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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Minnesota

Minnesota ranks #25 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Minnesota sits mid-pack on federal headcount: 13,729 civilians (0.7% of the disclosed workforce) at $112,696 average pay. Pay tracks near the middle of the state pack (Near 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

13,729

+0.0% from prior period

Average Salary

$112,696

Near federal average

+0.1%

Avg Length of Service

12.4 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

44

Federal Agencies in Minnesota

44 agencies disclose staff in Minnesota; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS leads with 7,835 employees.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…7,8352. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE1,4273. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…9264. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …6965. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR6606. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE6317. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…3408. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…2669. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY24110. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE212
Largest federal employers in Minnesota (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Minnesota by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 7,835 $112,632
2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1,427 $90,366
3 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 926 $154,606
4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 696 $106,453
5 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 660 $100,443
6 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 631 $106,004
7 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 340 $102,346
8 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 266 $112,828
9 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 241 $145,176
10 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 212 $99,886
11 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 70 $137,548
12 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 63 $122,479
13 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 60 $110,426
14 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 58 $160,351
15 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 41 $89,564
16 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 40 $335,153
17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 38 $126,789
18 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 15 $151,762
19 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 14 $132,644
20 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 $113,748
21 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 9 $151,876
22 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 9 n/a
23 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 7 $186,051
24 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 7 $130,868
25 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 7 $106,662
26 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6 $138,235
27 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 $148,451
28 PEACE CORPS 4 $135,784
29 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 4 $166,946
30 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 3 $89,865
31 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 3 $190,776
32 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 3 $130,628
33 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 2 $114,715
34 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 2 $174,019
35 DFC 2 $183,161
36 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 2 $184,282
37 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 1 $188,174
38 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 1 $143,585
39 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 1 $127,643
40 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1 $177,421
41 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 1 $143,116
42 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 1 $113,847
43 ADV COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1 $127,643
44 INTERNAT BOUNDARY CMSN: U.S. AND CANADA 1 $116,362

Where Minnesota sits nationally

Minnesota's 13,729 civilians place it mid-pack among 51 states and territories by FedScope headcount (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Minnesota vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

13,729 25th of 51 higher than 26 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

States whose disclosed federal headcount sits closest to Minnesota's 13,729.

New Mexico

14,008 employees $96,529 avg

Wisconsin

13,409 employees $106,687 avg

West Virginia

13,160 employees $106,959 avg

Oklahoma

14,632 employees $106,785 avg

South Carolina

12,597 employees $105,109 avg

Alabama

15,145 employees $104,265 avg

Nationwide states near Minnesota on pay or tenure

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 ($112,696 here).

North Carolina
$112,595 avg · 26,746 employees
Georgia
$113,374 avg · 39,575 employees
Ohio
$113,832 avg · 25,990 employees
Florida
$111,473 avg · 55,342 employees
Texas
$110,896 avg · 73,050 employees
Hawaii
$109,314 avg · 4,780 employees

Similar average tenure

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

Alaska
12.4 yrs avg tenure · 5,778 employees
Connecticut
12.4 yrs avg tenure · 5,003 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.