FY2020 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 2019 to 2020
Departments 2017 2018 2019 2020 FTE Percent
Agriculture 87.3
 84.1
 85.8
 83.7
 -2.1
 -2.4%
Commerce 40.9
40.2
 51.7
 112
 60.3
 116.6%
Defense 726.2
 730.3 752.6 758 5.4
 0.7%
Education 4.1
 3.8
 4
 4
 -*
 *
Energy 14.7
 14.2
 15.4
 15.5 0.1
 0.9%
Health and Human Services
 74.1
 73.1
 75.2
 76.5
 1.3
 1.7%
Homeland Security 182.4
 186.4
 188.9
 201.7 12.8
 6.8%
Housing & Urban Development 7.9 7.6
 7.6
 7.8
 0.2
 2.1%
Interior 64.9 63.1
 63.2
 61.8 -1.4
 -2.2%
Justice 118.2 113
 118.2
 119.6
 1.4
 1.2%
Labor 16.2 15.3 15.4
 15.6
 0.1
 0.7%
State 27.6 26.3
 26.8 26.8
 *
 0.1%
Transportation 54.7 53.9 55 55.2
 0.3
 0.5%
Treasury 92.5
 88.5
 89.4
 89.5
 0.1
 0.1%
Veterans Affairs 351.6 363.4 380
393.8
 13.8
 3.6%
Other Agencies -- Excluding USPS 2017 2018 2019 2020 FTE Percent Change
Corps of Engineers - Civil Works 21.7
 22.7
 23.1
 23.1
 *
 *
EPA 14.8
 14.2 14.6 12.4 -2.1 -14.7%
EEOC 2.1 2 1.9 1.8 -0.1 -5.4%
General Services Administration 11.5
 11.1 11.8
14.2 2.5 20.8%
NASA 17.2 17 17.2 17.2 *
 -0.2%
National Science Foundation 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 …
 0.4%
Office of Personnel Management ** 5.5 5.5 5.8 * -5.8 -100%
Securities and Exchange Commission 4.6
 4.5 4.4
 4.5
 0.1
 2%
Small Business Administration 3.4 5.6
 3.3
 3.3
 -* -1%
Smithsonian 5
 5 5.3 5.2 -*
 -0.7%
Social Security Administration
 61.4 60.9
 62.3 61.7
 -0.6
 -1%
Total Executive Branch Civilian Employment 2,062.1 2,061.2 2,130 2,215
 85 4%

*50 or less
** Includes transfer of functions to the General Services Administration and to other agencies.

Source: Office of Management and Budget