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March 2025 workforce snapshot. U.S. Department of Energy had 17,472 employees with an average salary of $145,574. The largest component agency was Department of Energy.

Contact details

Main address

1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585

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

Largest component agencies in Energy

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

Agency Employees Total salary expense Average pay Share of department
Department of Energy 15,891 $2,298,315,330 $144,630 91.0%
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1,581 $245,146,698 $155,058 9.0%

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).