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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Montana

Montana ranks #37 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Montana is a thinner federal footprint: 8,643 civilians (0.4% of the disclosed workforce) at $90,083 average pay. Pay lands in the lower third of states (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

8,643

+0.8% from prior period

Average Salary

$90,083

Below federal average

-0.6%

Avg Length of Service

12.1 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

30

Federal Agencies in Montana

30 agencies disclose staff in Montana; the largest is DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE with 3,157, a narrower agency footprint than high-volume states.

1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE3,1572. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR1,9623. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…1,7404. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …1,0085. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…2076. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE1267. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY1268. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…879. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…5410. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION…40
Largest federal employers in Montana (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Montana by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 3,157 $76,935
2 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 1,962 $80,715
3 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 1,740 $109,938
4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 1,008 $99,039
5 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 207 $111,723
6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 126 $94,090
7 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 126 $135,641
8 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 87 $97,234
9 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 54 $106,527
10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 $112,507
11 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 29 $108,622
12 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 23 $107,611
13 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 22 $140,616
14 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 17 $108,910
15 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 8 $122,520
16 INTERNAT BOUNDARY CMSN: U.S. AND CANADA 8 $76,786
17 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 6 $112,090
18 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 3 $145,344
19 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 3 $165,716
20 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 3 $143,347
21 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2 $128,041
22 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 2 $102,935
23 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 2 n/a
24 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2 $127,366
25 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 1 n/a
26 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1 $65,599
27 PEACE CORPS 1 $83,505
28 ADV COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1 $26,088
29 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 1 $147,945
30 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 1 n/a

Where Montana sits nationally

At 8,643 civilians, Montana sits in the thinner headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Montana vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

8,643 37th of 51 higher than 14 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 Montana's 8,643-employee scale.

Idaho

8,282 employees $92,160 avg

Mississippi

9,171 employees $95,725 avg

Kansas

9,263 employees $104,722 avg

Arkansas

9,591 employees $102,501 avg

Nevada

10,191 employees $107,573 avg

Iowa

7,038 employees $104,469 avg

Lower-pay peers of Montana

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 ($90,083 here).

Wyoming
$88,728 avg · 5,254 employees
South Dakota
$92,120 avg · 6,731 employees
Idaho
$92,160 avg · 8,282 employees
Utah
$87,896 avg · 15,153 employees
North Dakota
$94,971 avg · 3,618 employees
Mississippi
$95,725 avg · 9,171 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
Iowa
12.1 yrs avg tenure · 7,038 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.