smaller than the workforce Executive Branch Civilian Employment Since 1940 Office of Personnel Management Executive Branch Civilian Employment Since 1940 2 million Office of Personnel Management same number of federal workers same size now as it was in the 1960s number five times http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-o ... loyment-since-1940/ Federal Government employs 1.36 million Federal Government employs http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-o ... loyment-since-1940/ http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-o ... loyment-since-1940/ the Office of Personnel Management number of employees per department today http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-o ... loyment-since-1940/ sizably to this chart