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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Arkansas

Arkansas ranks #34 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Arkansas is a thinner federal footprint: 9,591 civilians (0.5% of the disclosed workforce) at $102,501 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

9,591

+0.4% from prior period

Average Salary

$102,501

Below federal average

-0.1%

Avg Length of Service

12.3 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

29

Federal Agencies in Arkansas

29 agencies disclose staff in Arkansas; the largest is DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS with 6,172, a narrower agency footprint than high-volume states.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…6,1722. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE1,3663. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …3654. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…3625. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR3236. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE2867. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…1848. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE1219. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…7710. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY63
Largest federal employers in Arkansas (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Arkansas by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 6,172 $108,455
2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1,366 $79,976
3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 365 $127,476
4 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 362 $95,462
5 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 323 $78,140
6 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 286 $88,869
7 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 184 $114,070
8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 121 $59,273
9 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 77 $97,042
10 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 63 $111,746
11 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 61 $115,338
12 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 44 $100,488
13 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 28 $96,510
14 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 25 $146,126
15 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 24 $96,185
16 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 17 $115,521
17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 17 $107,053
18 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 17 $101,342
19 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 13 $113,385
20 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 6 $157,740
21 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 4 $116,448
22 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 4 $98,507
23 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 3 n/a
24 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2 $114,744
25 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 2 $141,427
26 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2 $134,544
27 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 1 $77,672
28 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1 $167,672
29 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 1 $147,945

Where Arkansas sits nationally

At 9,591 civilians, Arkansas sits in the thinner headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Arkansas vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

9,591 34th of 51 higher than 17 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 thinner duty-station books nearest Arkansas's 9,591-employee scale.

Kansas

9,263 employees $104,722 avg

Mississippi

9,171 employees $95,725 avg

Nevada

10,191 employees $107,573 avg

Montana

8,643 employees $90,083 avg

New Jersey

10,635 employees $126,642 avg

Idaho

8,282 employees $92,160 avg

Lower-pay peers of Arkansas

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 ($102,501 here).

Indiana
$102,913 avg · 11,286 employees
Oregon
$103,039 avg · 15,964 employees
Louisiana
$103,472 avg · 11,836 employees
Nebraska
$101,478 avg · 5,419 employees
Tennessee
$100,769 avg · 22,414 employees
Alabama
$104,265 avg · 15,145 employees

Similar average tenure

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

Arizona
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 23,479 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.