Distribution of federal workforce by location

Location  Share of all federal employees
United States 98%
Washington D.C.  7%
All other states 91%
U.S. territories 1%
Foreign countries 1%
Economic Policy Institute

Source: Office of Personnel Management, FedScope - Federal Workforce Data, last updated March 2024. FedScope does not include the U.S. Postal Service in its data and therefore estimates the federal workforce at 2.3 million workers.  

View the underlying data on epi.org.