Fortune USA 201904

(Chris Devlin) #1

VETERANS AFFAIRS


388,669


NASA


17,223


PATENT AND


TRADEMARK


12,612


AIR FORCE


169,342


CENSUS


14,761


DEPT. OF


DEFENSE


(PENTAGON)


104,639


DEPT. OF STATE


11,796


ARMY


249,737


PARK SERVICE,


FISH AND


WILDLIFE


31,734


HEALTH


83,326


CUSTOMS,


BORDER


PROTECTION


59,188


NAVY


209,330


IRS


79,071


EPA


14,580


ALL OTHER


U.S. EMPLOYEES


215,056


DEA


8,868


AGRICULTURE


93,964


TSA


62,260


FEMA


19,864


PRISONS


35,908


FBI


37,832


NOAA


11,365


SOCIAL SECURITY


60,898


CITIZENSHIP,


IMMIGRATION


17,457


COAST


GUARD


8,599


ENERGY


14,416


SECRET


SERVICE


7,043


FAA


44,993


NUMBER OF


FEDERAL


EMPLOYEES


IN THE U.S.


AS OF JUNE 2018


LABOR


14,382


L AST BY TE


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FORTUNE.COM // APR.1.19


April 15 is a day that most Americans should feel like a boss. That indelible mark on the calendar—Tax Day—is a reminder, after all, that
you’ve got 2,098,913 people on your payroll, as of June. That said, you may be surprised by where exactly your employees are working:
The largest share, for instance, is tasked with taking care of U.S. military veterans (with 90% of staff deployed at VA hospitals). Employ-
ment at Veterans Affairs is up 15% over the past five years. Meanwhile, other big federal departments (agriculture, health, housing, and
labor) have shrunk. Same goes for the Department of Education, which is actually too small to show on the graphic above. —CLIFTON LEAF

ON THE NATION’S PAYROLL


SOURCE: U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (EXCLUDES U.S. POSTAL SERVICE) GRAPHIC BY NICOLAS RAPP

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