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
88
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
