National Security Council
Headcount, average pay, length of service, sub-agencies, and hiring trends for National Security Council, drawn directly from the OPM Federal Workforce Data (June 2026).
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Employment stock June 2026 National Security Council
National Security Council is a smaller federal agency: 27 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) across 1 states (including DC). At an average salary of $143,719 it pays above the federal average of $117,339.
Monthly FedScope employment stock for National Security Council - headcount, pay, tenure, and nearest peer names from the same OPM extract (27 employees · $143,719 avg).
- HEAD 27
- RANK #92/126
- PAY $143,719
- LOS 9.7 yrs
- SHARE 0.0%
- STATES 1
- NET +0
- SUBS 1
- PHOTO Council of Economic Advisers
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Headcount peers
Photo peer: Council of Economic Advisers (27 employees)
According to OPM FedScope June 2026, National Security Council ranks #92 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 · National Security Council
How National Security Council pay compares to the federal average of $117,339.
Agency Average
$143,719
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
+22.5%
Where National Security Council ranks on pay
Ranked by agency (not weighted by headcount), its average salary of $143,719 is higher than 45% of the 121 federal agencies (54 pay less on average). Smaller specialized agencies often post higher per-employee averages than large ones like National Security Council, 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 Security Council sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 121 federal agencies; National Security Council ranks higher than 45%.
Sub-agency pay span (thin agency)
Under $80K
0
$80K–$100K
0
$100K–$120K
0
$120K–$150K
27
Over $150K
0
Sub-agencies & Organizational Units
National Security Council has 1 sub-agencies. The highest-paying unit averages $143,719.
| Sub-agency | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Security Council | 27 | $143,719 | 9.7 yrs |
Geographic Presence
National Security Council has employees in 1 states (including DC). District of Columbia has the most with 27 employees.
| State | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 27 | $143,719 | 9.7 yrs |
Workforce Dynamics
Dynamics feed (RSS)Monthly hiring and separation trends. Net change over 1 months: +0.
| Month | Accessions | Separations | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | +1 | -1 | +0 |
vs Federal Hiring Climate
OPM FedScope dynamics for Jun 2026 — National Security Council against the same-month federal civilian totals (not a forecast).
Agency net (Jun 2026)
+0
+1 / −1
Federal net (Jun 2026)
+2,416
+15,984 / −13,568
Share of federal accessions
0.01%
Moved against the federal climate this month
Hiring & Separation Reasons
Why employees join and leave National Security Council
Accession Reasons
NEW HIRE - EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENT
1
Separation Reasons
TRANSFER OUT - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFER
1
Similar-Sized Agencies
Federal agencies with a similar workforce size to National Security Council
Showing 6 of 125 other federal agencies.
Council of Economic Advisers
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Council of Insp. Gen. on Integ.& Effic.
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight
Marine Mammal Commission
Ofc of the Nat Cyber Director
Nationwide agencies with similar pay or tenure
Two peer sets for National Security Council 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 ($143,719 here).
Peers near this thin headcount tenure
Nearest agency-wide average length of service (9.7 years here).
How these figures are calculated
The pay percentile above is computed live from PlainGovJobs' own OPM FedScope database, not hand-typed: National Security Council'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 Security Council'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.