FY2021 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 2020
to 2021
Departments 2018 2019 2020 2021 FTE Percent
Agriculture 84.1
 81.4
 85.1
 84.3
 -0.8
 -1%
Commerce 40.2
 45
 96.3
 42.9
 -53.5
 -55.5%
Defense- Military Programs 730.3
 741.5 774.9 773.6 -1.3
 -0.2%
Education 3.8
 3.6
 3.8
 4
 0.2
 5.1%
Energy 14.2
 14
 15.3
 15.4 0.1
 0.6%
Health and Human Services
 73.1
 73
 75.7
 76.1
 0.4
 0.5%
Homeland Security 186.4
 192.4
 197.1
 192.9 -4.3
 -2.2%
Housing & Urban Development 7.6 7.4
 7.7
 7.8
 0.1
 1.5%
Interior 63.1 61.6
 62.4
 60.9 -1.5
 -2.4%
Justice 113 111.9
 116.1
 117.7
 1.6
 1.4%
Labor 15.3 14.8 15.2
 15.4
 0.2
 1.5%
State 26.3 25.3
 25.7 25.7
 *
 *
Transportation 53.9 53.1 54.9 55.1
 0.1
 0.2%
Treasury 88.5
 88
 90.3
 101.8
 11.5
 12.8%
Veterans Affairs 363.4 375.8 389.9
 404.9
 15
 3.9%
Other Agencies -- Excluding USPS 2018 2019 2020 2021 FTE Percent Change
Corps of Engineers - Civil Works 22.7
 23.2
 23.6
 23.6
 ……
 ……
EPA 14.2
 13.6 14 12.8 -1.3 -9.1%
EEOC 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.7 -0.2 -9.7%
General Services Administration 11.1 11 11.5
14 2.5 21.4%
NASA 17 17.2 16.9 16.9 * * *
National Science Foundation 1.4 1.4 1.4
1.4 1.4 -*
Office of Personnel Management ** 5.5 5.5 2.4 …… -2.4 -100%
Securities and Exchange Commission 4.5
 4.4 4.5
 4.6
 0.1
 2.9%
Small Business Administration 5.6 4.2
 3.3
 3.3
 * 0.3%
Smithsonian 5
 5.1 5.3 5.2 -0.1
 -1.6%
Social Security Administration
 60.9 61.2
 61.7 61.4
 -0.2
 -0.4%
Total Executive Branch Civilian Employment 2,061.2 2,085.5 2,206.1 2,172.4
 -33.7 -1.5%

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

Source: Office of Management and Budget