Security Administration
17,946 federal civilian employees in May 2026, as the Office of Personnel Management published them. OPM publishes a salary for 5,716 of them, and the median of those is $124,172.
Security Administration, May 2026
- 17,946
- Employees
- 5,716
- Salary published
- 31.9% of them. Every pay figure here divides by this.
- 12,165
- Salary withheld
- 67.8%, under OPM's own release policy.
- 65
- Neither withheld nor averaged
- Paid hourly, per diem or on another basis, or with no pay recorded. Not withheld, and not in the median.
- $124,172
- Median salary
- Annual rate, over those paid per annum. It excludes overtime, awards and bonuses.
A tenth of published salaries are under $82,148 and a tenth over $172,700.
Security Administration, from September 2015 to July 2026
A point a year and the most recent months, which is what the file this page reads keeps. The share with a published salary is beside each, because a change in the median can be a change in whose pay is withheld. A month OPM flags as incomplete is marked provisional.
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| Month | Employees | Salary published |
|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | 14,344 | 39.4% |
| September 2016 | 14,813 | 38.9% |
| September 2017 | 14,446 | 36.9% |
| September 2018 | 14,754 | 35.0% |
| September 2019 | 15,690 | 33.3% |
| September 2020 | 16,591 | 33.3% |
| September 2021 | 17,322 | 33.0% |
| September 2022 | 18,057 | 32.6% |
| September 2023 | 18,960 | 33.4% |
| September 2024 | 19,897 | 33.2% |
| September 2025 | 18,807 | 33.4% |
| May 2026 | 17,946 | 31.9% |
| June 2026 (provisional) | 17,740 | 32.2% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 17,822 | 31.7% |
How the federal salary figures are made
Sources
- OPM Federal Workforce Data — Federal Employment Raw Data (EHRI Status) — U.S. Office of Personnel Management · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 26, 2026
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