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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Colorado

Colorado ranks #14 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Colorado is a large federal duty-station market: 24,385 civilians (1.2% of the disclosed workforce) at $120,244 average pay. Pay lands in the upper third of states (Near federal average). Average length of service (13.1 yrs) is among the longer state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

24,385

+0.1% from prior period

Average Salary

$120,244

Near federal average

+0.0%

Avg Length of Service

13.1 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

58

Federal Agencies in Colorado

58 agencies disclose staff here, a dense agency book for Colorado; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS alone accounts for 7,558 civilians.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…7,5582. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR5,1113. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE2,9414. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…1,4415. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE1,3386. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …7417. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY7318. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…7199. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY66910. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE658
Largest federal employers in Colorado (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Colorado by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 7,558 $120,745
2 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 5,111 $110,741
3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2,941 $94,792
4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1,441 $150,002
5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1,338 $141,522
6 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 741 $131,847
7 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 731 $105,305
8 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 719 $123,783
9 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 669 $145,892
10 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 658 $108,703
11 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 554 $141,144
12 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 506 $114,511
13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 285 $139,288
14 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 244 $138,159
15 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 216 $126,790
16 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 116 $121,014
17 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 99 $233,371
18 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 58 $122,953
19 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 49 $263,584
20 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 46 $143,870
21 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 40 $157,582
22 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 38 $167,721
23 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 28 $71,997
24 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 23 $132,536
25 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 20 $108,181
26 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 20 $144,196
27 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 17 n/a
28 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 15 $157,080
29 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 14 $110,599
30 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 9 $164,411
31 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 7 $159,981
32 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH REVIEW CMSN 6 $151,169
33 PEACE CORPS 5 $144,684
34 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 5 $174,616
35 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 5 $169,340
36 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 5 $177,563
37 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 4 $163,686
38 FED MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW CMSN 4 $130,444
39 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 4 $132,916
40 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 4 $162,599
41 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 3 $195,617
42 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 3 $184,160
43 DFC 3 $148,620
44 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 3 $109,947
45 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 3 $93,954
46 U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEV 2 $180,364
47 CHEMICAL SAFETY/HAZARD INVESTIGATION BD 2 $172,965
48 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 2 $203,282
49 JUDICIAL BRANCH 2 $111,649
50 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 1 $94,370
51 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 1 $142,008
52 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 1 $87,176
53 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 1 $118,675
54 U.S.AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 1 $158,939
55 FED RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD 1 $182,316
56 ADV COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1 $26,088
57 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 1 $130,543
58 FEDERAL FINANCIAL INST. EXAM. COUNCIL 1 $154,264

Where Colorado sits nationally

With 24,385 civilians, Colorado anchors the upper headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Colorado vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

24,385 14th of 51 higher than 37 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 Colorado's 24,385-employee scale.

Missouri

25,174 employees $98,611 avg

Arizona

23,479 employees $104,382 avg

Washington

23,282 employees $116,221 avg

Ohio

25,990 employees $113,832 avg

Tennessee

22,414 employees $100,769 avg

North Carolina

26,746 employees $112,595 avg

High-pay peers of Colorado

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 ($120,244 here).

Massachusetts
$120,785 avg · 16,188 employees
Illinois
$119,378 avg · 27,107 employees
Rhode Island
$119,256 avg · 2,973 employees
New Hampshire
$121,875 avg · 3,670 employees
Vermont
$118,036 avg · 2,454 employees
Delaware
$116,878 avg · 2,221 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (13.1 years here).

Alabama
13.1 yrs avg tenure · 15,145 employees
Washington
13.1 yrs avg tenure · 23,282 employees
Georgia
13 yrs avg tenure · 39,575 employees
Louisiana
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 11,836 employees
Massachusetts
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 16,188 employees
Texas
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 73,050 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.