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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) runs programs benefiting veterans and members of their families. It offers education opportunities and rehabilitation services and provides compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service, home loan guaranties, pensions, burials, and health care that includes the services of nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers.

March 2025 workforce snapshot. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had 474,532 employees with an average salary of $110,817. The largest component agency was Veterans Health Administration.

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Largest component agencies in Veterans Affairs

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

Agency Employees Total salary expense Average pay Share of department
Veterans Health Administration 420,521 $46,900,707,130 $111,530 88.6%
Veterans Benefits Administration 34,126 $3,128,330,420 $91,670 7.2%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology 8,416 $1,180,983,616 $140,326 1.8%
National Cemetery Administration 2,395 $190,948,560 $79,728 0.5%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance 1,477 $141,577,835 $95,855 0.3%
Board of Veterans Appeals 1,419 $195,674,424 $137,896 0.3%
"Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics" 1,261 $155,746,110 $123,510 0.3%
Inspector General 1,144 $166,675,080 $145,695 0.2%
Office of the Secretary 1,057 $145,616,548 $137,764 0.2%
General Counsel 894 $124,813,128 $139,612 0.2%
Vet Customer Exper (Vce) 310 $38,910,270 $125,517 0.1%
Chief Human Capital Officer 268 $36,694,828 $136,921 0.1%
Executive Director for Security and Law Enforcement 224 $22,772,736 $101,664 0.0%
Electronic Health Record Modernization 212 $33,662,420 $158,785 0.0%
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management 197 $27,986,214 $142,062 0.0%
Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection 135 $20,914,605 $154,923 0.0%
Office of Enterprise Integration 86 $13,513,696 $157,136 0.0%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration 59 $8,376,643 $141,977 0.0%
Office of Enterprise Operations 39 $6,467,565 $165,835 0.0%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget 36 $5,806,512 $161,292 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.

Find an office near you

These are the office finder or locator tools linked by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on its official USAGov page. Use them if you need a field office, local service center, or regional contact point.

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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).