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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Connecticut

Connecticut ranks #44 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Connecticut is a thinner federal footprint: 5,003 civilians (0.3% of the disclosed workforce) at $123,699 average pay. Pay lands in the upper third of states (Above federal average). Average length of service (12.4 yrs) sits near the cohort middle. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

5,003

+0.2% from prior period

Average Salary

$123,699

Above federal average

-0.0%

Avg Length of Service

12.4 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

31

Federal Agencies in Connecticut

31 agencies disclose staff in Connecticut; the largest is DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS with 3,554, a narrower agency footprint than high-volume states.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…3,5542. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…2553. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …1614. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE1495. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…1476. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY1417. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE1318. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE1309. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…6310. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR53
Largest federal employers in Connecticut (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Connecticut by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 3,554 $125,844
2 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 255 $106,107
3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 161 $122,636
4 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 149 $108,946
5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 147 $138,436
6 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 141 $130,829
7 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 131 $103,368
8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 130 $104,474
9 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 63 $111,140
10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 53 $115,654
11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 40 $113,998
12 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 35 $93,685
13 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 32 $147,225
14 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 30 $161,042
15 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 24 $129,932
16 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 12 $139,003
17 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 10 $141,439
18 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 9 n/a
19 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 7 $164,103
20 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 6 $210,127
21 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2 $160,839
22 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 2 $231,683
23 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2 $105,481
24 PEACE CORPS 1 $190,513
25 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 1 $177,870
26 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 $129,612
27 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 1 $209,600
28 DFC 1 $197,200
29 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 1 $197,200
30 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 1 $174,347
31 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 1 $146,646

Where Connecticut sits nationally

At 5,003 civilians, Connecticut sits in the thinner headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Connecticut vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

5,003 44th of 51 higher than 7 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 Connecticut's 5,003-employee scale.

Hawaii

4,780 employees $109,314 avg

Wyoming

5,254 employees $88,728 avg

Nebraska

5,419 employees $101,478 avg

Alaska

5,778 employees $108,775 avg

New Hampshire

3,670 employees $121,875 avg

North Dakota

3,618 employees $94,971 avg

High-pay peers of Connecticut

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 ($123,699 here).

California
$124,322 avg · 78,484 employees
New Hampshire
$121,875 avg · 3,670 employees
Massachusetts
$120,785 avg · 16,188 employees
New Jersey
$126,642 avg · 10,635 employees
Colorado
$120,244 avg · 24,385 employees
Illinois
$119,378 avg · 27,107 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (12.4 years here).

Alaska
12.4 yrs avg tenure · 5,778 employees
Minnesota
12.4 yrs avg tenure · 13,729 employees
Arizona
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 23,479 employees
Arkansas
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 9,591 employees
California
12.5 yrs avg tenure · 78,484 employees
Florida
12.3 yrs avg tenure · 55,342 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.