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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Georgia

Georgia ranks #7 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Georgia is a large federal duty-station market: 39,575 civilians (2.0% of the disclosed workforce) at $113,374 average pay. Pay lands in the upper third of states (Near federal average). Average length of service (13 yrs) is among the longer state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

39,575

-0.2% from prior period

Average Salary

$113,374

Near federal average

+0.1%

Avg Length of Service

13 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

56

Federal Agencies in Georgia

56 agencies disclose staff here, a dense agency book for Georgia; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS alone accounts for 13,880 civilians.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…13,8802. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …7,8533. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY4,2924. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…2,4385. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE2,3016. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…2,1497. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…1,3748. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION …7579. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR74210. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE646
Largest federal employers in Georgia (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Georgia by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 13,880 $108,545
2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 7,853 $136,618
3 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 4,292 $80,975
4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2,438 $148,932
5 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2,301 $88,100
6 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 2,149 $103,317
7 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 1,374 $104,288
8 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 757 $128,385
9 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 742 $94,351
10 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 646 $110,088
11 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 570 $99,089
12 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 457 $128,687
13 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 366 $122,062
14 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 351 $85,339
15 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 323 $128,915
16 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 169 $181,913
17 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 127 $143,498
18 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 106 $131,347
19 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 98 $233,321
20 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 96 $120,856
21 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 86 $136,982
22 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 84 $112,234
23 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 59 $103,391
24 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 50 $90,031
25 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 24 $157,591
26 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 19 $128,099
27 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 15 $119,054
28 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 15 n/a
29 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 13 $115,892
30 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 13 $169,483
31 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 12 $120,321
32 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 9 $163,846
33 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 9 $151,148
34 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 9 $146,891
35 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 8 $229,471
36 DFC 7 $142,937
37 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 6 $139,320
38 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 6 $148,011
39 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 5 $94,611
40 PEACE CORPS 4 $136,674
41 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 3 $136,520
42 CIVIL RIGHTS COLD CASE REVIEW BOARD 3 $176,490
43 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 2 $120,900
44 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH REVIEW CMSN 2 $209,600
45 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 2 $131,317
46 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 2 $113,057
47 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 2 $159,620
48 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 2 $147,000
49 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 2 $162,203
50 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 1 $166,881
51 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1 $155,178
52 U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEV 1 $134,031
53 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1 $110,431
54 INTER BOUND AND WATER COMM U.S. SECTION 1 $116,362
55 CMTE FOR PURCH FRM PPLE BLIND OR SEV DIS 1 $134,162
56 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 1 $192,958

Where Georgia sits nationally

With 39,575 civilians, Georgia anchors the upper headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Georgia vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

39,575 7th of 51 higher than 44 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 Georgia's 39,575-employee scale.

Pennsylvania

36,115 employees $105,985 avg

New York

35,791 employees $116,309 avg

Virginia

44,228 employees $134,612 avg

Illinois

27,107 employees $119,378 avg

North Carolina

26,746 employees $112,595 avg

Ohio

25,990 employees $113,832 avg

High-pay peers of Georgia

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 ($113,374 here).

Ohio
$113,832 avg · 25,990 employees
Minnesota
$112,696 avg · 13,729 employees
North Carolina
$112,595 avg · 26,746 employees
Florida
$111,473 avg · 55,342 employees
Texas
$110,896 avg · 73,050 employees
Washington
$116,221 avg · 23,282 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (13 years here).

Alabama
13.1 yrs avg tenure · 15,145 employees
Colorado
13.1 yrs avg tenure · 24,385 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
Washington
13.1 yrs avg tenure · 23,282 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.