2022:The federal government has 2.2 million full–time employees

 

 

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The federal government has 2.2 million full–time employees

Executive branch civil employment, by agency, 2022 (excluding Postal Service)

Bar chart showing the number of federal civilian employees by branch. The top 3 are defense-military programs, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security.

 

Cabinet

 department

 

Independent

 agency

Defense-military programs

 

772.3K

Department of Veterans Affairs

 

411.6K

Department of Homeland Security

 

202.8K

Department of Justice

 

115K

Treasury Department

 

94.4K

Department of Agriculture

 

85K

Department of Health and Human Services

 

79.2K

Department of the Interior

 

61.9K

Social Security Administration

 

58.2K

Department of Transportation

 

53.1K

Department of Commerce

 

41K

State Department

 

30K

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

 

23K

Corps of Engineers-Civil Works

 

23K

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

17.7K

Department of Labor

 

14.9K

Department of Energy

 

14.8K

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

 

14.2K

Environmental Protection Agency

 

14.2K

General Services Administration

 

11.7K

Tennessee Valley Authority

 

10.4K

Housing and Urban Development

 

8.1K

Small Business Administration

 

8K

International Assistance Programs

 

6.1K

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

5.9K

Smithsonian Institution

 

4.7K

Securities and Exchange Commission

 

4.5K

Department of Education

 

4.1K

National Archives and Records Administration

 

2.7K

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

 

2.7K

Office of Personnel Management

 

2.6K

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

 

2K

All others

 

10.6K

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