Federal Employee Headcount

The US Labor Department reported 2,819,960 federal employees in June 2017.

Active Duty Military 1,330,356

Civilians in Military 621,514

Veterans Affairs 381,457

Homeland Security 198,399

Justice 115,976

Defense 109,586

Agriculture 93,401

Treasury 87,676

Health & Human Services 84,822

Interior 68,275

Transportation 54,748

Commerce 47,704

Labor 15,016

Energy 14,762

State Department 12,301

HUD 7,827

Education 4,059

Federal Employees By State - The federal government currently employs just over 2 million full-time employees, excluding Postal Service workers. 
Federal workforce by the numbers: Who they are and where they work, By Nicole Ogrysko, 5/3/18

States with the most federal employees as of mid-2017 were California (250,000), Texas (200,000), Virginia (178,000) and Maryland (147,000). The vast majority of all federal employees, about 79 percent work outside the D.C. region.

The U.S. Postal Service, a quasi-governmental agency, employs by far the single largest segment of the civilian federal workforce. Other agencies employing the most civilian employees include the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans Affairs. More than a million active duty military further account for a significant portion of federal employment. (See active duty totals by state here.)

Choose a state below to view its federal employment totals and agency-level statistics for select larger agencies. Civilian employment figures are current as of September 2017 and do not include job totals for the Postal Service and several smaller agencies.

Sources -

Total Employment: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, June 2017

Civilian Employment: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, current as of September 2017. OPM figures do not include employment for the Postal Service and a limited number of smaller agencies. Active Duty Military: Defense Manpower Data Center, current as of May 2016

Reported figures do not reflect employees whose locations are suppressed. - Last updated: Jan. 19, 2018 

http://www.governing.com/gov-data/federal-employees-workforce-numbers-by-state.html

See Map at:

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2018/05/who-they-are-and-where-they-work-the-federal-workforce-by-the-numbers/slide/1/

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