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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Tennessee

Tennessee ranks #17 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Tennessee is a large federal duty-station market: 22,414 civilians (1.1% of the disclosed workforce) at $100,769 average pay. Pay lands in the lower third of states (Below federal average). Average length of service (11.6 yrs) is among the shorter state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

22,414

+0.2% from prior period

Average Salary

$100,769

Below federal average

+0.1%

Avg Length of Service

11.6 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

48

Federal Agencies in Tennessee

48 agencies disclose staff here, a dense agency book for Tennessee; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS alone accounts for 12,952 civilians.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…12,9522. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY3,9443. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE1,3454. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…9835. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…7836. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR6617. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY3488. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND …2849. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE26310. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND S…208
Largest federal employers in Tennessee (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Tennessee by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 12,952 $109,789
2 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 3,944 $69,578
3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1,345 $72,987
4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 983 $137,014
5 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 783 $96,288
6 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 661 $77,808
7 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 348 $143,954
8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 284 $113,016
9 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 263 $94,747
10 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 208 $96,750
11 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 206 $107,877
12 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 77 $143,984
13 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 68 $116,885
14 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 52 $113,806
15 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 46 $109,654
16 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 42 $126,307
17 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 32 $85,170
18 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 29 $147,061
19 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 15 n/a
20 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 10 $126,738
21 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 10 $149,022
22 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6 $124,589
23 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 6 $89,223
24 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 4 $168,482
25 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 4 $195,850
26 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 4 $133,850
27 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 4 $145,696
28 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 3 $116,007
29 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2 $157,225
30 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 2 n/a
31 JUDICIAL BRANCH 2 $154,405
32 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 2 $155,050
33 MORRIS K. UDALL & STEWART L. UDALL FOUND 2 n/a
34 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1 $117,081
35 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 1 $116,362
36 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 1 $192,331
37 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 1 $78,156
38 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 1 $124,177
39 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 1 $134,162
40 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 1 $187,399
41 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1 $163,514
42 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 1 $192,331
43 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 1 $192,331
44 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 1 $147,199
45 PRESIDIO TRUST 1 $157,648
46 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 1 $147,945
47 ADV COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1 $172,604
48 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 1 $157,809

Where Tennessee sits nationally

With 22,414 civilians, Tennessee anchors the upper headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Tennessee vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

22,414 17th of 51 higher than 34 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 Tennessee's 22,414-employee scale.

Washington

23,282 employees $116,221 avg

Arizona

23,479 employees $104,382 avg

Colorado

24,385 employees $120,244 avg

Missouri

25,174 employees $98,611 avg

Ohio

25,990 employees $113,832 avg

Michigan

18,311 employees $109,161 avg

Lower-pay peers of Tennessee

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 ($100,769 here).

Nebraska
$101,478 avg · 5,419 employees
Arkansas
$102,501 avg · 9,591 employees
Kentucky
$99,012 avg · 12,078 employees
Indiana
$102,913 avg · 11,286 employees
Missouri
$98,611 avg · 25,174 employees
Oregon
$103,039 avg · 15,964 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (11.6 years here).

Wisconsin
11.6 yrs avg tenure · 13,409 employees
Maine
11.4 yrs avg tenure · 3,506 employees
Rhode Island
11.4 yrs avg tenure · 2,973 employees
Idaho
11.8 yrs avg tenure · 8,282 employees
Nevada
11.3 yrs avg tenure · 10,191 employees
Utah
11.3 yrs avg tenure · 15,153 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.