OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Idaho

Name: Federal Employment Data for Idaho
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Idaho ranks #38 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Idaho is a thinner federal footprint: 8,282 civilians (0.4% of the disclosed workforce) at $92,160 average pay. Pay lands in the lower third of states (Below federal average). Average length of service (11.8 yrs) is among the shorter state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Compiled by Plaingovjobs, Federal Workforce Editorial Process · August 11, 2026

Federal Employees

8,282

+1.2% from prior period

Average Salary

$92,160

Below federal average

-0.4%

Avg Length of Service

11.8 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

Federal Agencies in Idaho

27 agencies disclose staff in Idaho; the largest is DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE with 2,952, a narrower agency footprint than high-volume states.

Largest federal employers in Idaho (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Idaho by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

#	Agency	Employees	Avg Salary	Avg LOS
1	DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	2,952	$73,847	11.4 yrs
2	DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	2,439	$107,858	9.6 yrs
3	DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR	1,982	$90,389	13.9 yrs
4	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	197	$142,700	16.6 yrs
5	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	170	$111,546	13.7 yrs
6	SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION	124	$91,523	14.5 yrs
7	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	123	$96,890	12.8 yrs
8	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	73	$100,768	12.2 yrs
9	DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	66	$114,759	13.9 yrs
10	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	36	$112,311	16.7 yrs
11	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	32	$115,443	12.8 yrs
12	DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY	29	$112,918	17.1 yrs
13	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	15	$136,459	12 yrs
14	GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	14	$116,837	14.9 yrs
15	SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	9	$97,114	11.1 yrs
16	DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM	5	$140,863	19.8 yrs
17	NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	2	$93,887	6.2 yrs
18	PRESIDIO TRUST	2	$129,215	7.1 yrs
19	OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	2	$134,008	21.1 yrs
20	NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION	2	n/a	17.6 yrs
21	DEPARTMENT OF STATE	2	$131,274	24.8 yrs
22	GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE	1	$117,081	5.4 yrs
23	NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD	1	$110,558	14.3 yrs
24	NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION	1	$197,201	7.1 yrs
25	ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION	1	$113,378	3.8 yrs
26	ADV COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION	1	$26,088	0.4 yrs
27	FEDERAL FINANCIAL INST. EXAM. COUNCIL	1	$134,162	6.6 yrs

Where Idaho sits nationally

At 8,282 civilians, Idaho sits in the thinner headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Idaho vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

8,282 38th of 51 higher than 13 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 Idaho's 8,282-employee scale.

Montana

8,643 employees $90,083 avg

Mississippi

9,171 employees $95,725 avg

Kansas

9,263 employees $104,722 avg

Iowa

7,038 employees $104,469 avg

Arkansas

9,591 employees $102,501 avg

South Dakota

6,731 employees $92,120 avg

Lower-pay peers of Idaho

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 ($92,160 here).

South Dakota

$92,120 avg · 6,731 employees

Montana

$90,083 avg · 8,643 employees

North Dakota

$94,971 avg · 3,618 employees

Wyoming

$88,728 avg · 5,254 employees

Mississippi

$95,725 avg · 9,171 employees

Utah

$87,896 avg · 15,153 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (11.8 years here).

North Dakota

11.9 yrs avg tenure · 3,618 employees

North Carolina

12 yrs avg tenure · 26,746 employees

Oregon

12 yrs avg tenure · 15,964 employees

Tennessee

11.6 yrs avg tenure · 22,414 employees

Wisconsin

11.6 yrs avg tenure · 13,409 employees

Delaware

12.1 yrs avg tenure · 2,221 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.