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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Maine

Maine ranks #48 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Maine is a thinner federal footprint: 3,506 civilians (0.2% of the disclosed workforce) at $106,807 average pay. Pay tracks near the middle of the state pack (Below federal average). Average length of service (11.4 yrs) is among the shorter state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

3,506

+0.3% from prior period

Average Salary

$106,807

Below federal average

-0.0%

Avg Length of Service

11.4 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

36

Federal Agencies in Maine

36 agencies disclose staff in Maine; the largest is DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS with 2,248, a narrower agency footprint than high-volume states.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…2,2482. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR3383. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE2064. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…1485. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…1476. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE987. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…968. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …869. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY2110. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS…18
Largest federal employers in Maine (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Maine by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2,248 $108,822
2 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 338 $74,376
3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 206 $96,093
4 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 148 $106,769
5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 147 $124,343
6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 98 $107,766
7 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 96 $112,677
8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 86 $123,789
9 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 21 $135,713
10 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 18 $132,050
11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 16 $115,041
12 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 9 $120,909
13 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 9 n/a
14 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 8 $121,155
15 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 7 $152,600
16 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 7 $149,444
17 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 6 $158,576
18 INTERNAT BOUNDARY CMSN: U.S. AND CANADA 6 $59,691
19 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 4 $220,774
20 PEACE CORPS 3 $167,082
21 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 3 $155,857
22 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 3 $142,828
23 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 2 $149,346
24 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2 $138,199
25 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 2 $175,121
26 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 $192,300
27 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 2 $172,257
28 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1 $128,410
29 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 1 $129,969
30 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 1 $188,324
31 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1 $197,200
32 U.S.AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 1 $132,604
33 DFC 1 $128,585
34 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 1 $172,604
35 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1 $120,548
36 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 1 $184,317

Where Maine sits nationally

At 3,506 civilians, Maine sits in the thinner headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Maine vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

3,506 48th of 51 higher than 3 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 Maine's 3,506-employee scale.

North Dakota

3,618 employees $94,971 avg

New Hampshire

3,670 employees $121,875 avg

Rhode Island

2,973 employees $119,256 avg

Vermont

2,454 employees $118,036 avg

Hawaii

4,780 employees $109,314 avg

Delaware

2,221 employees $116,878 avg

Shorter-tenure peers of Maine

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 ($106,807 here).

Oklahoma
$106,785 avg · 14,632 employees
Wisconsin
$106,687 avg · 13,409 employees
West Virginia
$106,959 avg · 13,160 employees
Nevada
$107,573 avg · 10,191 employees
Pennsylvania
$105,985 avg · 36,115 employees
South Carolina
$105,109 avg · 12,597 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (11.4 years here).

Rhode Island
11.4 yrs avg tenure · 2,973 employees
Nevada
11.3 yrs avg tenure · 10,191 employees
Utah
11.3 yrs avg tenure · 15,153 employees
Tennessee
11.6 yrs avg tenure · 22,414 employees
Wisconsin
11.6 yrs avg tenure · 13,409 employees
Michigan
11.2 yrs avg tenure · 18,311 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.