average salary of $95,981 it pays below the federal average of $117,339, and headcount declined 0.4% from the prior period.
Monthly FedScope employment stock for National Archives and Records Administration - headcount, pay, tenure, and nearest peer names from the same OPM extract (2,349 employees · $95,981 avg).
- HEAD 2,349
- RANK #27/126
- PAY $95,981
- LOS 15.4 yrs
- SHARE 0.1%
- STATES 28
- NET -9
- SUBS 1
- PHOTO Department of Education
- BOOK OPM FWD
Headcount peers
Photo peer: Department of Education (2,279 employees)
According to OPM FedScope June 2026, National Archives and Records Administration ranks #27 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 →
National Archives and Records Administration pay book (lean avg)
Lean-pay strip (2,349 employees · $95,981 avg) vs federal average $117,339.
Agency Average
$95,981
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-18.2%
Where National Archives and Records Administration ranks on pay
Ranked by agency (not weighted by headcount), its average salary of $95,981 is higher than 7% of the 121 federal agencies (9 pay less on average). Smaller specialized agencies often post higher per-employee averages than large ones like National Archives and Records Administration, so this agency-count rank can differ from a comparison to the government-wide, employee-weighted average shown above. The highlighted bar marks where National Archives and Records Administration sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 121 federal agencies; National Archives and Records Administration ranks higher than 7%.
Sub-agency pay span (dense agency)
Under $80K
0
$80K–$100K
2,349
$100K–$120K
0
$120K–$150K
0
Over $150K
0
Sub-agencies & Organizational Units
National Archives and Records Administration has 1 sub-agencies. The highest-paying unit averages $95,981.
| Sub-agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Archives and Records Administration | 2,349 | $95,981 | 15.4 yrs |
Geographic Presence
National Archives and Records Administration has employees in 28 states (including DC). Maryland has the most with 773 employees.
| State | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 773 | $123,786 | 15.8 yrs |
| Missouri | 687 | $61,818 | 13.2 yrs |
| District of Columbia | 211 | $120,342 | 17 yrs |
| Illinois | 107 | $69,250 | 12.1 yrs |
| Texas | 106 | $94,205 | 18.9 yrs |
| California | 88 | $105,262 | 19.2 yrs |
| Kansas | 59 | $69,353 | 14.6 yrs |
| Ohio | 53 | $59,404 | 15.1 yrs |
| Georgia | 50 | $90,031 | 20.4 yrs |
| Massachusetts | 45 | $110,895 | 17 yrs |
| Arkansas | 28 | $96,510 | 16.1 yrs |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | $95,151 | 19.4 yrs |
| Michigan | 23 | $101,597 | 13.9 yrs |
| New York | 22 | $114,833 | 19.8 yrs |
| Washington | 17 | $91,800 | 14.6 yrs |
| Colorado | 14 | $110,599 | 18.8 yrs |
| West Virginia | 11 | $147,637 | 16.5 yrs |
| Iowa | 11 | $104,214 | 18.6 yrs |
| New Jersey | 4 | $137,567 | 15.9 yrs |
| Florida | 3 | $126,872 | 17.3 yrs |
Showing top 20 of 28 states
Workforce Dynamics
Dynamics feed (RSS)Monthly hiring and separation trends. Net change over 3 months: -9.
| Month | Accessions | Separations | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | +8 | -16 | -8 |
| May 2026 | +0 | -2 | -2 |
| Jan 2026 | +1 | -0 | +1 |
vs Federal Hiring Climate
OPM FedScope dynamics for Jun 2026 — National Archives and Records Administration against the same-month federal civilian totals (not a forecast).
Agency net (Jun 2026)
-8
+8 / −16
Federal net (Jun 2026)
+2,416
+15,984 / −13,568
Share of federal accessions
0.05%
Moved against the federal climate this month
Hiring & Separation Reasons
Why employees join and leave National Archives and Records Administration
Accession Reasons
NEW HIRE - COMPETITIVE SERVICE APPOINTMENT
8
TRANSFER IN - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
1
Separation Reasons
RETIREMENT - VOLUNTARY
8
QUIT
4
TRANSFER OUT - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
3
OTHER SEPARATION
3
Similar-Sized Agencies
Federal agencies with a similar workforce size to National Archives and Records Administration
Showing 6 of 125 other federal agencies.
Department of Education
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Personnel Management
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Government Publishing Office
Federal Communications Commission
Nationwide agencies with similar pay or tenure
Two peer sets for National Archives and Records Administration 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 ($95,981 here).
Peers near this dense headcount tenure
Nearest agency-wide average length of service (15.4 years here).
How these figures are calculated
The pay percentile above is computed live from PlainGovJobs' own OPM FedScope database, not hand-typed: National Archives and Records Administration'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 National Archives and Records Administration'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.