Computer Science
10,238 federal civilian employees in May 2026, as the Office of Personnel Management published them. OPM publishes a salary for 1,200 of them, and the median of those is $162,203.
Computer Science, May 2026
- 10,238
- Employees
- 1,200
- Salary published
- 11.7% of them. Every pay figure here divides by this.
- 9,035
- Salary withheld
- 88.2%, under OPM's own release policy.
- 3
- Neither withheld nor averaged
- Paid hourly, per diem or on another basis, or with no pay recorded. Not withheld, and not in the median.
- $162,203
- Median salary
- Annual rate, over those paid per annum. It excludes overtime, awards and bonuses.
A tenth of published salaries are under $104,349 and a tenth over $197,200.
Computer Science, 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 | 7,208 | 15.9% |
| September 2016 | 7,611 | 15.8% |
| September 2017 | 7,969 | 15.4% |
| September 2018 | 8,514 | 14.7% |
| September 2019 | 8,962 | 14.1% |
| September 2020 | 9,590 | 13.7% |
| September 2021 | 9,948 | 13.4% |
| September 2022 | 9,924 | 13.8% |
| September 2023 | 10,516 | 13.3% |
| September 2024 | 11,335 | 12.7% |
| September 2025 | 11,199 | 11.8% |
| May 2026 | 10,238 | 11.7% |
| June 2026 (provisional) | 10,312 | 11.6% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 10,379 | 11.4% |
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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