While the number of federal workers has grown over time, their share of the civilian workforce has generally held steady in recent years. The federal government (again excluding the Postal Service) ...

Below is a graph showing the figure over time, created on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s FRED site by dividing the number of federal employees by all nonfarm workers, or, mathematically ...

While a large share of employees reside in the greater Washington, DC, area, federal workers live in all 50 states and are currently represented by Democrats and Republicans alike.

Business Insider looked at the highest average salaries of federal civilian employees by occupation. The top 20 had average salaries over $160,000, with medical officers ranking No. 1.

Official data says 54% of federal employees are required to work on-site full time, and only about 10% are fully remote. We VERIFY where the 6% number came from.