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OPM FedScope June 2026 Federal civilian workforce

Federal Employment in Texas

Texas ranks #4 of 51 states and territories by federal civilian headcount in OPM FedScope June 2026. Texas is a large federal duty-station market: 73,050 civilians (3.7% of the disclosed workforce) at $110,896 average pay. Pay tracks near the middle of the state pack (Below federal average). Average length of service (12.9 yrs) is among the longer state books. Source: OPM FedScope June 2026.

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Federal Employees

73,050

+0.0% from prior period

Average Salary

$110,896

Below federal average

+0.1%

Avg Length of Service

12.9 yrs

Average tenure

Agencies Present

63

Federal Agencies in Texas

63 agencies disclose staff here, a dense agency book for Texas; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS alone accounts for 35,483 civilians.

1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF…35,4832. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY8,0653. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT…4,4634. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE…3,9845. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE3,4466. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE2,8387. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTR…2,8008. NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE…2,7379. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE1,36310. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND…1,252
Largest federal employers in Texas (by civilian employees)

The 10 largest federal agencies in Texas by civilian headcount.

Source: OPM FedScope

# Agency Employees Avg Salary
1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 35,483 $111,581
2 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 8,065 $82,789
3 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 4,463 $145,229
4 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 3,984 $105,636
5 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 3,446 $84,125
6 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2,838 $105,834
7 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 2,800 $100,680
8 NAT AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2,737 $159,529
9 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1,363 $108,183
10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 1,252 $125,148
11 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 1,159 $90,861
12 DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 1,065 $93,911
13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 742 $123,010
14 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 654 $130,128
15 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 636 $119,578
16 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 497 $180,223
17 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPM 318 $134,334
18 INTER BOUND AND WATER COMM U.S. SECTION 207 $88,130
19 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 206 $111,390
20 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 177 $147,737
21 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 126 $149,072
22 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 123 $120,099
23 NAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 106 $94,205
24 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 101 $229,817
25 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 86 $137,686
26 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 86 n/a
27 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 55 $128,058
28 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 36 $143,561
29 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 35 $258,129
30 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 30 $174,004
31 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 23 $105,422
32 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 17 $103,464
33 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 14 $178,535
34 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 12 $177,752
35 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 11 $148,453
36 CORP FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 10 $115,061
37 PEACE CORPS 10 $137,378
38 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 7 $153,582
39 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 6 $197,740
40 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 6 $122,061
41 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 5 $128,918
42 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 5 $154,765
43 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 5 $170,223
44 DFC 5 $108,041
45 FED MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 4 $135,797
46 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 4 $155,017
47 GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL 3 $143,558
48 U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEV 3 $128,568
49 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 3 $110,574
50 JUDICIAL BRANCH 3 $114,133
51 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 2 $145,263
52 U.S.AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA 2 $125,322
53 COUNCIL OF INSP. GEN. ON INTEG.& EFFIC. 2 $195,350
54 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 2 $164,161
55 CMTE FOR PURCH FRM PPLE BLIND OR SEV DIS 2 $144,469
56 FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSURANCE CORPORATION 1 $251,122
57 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 1 $212,657
58 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 1 $146,569
59 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 1 $86,599
60 FED RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD 1 $188,573
61 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 1 $160,836
62 JAPAN-UNITED STATES FRIENDSHIP CMSN 1 $144,191
63 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 1 $154,970

Where Texas sits nationally

With 73,050 civilians, Texas anchors the upper headcount band among 51 states and territories (inventory signal, not a quality ranking).

Texas vs all states by federal civilian headcount

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

73,050 4th of 51 higher than 47 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 Texas's 73,050-employee scale.

Maryland

75,194 employees $146,475 avg

California

78,484 employees $124,322 avg

Florida

55,342 employees $111,473 avg

District of Columbia

96,552 employees $154,024 avg

Virginia

44,228 employees $134,612 avg

Georgia

39,575 employees $113,374 avg

Long-tenure peers of Texas

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 ($110,896 here).

Florida
$111,473 avg · 55,342 employees
Hawaii
$109,314 avg · 4,780 employees
North Carolina
$112,595 avg · 26,746 employees
Michigan
$109,161 avg · 18,311 employees
Minnesota
$112,696 avg · 13,729 employees
Alaska
$108,775 avg · 5,778 employees

Similar average tenure

Nearest state-wide average length of service (12.9 years here).

Louisiana
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 11,836 employees
Massachusetts
12.9 yrs avg tenure · 16,188 employees
Georgia
13 yrs avg tenure · 39,575 employees
Illinois
12.8 yrs avg tenure · 27,107 employees
New York
12.8 yrs avg tenure · 35,791 employees
Oklahoma
12.8 yrs avg tenure · 14,632 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.