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U.S. Department of Education

The Department of Education (ED) fosters educational excellence and ensures equal access to educational opportunity for all.

March 2025 workforce snapshot. U.S. Department of Education had 4,052 employees with an average salary of $145,334. The largest component agency was Federal Student Aid.

Contact details

Main address

400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202

Use this address block when you need the main headquarters mailing address or the official contact page for U.S. Department of Education.

Largest component agencies in Education

This table shows the biggest component agencies or major organizational units reported under U.S. Department of Education in the latest OPM workforce summary.

Agency Employees Total salary expense Average pay Share of department
Federal Student Aid 1,413 $210,380,157 $148,889 34.9%
Office for Civil Rights 581 $80,442,936 $138,456 14.3%
Office of Finance and Operations 408 $58,879,296 $144,312 10.1%
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 293 $39,026,721 $133,197 7.2%
Office of Inspector General 190 $28,971,390 $152,481 4.7%
Institute of Education Sciences 185 $28,271,700 $152,820 4.6%
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 174 $26,497,938 $152,287 4.3%
Office of Postsecondary Education 171 $21,389,364 $125,084 4.2%
Office of the General Counsel 118 $19,231,994 $162,983 2.9%
"Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development" 113 $17,733,429 $156,933 2.8%
Office of the Chief Information Officer 91 $15,319,668 $168,348 2.2%
Office of the Duty Secretary of Education 79 $10,578,100 $133,900 1.9%
Office of Communications and Outreach 67 $9,689,607 $144,621 1.7%
"Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education" 54 $8,499,060 $157,390 1.3%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Education 48 $7,201,968 $150,041 1.2%
National Assessment Governing Board 35 $2,486,400 $71,040 0.9%
Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs 17 $2,323,934 $136,702 0.4%
Office of English Language Acquisition 15 $1,970,250 $131,350 0.4%

Component agency counts use the latest OPM summary release for March 2025. A few very small units may be rounded or grouped in the source file.

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Contact details and office links come from the USA.gov agency directory. Workforce counts and average pay come from the latest OPM FedScope Employment Summary Data (March 2025).