Federal employee salary by state

The 50 states and the District of Columbia, ranked by median annualized adjusted basic pay of full-time federal civilian employees whose duty station is published. District of Columbia ranks highest at $158,306; Utah ranks lowest at $79,658.

OPM withheld the location of 943,611 employees nationwide, including all Department of Defense civilians and large parts of Homeland Security and Justice. State figures cover only employees with a published duty station, so they understate the federal workforce in states with large military installations.

States ranked by median federal pay
State	Employees	Median pay	Middle 50%
1. District of Columbia	95,736	$158,306	$125,845–$187,093
2. Maryland	75,657	$148,711	$118,357–$180,565
3. Virginia	43,881	$133,142	$92,491–$177,497
4. New Jersey	10,669	$123,062	$89,264–$158,104
5. Colorado	24,307	$116,434	$84,316–$149,589
6. Washington	23,114	$113,878	$80,662–$145,268
7. Massachusetts	16,298	$112,523	$79,272–$148,731
8. Connecticut	5,344	$112,513	$76,691–$143,118
9. Vermont	2,491	$112,007	$81,676–$136,622
10. New Hampshire	3,684	$111,513	$85,215–$148,678
11. Rhode Island	2,972	$111,460	$76,981–$137,054
12. Georgia	39,552	$110,431	$78,186–$142,573
13. California	78,903	$110,357	$75,967–$157,544
14. Alaska	5,718	$109,777	$82,132–$136,499
15. Illinois	27,120	$108,533	$76,128–$142,654
16. Delaware	2,255	$108,493	$74,678–$140,742
17. Texas	74,456	$105,547	$72,012–$140,748
18. Ohio	26,142	$105,500	$72,996–$134,214
19. New York	35,807	$105,481	$74,360–$142,755
20. Hawaii	4,802	$104,462	$73,911–$139,701
21. Minnesota	13,766	$103,815	$74,678–$132,770
22. Florida	56,809	$101,711	$68,919–$135,160
23. North Carolina	27,042	$101,294	$70,454–$132,915
24. Maine	3,473	$99,209	$69,905–$124,560
25. Michigan	18,412	$98,850	$69,857–$127,725
26. West Virginia	13,270	$98,459	$74,070–$126,313
27. Oklahoma	14,617	$98,432	$69,954–$126,798
28. Nevada	10,202	$97,522	$69,352–$128,617
29. Kansas	9,360	$97,477	$69,954–$124,049
30. Oregon	15,825	$96,443	$69,871–$128,355
31. Alabama	15,599	$95,475	$67,447–$125,627
32. Louisiana	11,853	$95,475	$67,896–$118,550
33. Pennsylvania	36,225	$94,962	$67,734–$128,221
34. South Carolina	12,743	$94,597	$67,896–$122,490
35. Wisconsin	13,467	$94,102	$66,844–$118,570
36. Arizona	23,539	$93,629	$64,509–$128,293
37. Indiana	11,341	$93,253	$65,518–$121,752
38. Iowa	7,075	$92,491	$67,243–$116,362
39. Arkansas	9,567	$92,491	$64,538–$121,065
40. Nebraska	5,457	$92,051	$67,896–$116,362
41. Missouri	25,176	$90,968	$64,238–$119,142
42. Idaho	8,134	$89,618	$66,420–$116,362
43. Kentucky	12,189	$89,508	$65,838–$116,362
44. North Dakota	3,599	$89,508	$67,058–$113,378
45. Tennessee	22,487	$88,701	$61,689–$122,933
46. Mississippi	9,393	$88,650	$63,780–$116,362
47. Montana	8,481	$87,128	$65,599–$113,533
48. New Mexico	13,776	$86,984	$60,477–$117,625
49. South Dakota	6,700	$84,638	$62,123–$110,395
50. Wyoming	5,121	$83,664	$59,699–$112,942
51. Utah	15,035	$79,658	$56,004–$113,533

middle 50% (25th–75th percentile) 10th–90th percentile median all-federal median ($109,641)