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March 2025 workforce snapshot. U.S. Department of Justice had 116,047 employees with an average salary of $117,386. The largest component agency was Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Contact details

Main address

950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530

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

Largest component agencies in Justice

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

Agency Employees Total salary expense Average pay Share of department
Federal Bureau of Investigation 36,896 $4,363,911,296 $118,276 31.8%
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System 36,050 $3,464,621,300 $96,106 31.1%
Executive Office for U.s. Attorneys and the Offices of the U.s. Attorneys 11,459 $1,517,893,517 $132,463 9.9%
Drug Enforcement Administration 8,871 $1,109,912,907 $125,117 7.6%
"Offices, Boards and Divisions" 7,053 $1,130,271,462 $160,254 6.1%
U.s. Marshals Service 5,568 $667,636,608 $119,906 4.8%
"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" 5,168 $655,297,232 $126,799 4.5%
Executive Office for Immigration Review 2,621 $365,346,432 $139,392 2.3%
U.s. Trustee Program 930 $134,568,210 $144,697 0.8%
Office of Justice Programs 809 $124,020,509 $153,301 0.7%
Office of the Inspector General 566 $81,353,444 $143,734 0.5%
Community Relations Service 56 $7,429,408 $132,668 0.0%

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).