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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Missouri

Missouri ranks #13 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Missouri is a large federal duty-station market: 25,174 civilians (1.3% of the disclosed workforce) at $98,611 average pay. Pay lands in the lower third of states (Below federal average). Average length of service (12.6 yrs) sits near the cohort middle. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

25,174

-0.2% from prior period

Average Salary

$98,611

Below federal average

+0.2%

Avg Length of Service

12.6 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

41

Federal Agencies in Missouri

41 agencies disclose staff here, a dense agency book for Missouri; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS alone accounts for 10,761 civilians.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…10,7612. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY4,5363. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE2,4944. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…1,9445. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…9376. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…7107. NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS …6878. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR5829. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIST…44310. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE435
Largest federal employers in Missouri (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Missouri by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 10,761 $109,349
2 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 4,536 $65,219
3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2,494 $100,065
4 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 1,944 $94,934
5 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 937 $102,559
6 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 710 $125,692
7 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 687 $61,818
8 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 582 $82,172
9 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 443 $119,001
10 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 435 $99,699
11 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 421 $105,826
12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 410 $123,802
13 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 215 $167,513
14 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 158 $112,485
15 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 127 $132,356
16 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 55 $129,564
17 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 49 $98,141
18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 41 $138,111
19 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 29 $118,847
20 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 29 $129,850
21 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 26 $120,502
22 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 15 $243,462
23 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 14 $147,372
24 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 12 $94,117
25 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 11 $99,256
26 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 8 n/a
27 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 4 $170,310
28 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 4 $116,396
29 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 3 $158,877
30 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 2 $164,701
31 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 2 $244,076
32 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 1 $119,315
33 PEACE CORPS 1 $117,881
34 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 1 $71,936
35 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 1 n/a
36 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 1 $144,875
37 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 1 $153,398
38 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 1 $117,081
39 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 1 $100,066
40 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 1 $147,945
41 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1 $94,838

Where Missouri sits nationally

With 25,174 civilians, Missouri anchors the upper headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Missouri vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

25,174 13th of 51 higher than 38 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 Missouri's 25,174-employee scale.

Colorado

24,385 employees $120,244 avg

Ohio

25,990 employees $113,832 avg

North Carolina

26,746 employees $112,595 avg

Arizona

23,479 employees $104,382 avg

Washington

23,282 employees $116,221 avg

Illinois

27,107 employees $119,378 avg

Lower-pay peers of Missouri

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 ($98,611 here).

Kentucky
$99,012 avg · 12,078 employees
New Mexico
$96,529 avg · 14,008 employees
Tennessee
$100,769 avg · 22,414 employees
Nebraska
$101,478 avg · 5,419 employees
Mississippi
$95,725 avg · 9,171 employees
North Dakota
$94,971 avg · 3,618 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (12.6 years here).

Kansas
12.6 yrs avg tenure · 9,263 employees
Pennsylvania
12.6 yrs avg tenure · 36,115 employees
California
12.5 yrs avg tenure · 78,484 employees
Mississippi
12.5 yrs avg tenure · 9,171 employees
Alaska
12.4 yrs avg tenure · 5,778 employees
Connecticut
12.4 yrs avg tenure · 5,003 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.