Mission

The Office of Personnel Management administers a merit system to ensure compliance with personnel laws and regulations and assists agencies in recruiting, examining, and promoting people on the basis of their knowledge and skills, regardless of their race, religion, sex, political influence, or other non-merit factors.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was created as an independent establishment by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.), pursuant to Executive Order 12107 of December 28, 1978. Many of the functions of the former United States Civil Service Commission were transferred to OPM.

Outlays (in millions of dollars)

US_Department_of_Education_Outlay_Line_Graph

 

Year Outlay Year Outlay Year Outlay
1962 1,018 1991 34,808 2020 105,628
1963 1,176 1992 35,596 2021 108,550
1964 1,303 1993 36,794 2022 113,573
1965 1,454 1994 38,596 2023 122,510
1966 1,726 1995 41,276 2024 127,905*
1967 1,935 1996 42,870 2025 132,424*
1968 2,154 1997 45,404 2026 137,834*
1969 2,284 1998 46,297 2027 143,026*
1970 2,651 1999 47,519 2028 149,109*
1971 3,167 2000 48,655 2029 154,908*
1972 3,777 2001 50,894    
1973 4,609 2002 82,540    
1974 5,706 2003 54,135    
1975 7,063 2004 56,547    
1976 8,323 2005 59,500    
1977 9,633 2006 62,400    
1978 10,964 2007 58,431    
1979 12,663 2008 64,393    
1980 15,056 2009 72,302    
1981 18,096 2010 69,915    
1982 19,985 2011 74,090    
1983 21,278 2012 79,457    
1984 22,591 2013 83,867    
1985 23,727 2014 87,917    
1986 23,953 2015 91,734    
1987 26,967 2016 91,318    
1988 29,191 2017 95,461    
1989 29,074 2018 98,804    
1990 31,950 2019 103,138    
Source *estimate

Employee Counts

US_Department_of_Education_Employee_Count_Line_Graph

 
Year Count Year Count Year Count
1962   1991   2020 2,490
1963   1992   2021 2,515
1964   1993   2022 2,675
1965   1994   2023 2,852
1966   1995   2024 2,902
1967   1996      
1968   1997      
1969   1998 3,682    
1970   1999 3,691    
1971   2000 3,727    
1972   2001 3,554    
1973   2002 3,652    
1974   2003 3,571    
1975   2004 3,648    
1976   2005 5,107    
1977   2006 5,276    
1978   2007 5,775    
1979   2008 5,855    
1980   2009 5,832    
1981   2010 6,246    
1982   2011 6,272    
1983   2012 5,808    
1984   2013 5,582    
1985   2014 4,977    
1986   2015 5,091    
1987   2016 5,358    
1988   2017 5,506    
1989   2018 5,554    
1990   2019 2,585    
Source