Federal Employees by State
Where 1.09M federal employees work.
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District of Columbia
DC101.9K employeesAvg $152,703
California
CA78.4K employeesAvg $124,383
Maryland
MD77.6K employeesAvg $144,088
Texas
TX74.6K employeesAvg $110,035
Florida
FL56.6K employeesAvg $110,087
Virginia
VA43.1K employeesAvg $132,853
Georgia
GA41.2K employeesAvg $111,892
Pennsylvania
PA37.3K employeesAvg $104,601
New York
NY36.9K employeesAvg $114,577
Illinois
IL28.2K employeesAvg $117,952
North Carolina
NC27.3K employeesAvg $111,444
Ohio
OH26.5K employeesAvg $112,636
Missouri
MO25.8K employeesAvg $97,112
Colorado
CO24.7K employeesAvg $120,987
Arizona
AZ23.6K employeesAvg $104,250
Washington
WA23.3K employeesAvg $117,470
Tennessee
TN23K employeesAvg $99,066
Michigan
MI18.3K employeesAvg $108,775
Massachusetts
MA16.7K employeesAvg $119,569
Alabama
AL15.6K employeesAvg $104,400
Oklahoma
OK15.1K employeesAvg $105,143
Oregon
OR14.9K employeesAvg $106,920
Utah
UT14.7K employeesAvg $89,597
Minnesota
MN13.9K employeesAvg $111,529
Wisconsin
WI13.6K employeesAvg $105,181
New Mexico
NM13.6K employeesAvg $97,389
West Virginia
WV13.6K employeesAvg $105,925
South Carolina
SC12.8K employeesAvg $103,755
Kentucky
KY12.4K employeesAvg $97,336
Louisiana
LA12.2K employeesAvg $101,900
Indiana
IN11.4K employeesAvg $101,586
New Jersey
NJ10.8K employeesAvg $124,540
Nevada
NV10.1K employeesAvg $107,806
Arkansas
AR9.7K employeesAvg $101,455
Kansas
KS9.6K employeesAvg $103,019
Mississippi
MS9.3K employeesAvg $95,125
Montana
MT7.5K employeesAvg $96,677
Idaho
ID7.4K employeesAvg $97,703
Iowa
IA7.2K employeesAvg $102,792
South Dakota
SD6.7K employeesAvg $92,322
Nebraska
NE5.5K employeesAvg $100,564
Alaska
AK5.2K employeesAvg $114,085
Connecticut
CT5K employeesAvg $122,399
Hawaii
HI4.9K employeesAvg $107,820
Wyoming
WY4.6K employeesAvg $95,175
New Hampshire
NH3.7K employeesAvg $120,742
North Dakota
ND3.6K employeesAvg $95,431
Maine
ME3.5K employeesAvg $107,513
Rhode Island
RI3K employeesAvg $118,305
Vermont
VT2.5K employeesAvg $116,503
Delaware
DE2.3K employeesAvg $115,454
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