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March 2025 workforce snapshot. U.S. Department of the Interior had 63,752 employees with an average salary of $95,844. The largest component agency was National Park Service.

Contact details

Main address

1849 C St., NW Washington, DC 20240

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

Largest component agencies in Interior

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

Agency Employees Total salary expense Average pay Share of department
National Park Service 17,980 $1,521,485,580 $84,621 28.2%
Bureau of Land Management 9,853 $864,876,634 $87,778 15.5%
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service 8,724 $864,225,612 $99,063 13.7%
Geological Survey 8,305 $855,689,065 $103,033 13.0%
Bureau of Reclamation 5,771 $604,004,402 $104,662 9.1%
Indian Affairs 3,859 $349,760,465 $90,635 6.1%
Bureau of Indian Education 3,071 $214,368,084 $69,804 4.8%
Office of the Secretary of the Interior 3,034 $407,684,648 $134,372 4.8%
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 876 $116,125,188 $132,563 1.4%
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 623 $88,039,245 $141,315 1.0%
Office of the Solicitor 541 $85,007,330 $157,130 0.8%
"Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement" 416 $50,385,504 $121,119 0.7%
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 404 $43,444,140 $107,535 0.6%
Office of the Inspector General 295 $45,130,280 $152,984 0.5%

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).