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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Iowa

Iowa ranks #39 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Iowa is a thinner federal footprint: 7,038 civilians (0.4% of the disclosed workforce) at $104,469 average pay. Pay tracks near the middle of the state pack (Below federal average). Average length of service (12.1 yrs) is among the shorter state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

7,038

+0.3% from prior period

Average Salary

$104,469

Below federal average

+0.1%

Avg Length of Service

12.1 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

31

Federal Agencies in Iowa

31 agencies disclose staff in Iowa; the largest is DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS with 4,242, a narrower agency footprint than high-volume states.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…4,2422. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE1,6043. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…2164. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…2135. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE1446. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY1247. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR1148. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …919. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE…7810. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND S…65
Largest federal employers in Iowa (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Iowa by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 4,242 $111,252
2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1,604 $87,300
3 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 216 $108,183
4 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 213 $94,771
5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 144 $93,239
6 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 124 $89,935
7 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 114 $80,990
8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 91 $112,033
9 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 78 $145,723
10 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 65 $107,435
11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 31 $111,744
12 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 17 $136,439
13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 16 $120,091
14 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 $114,844
15 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 12 $115,364
16 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 11 $104,214
17 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 8 $101,775
18 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 6 $117,161
19 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 5 $156,306
20 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 5 n/a
21 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5 $130,777
22 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 3 $87,462
23 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 3 $152,253
24 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 3 $127,111
25 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 3 $136,216
26 U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEV 1 $172,901
27 PEACE CORPS 1 $94,748
28 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 1 $51,881
29 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 1 $122,556
30 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 1 $149,146
31 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 1 n/a

Where Iowa sits nationally

At 7,038 civilians, Iowa sits in the thinner headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Iowa vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

7,038 39th of 51 higher than 12 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 Iowa's 7,038-employee scale.

South Dakota

6,731 employees $92,120 avg

Idaho

8,282 employees $92,160 avg

Alaska

5,778 employees $108,775 avg

Montana

8,643 employees $90,083 avg

Nebraska

5,419 employees $101,478 avg

Wyoming

5,254 employees $88,728 avg

Shorter-tenure peers of Iowa

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 ($104,469 here).

Arizona
$104,382 avg · 23,479 employees
Alabama
$104,265 avg · 15,145 employees
Kansas
$104,722 avg · 9,263 employees
South Carolina
$105,109 avg · 12,597 employees
Louisiana
$103,472 avg · 11,836 employees
Oregon
$103,039 avg · 15,964 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (12.1 years here).

Delaware
12.1 yrs avg tenure · 2,221 employees
Indiana
12.1 yrs avg tenure · 11,286 employees
Montana
12.1 yrs avg tenure · 8,643 employees
Vermont
12.1 yrs avg tenure · 2,454 employees
Kentucky
12.2 yrs avg tenure · 12,078 employees
North Carolina
12 yrs avg tenure · 26,746 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.