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Federal Workforce Statistics

The U.S. federal civilian workforce numbers 2,289,472 employees across 115 agencies and 634 occupation series, drawn from the Office of Personnel Management's FedScope employment cubes (March 2025). This page collects the headline figures and distributions, by agency, occupation, state, pay grade, and month-to-month workforce flow, in one citable reference.

Key findings

  • The U.S. federal government employs 2,289,472 civilians across 115 agencies and 634 occupation series (OPM FedScope, March 2025).
  • The largest federal agency by workforce is Department of Veterans Affairs, with 474,532 employees.
  • The agency with the highest average salary is Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at $243,978.
  • Alabama has more federal civilian employees than any other state (44,822).
  • The most-staffed occupation series is Miscellaneous Administration and Program, with 111,646 employees.
  • The highest-paid occupation series with at least 5,000 employees is MEDICAL OFFICER ($290,548).

Headline totals

Federal employees
2,289,472
Agencies
115
Occupation series
634
States (incl. DC)
51

Largest agencies by workforce

1. Department of Veterans Af…474,5322. Department of Homeland Se…231,7713. Department of the Army220,4844. Department of the Navy220,4595. Department of the Air For…171,7506. Department of Defense158,6897. Department of Treasury116,0738. Department of Justice116,0479. Department of Health and …92,26910. Department of Agriculture90,840
The 10 largest federal agencies by civilian employees (OPM FedScope, March 2025)

Highest-paying agencies

1. Commodity Futures Trading…$243,9782. Securities and Exchange C…$230,9913. Federal Housing Finance A…$205,0474. Federal Reserve System$196,7025. Defense Nuclear Facilitie…$187,2086. Federal Deposit Insurance…$178,6617. Millennium Challenge Corp…$174,9708. Ofc of the Nat Cyber Dir$172,9539. Surface Transportation Bo…$170,05510. Privacy and Civil Libert…$169,878
Federal agencies with the highest average salary (OPM FedScope, March 2025)

Largest & highest-paid occupations

1. Miscellaneous Administrat…111,6462. Nurse109,7163. Information Technology Ma…101,3324. Management and Program An…97,7425. Compliance Inspection and…59,0276. Miscellaneous Clerk and A…45,3517. Contracting44,3818. Criminal Investigation43,968
Most-staffed federal occupation series
1. MEDICAL OFFICER$290,5482. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT$171,3303. GENERAL ATTORNEY$170,7774. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EXA…$164,0795. PHARMACIST$163,5696. PATENT EXAMINING$156,1617. GENERAL ENGINEERING$150,9308. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL$150,830
Highest-paid occupation series (≥5,000 employees)

Employment by state

1. California182,2762. District of Columbia141,6133. Florida117,3534. Arizona46,2115. Colorado45,0686. Alabama44,8227. Arkansas15,3818. Alaska12,3819. Connecticut8,53010. Delaware4,345
The 10 states with the most federal civilian employees (OPM FedScope, March 2025)

Average pay by GS grade

GS-1$34,623GS-2$36,674GS-3$39,009GS-4$42,016GS-5$48,472GS-6$57,288GS-7$60,616GS-8$68,621GS-9$72,937GS-10$85,012GS-11$89,602GS-12$109,709GS-13$133,513GS-14$160,692GS-15$186,965
Average salary by General Schedule (GS) grade (OPM FedScope, March 2025)

Workforce flow, hiring vs departures

Monthly accessions vs separations

Federal civilian workforce inflow and outflow by month

010,00020,00030,00040,000 Apr 2024May 2024Jun 2024Jul 2024Aug 2024Sep 2024Oct 2024Nov 2024Dec 2024Jan 2025Feb 2025Mar 2025 4,92920,669 SeparationsAccessions

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PlainGovJobs. "Federal Workforce Statistics." Data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management FedScope (March 2025). https://plaingovjobs.com/statistics

All figures are computed from OPM FedScope employment cubes. See our methodology for how the data is sourced and aggregated. The underlying source data is U.S. Government public-domain; these aggregated figures are released under CC0 1.0 - free to reuse with attribution to PlainGovJobs.

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Data currency: Federal workforce figures from OPM FedScope as of the March 2025 snapshot, with current openings from USAJOBS; compiled and last refreshed May 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.