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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Arizona

Arizona ranks #15 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Arizona is a large federal duty-station market: 23,479 civilians (1.2% of the disclosed workforce) at $104,382 average pay. Pay lands in the lower third of states (Below federal average). Average length of service (12.3 yrs) sits near the cohort middle. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

23,479

-0.1% from prior period

Average Salary

$104,382

Below federal average

-0.0%

Avg Length of Service

12.3 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

47

Federal Agencies in Arizona

47 agencies disclose staff here, a dense agency book for Arizona; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS alone accounts for 10,509 civilians.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…10,5092. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …4,0503. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR3,3344. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE2,1415. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…6306. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE5737. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…5608. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE3699. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…25110. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY251
Largest federal employers in Arizona (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Arizona by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 10,509 $117,366
2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 4,050 $99,258
3 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 3,334 $80,725
4 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2,141 $75,933
5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 630 $137,203
6 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 573 $104,615
7 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 560 $92,180
8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 369 $86,533
9 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 251 $107,796
10 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 251 $139,842
11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 169 $88,675
12 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 163 $116,253
13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 70 $120,477
14 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 67 $110,242
15 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 50 $92,322
16 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 47 $132,775
17 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 37 $114,460
18 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 29 n/a
19 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 28 $156,894
20 MORRIS K. UDALL & STEWART L. UDALL FOUND 28 $98,246
21 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 25 $136,529
22 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 21 $114,361
23 INTER BOUND AND WATER COMM U.S. SECTION 16 $84,896
24 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 10 $165,699
25 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 6 $105,354
26 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 6 $86,205
27 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 5 $197,324
28 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5 $145,285
29 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 4 $109,198
30 JUDICIAL BRANCH 3 $131,021
31 DFC 2 $154,503
32 CHEMICAL SAFETY/HAZARD INVESTIGATION BD 2 $140,340
33 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2 $146,927
34 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 2 $135,541
35 FEDERAL FINANCIAL INST. EXAM. COUNCIL 2 $135,457
36 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 1 $122,917
37 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1 $170,234
38 PEACE CORPS 1 $95,450
39 U.S.AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 1 $115,049
40 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1 $106,114
41 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 1 $144,741
42 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 1 $138,370
43 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 1 $63,341
44 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 1 $292,300
45 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 1 $175,392
46 PRESIDIO TRUST 1 $188,706
47 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 1 $197,198

Where Arizona sits nationally

With 23,479 civilians, Arizona anchors the upper headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Arizona vs all states by federal civilian headcount

Where this state's disclosed OPM FedScope employee count sits among every tracked state and territory

23,479 15th of 51 higher than 36 of 51 states

States and territories, banded by federal civilian headcount

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Source OPM FedScope Employment Cubes · June 2026

Similar States by Federal Employment

Other large duty-station books nearest Arizona's 23,479-employee scale.

Washington

23,282 employees $116,221 avg

Colorado

24,385 employees $120,244 avg

Tennessee

22,414 employees $100,769 avg

Missouri

25,174 employees $98,611 avg

Ohio

25,990 employees $113,832 avg

North Carolina

26,746 employees $112,595 avg

Lower-pay peers of Arizona

Cross-state peers on OPM FedScope average pay and length of service, separate from the headcount neighbourhood above.

Similar average salary

Nearest state-wide average salaries ($104,382 here).

Iowa
$104,469 avg · 7,038 employees
Alabama
$104,265 avg · 15,145 employees
Kansas
$104,722 avg · 9,263 employees
South Carolina
$105,109 avg · 12,597 employees
Louisiana
$103,472 avg · 11,836 employees
Oregon
$103,039 avg · 15,964 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (12.3 years here).

Arkansas
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 9,591 employees
Florida
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 55,342 employees
Hawaii
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 4,780 employees
Nebraska
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 5,419 employees
Ohio
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 25,990 employees
South Carolina
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 12,597 employees

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 from OPM FedScope state-level employment records as of June 2026.

OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.

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.