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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in New York

New York ranks #9 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. New York is a large federal duty-station market: 35,791 civilians (1.8% of the disclosed workforce) at $116,309 average pay. Pay lands in the upper third of states (Near federal average). Average length of service (12.8 yrs) is among the longer state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

35,791

-0.1% from prior period

Average Salary

$116,309

Near federal average

+0.2%

Avg Length of Service

12.8 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

60

Federal Agencies in New York

60 agencies disclose staff here, a dense agency book for New York; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS alone accounts for 17,225 civilians.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…17,2252. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY4,1413. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…3,0174. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…2,2395. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…1,4016. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …1,0047. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE9328. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR8939. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE80810. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE789
Largest federal employers in New York (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in New York by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 17,225 $113,057
2 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 4,141 $97,670
3 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 3,017 $105,114
4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2,239 $147,352
5 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 1,401 $116,436
6 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 1,004 $128,213
7 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 932 $104,413
8 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 893 $81,582
9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 808 $95,332
10 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 789 $124,668
11 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 471 $141,520
12 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 466 $254,316
13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 415 $138,347
14 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 371 $126,416
15 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 236 $142,238
16 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 209 $201,768
17 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 193 $101,332
18 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 172 $119,531
19 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 130 $89,886
20 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 91 $162,623
21 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 77 $152,343
22 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 69 $238,511
23 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 54 $199,470
24 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 54 $147,462
25 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 54 n/a
26 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 48 $135,375
27 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 35 $176,749
28 DFC 33 $184,611
29 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 32 $181,509
30 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 22 $114,833
31 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 15 $124,305
32 U.S.AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 14 $151,293
33 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 10 $102,482
34 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 8 $99,540
35 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 7 $131,948
36 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 6 $126,840
37 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 6 $153,618
38 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 5 $148,107
39 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 4 $161,757
40 PEACE CORPS 3 $129,778
41 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 3 $191,160
42 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 2 $172,929
43 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 2 n/a
44 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 2 $180,123
45 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 2 $155,502
46 U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEV 2 $161,072
47 JUDICIAL BRANCH 2 $165,517
48 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 2 $120,329
49 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 2 $170,458
50 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 2 $174,347
51 CMTE FOR PURCH FRM PPLE BLIND OR SEV DIS 2 $171,769
52 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 1 $167,987
53 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 1 $135,102
54 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 1 $173,060
55 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 1 $206,898
56 ADV COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1 $153,163
57 FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEER 1 $119,546
58 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 1 $155,502
59 PUBLIC BUILDINGS REFORM BOARD 1 $197,201
60 INTERNATIONAL JOINT CMSN: U.S. & CANADA 1 $184,900

Where New York sits nationally

With 35,791 civilians, New York anchors the upper headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

New York vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

35,791 9th of 51 higher than 42 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 New York's 35,791-employee scale.

Pennsylvania

36,115 employees $105,985 avg

Georgia

39,575 employees $113,374 avg

Virginia

44,228 employees $134,612 avg

Illinois

27,107 employees $119,378 avg

North Carolina

26,746 employees $112,595 avg

Ohio

25,990 employees $113,832 avg

High-pay peers of New York

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 ($116,309 here).

Washington
$116,221 avg · 23,282 employees
Delaware
$116,878 avg · 2,221 employees
Vermont
$118,036 avg · 2,454 employees
Ohio
$113,832 avg · 25,990 employees
Georgia
$113,374 avg · 39,575 employees
Rhode Island
$119,256 avg · 2,973 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (12.8 years here).

Illinois
12.8 yrs avg tenure · 27,107 employees
Oklahoma
12.8 yrs avg tenure · 14,632 employees
West Virginia
12.8 yrs avg tenure · 13,160 employees
Louisiana
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 11,836 employees
Massachusetts
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 16,188 employees
Texas
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 73,050 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.