| FY2017 Civilian Employment in the Executive Branch | ||||||
| (Civilian employment as measured by full-time equivalents (FTE) in thousands, excluding the Postal Service) | ||||||
| Agency | Actual | Estimate | Change 2016 to 2017 | |||
| Departments | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | FTE | Percent |
| Agriculture | 86.1 |
85.9 | 90.1 |
90.5 | 0.4 | 0.40% |
| Commerce | 39.5 | 40.4 | 44.1 | 45.6 | 1.5 | 3.40% |
| Defense | 723.9 |
725 | 738.1 | 732.9 | -5.2 | -0.70% |
| Education | 4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 4.70% |
| Energy | 15 | 14.7 |
16 | 16.1 | 0.1 | 0.60% |
| Health and Human Services |
69.9 |
70.6 |
72.6 |
74.4 |
1.8 |
2.5% |
| Homeland Security | 183.2 | 179.3 | 184 | 188.1 | 4.1 |
2.20% |
| Housing & Urban Development | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
0.1 | 1.20% |
| Interior | 64.4 | 63.5 |
65.6 |
66.7 | 1.1 | 1.70% |
| Justice | 112.4 | 113.6 | 118.3 |
119.8 |
1.5 |
1.30% |
| Labor | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 0.8 | 4.70% |
| State | 33.1 | 34 | 34.2 | 34.5 | 0.3 | 0.90% |
| Transportation | 54.1 | 54.3 | 55.7 | 56.2 |
0.5 | 0.90% |
| Treasury | 99.2 | 95.1 |
99 | 103 | 4 |
4% |
| Veterans Affairs | 323 | 335.3 | 349.8 |
366.5 |
16.7 |
4.80% |
| Other Agencies -- Excluding USPS | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | FTE | Percent Change |
| Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | 21.8 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0% |
| EPA | 15.3 |
14.7 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 0.1 | 0.60% |
| EEOC | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 4.30% |
| General Services Administration | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.7 |
11.9 | 0.2 | 1.70% |
| NASA | 17.7 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 0 | 0% |
| National Science Foundation | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0% |
| Office of Personnel Management | 5 | 5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 3.60% |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | 4.2 |
4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 6.50% |
| Small Business Administration | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0% |
| Smithsonian | 4.9 |
4.9 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 3.70% |
| Social Security Administration |
60.8 | 63.9 | 65.5 | 67 |
1.5 |
2.30% |
| Total Executive Branch Civilian Employment | 2033.40 | 2,042.00 | 2105.9 | 2,136.60 |
30.70 | 1.50% |
Source: Office of Management and Budget