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Texas
4,700
California
4,000
Georgia
2,800
Utah
2,700
Maryland
2,600
New York
2,500
Missouri
2,400
Pennsylvania
2,100
Tennessee
1,900
District of Columbia
1,800
Florida
1,500
Virginia
1,400
Ohio
1,300
Kentucky
1,000
Illinois
808
Michigan
777
Massachusetts
720
New Jersey
632
Washington
529
Kansas
500
West Virginia
486
North Carolina
454
Colorado
444
Indiana
351
Mississippi
329
Arizona
303
New Hampshire
234
Oregon
231
Connecticut
206
Wisconsin
205
Alabama
198
Minnesota
192
Oklahoma
178
Nevada
174
Louisiana
170
South Carolina
146
Arkansas
130
Iowa
115
Delaware
89
Nebraska
60
New Mexico
60
Idaho
53
Rhode Island
44
Maine
38
Hawaii
29
Montana
26
North Dakota
24
South Dakota
24
Alaska
20
Wyoming
20
Vermont
18

IRS Workers by State 2024

IRS Workers by State 2024

The IRS, formally known as the Internal Revenue Service, is the government organization that handles all taxation matters in the United States of America. Before going into the numbers themselves, it is important to point out that the IRS employs more than just full-time workers. The IRS also has part-time workers, seasonal workers, and even intermittent workers, as well. Intermittent employment at the IRS means you do not have a regular schedule, which is only really suitable when the work itself is unpredictable and sporadic. In any case, the IRS does offer other types of employment aside from merely standard full-time employment.

The first part of answering how many people work for the IRS is discussing their full-time workers. According to the IRS'sdata, they employed 78,661 full-time workers during the 2021 fiscal year. It is important to note that the IRS tracks these statistics based on the fiscal year, as you might expect, given their duties. That number might sound fairly high, but it represents a significant decrease in the number of full-time equivalent positions used at the IRS. The number of full-time equivalent positions used at the IRS has decreased by nearly 13 percent since the 2012 fiscal year.

However, it is more difficult to say how many part-time or seasonal employees work at the IRS. Those numbers are not quite as easily accessible as the statistics regarding the IRS's full-time equivalent positions. The IRS does keep track of these statistics, though. According to their data, they had 78,494 permanent employees at the end of the 2021 fiscal year. An additional 1,917 workers were not permanent workers and were classified under the 'Other' category in the IRS's data.

More Details About the IRS's Personnel

The IRS provides even more data about its personnel. In terms of seasonal employees, the IRS had 8,349 seasonal employees at the end of the fiscal year 2021, according to their records. Seasonal employees were the fourth-largest personnel type, behind only customer service representatives, tax examiners, and revenue agents at the end of the fiscal year 2021.

Attorneys were one of the smaller personnel types based on the number of personnel in that type at the end of the fiscal year 2021. Only 1,529 IRS employees were grouped under the 'Attorneys' personnel type on the IRS's table.

IRS Locations and Employees

The IRS has about 600 locations across the United States. Many employees work at the organization’s headquarters in Washington D.C. There are additional employment offices in Holtsville, New York; Memphis, Tennessee; Ogden, Utah; Austin, Texas; Cincinnati, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 2022, the IRS pledged to make the taxpayer experience easier and more efficient. To do this, they added 4,000 new customer service representatives and hoped to hire 1,000 more before the 2023 tax season. They also plan to hire at least 700 new employees for Taxpayer Assistance Centers across the country.

IRS Workers by State

Twelve states and the District of Columbia states have between 1,000 and 4,000 IRS workers. Texas has the greatest number of employees, with approximately 3,700 IRS employees. Other states with these higher numbers include California, Maryland, Utah, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and the District of Columbia.

The fewest IRS employees are found in Vermont, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alaska, and South Dakota.

IRS Workers by State 2024

  • According to the IRS website, the IRS utilized 82,990 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions during FY 2023 to carry out their work. However, data on state-level distributions of employees are not publicly released. As such, the table below contains per-state data for the 41000+ IRS employees (approximately 50% of its reported workforce) who self-identify as such on social media.
  • Racial and ethnic minority employees made up 55.6 percent of the IRS and Chief Counsel workforce, compared to a 40.1 percent share of the overall federal civilian labor force
  • Women represented 64.8 percent of IRS and Chief Counsel personnel, compared to 45.8 percent of the overall federal civilian labor force
  • Veterans comprised 9.3 percent of the IRS and Chief Counsel work­force

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State
IRS Workers 2024
IRS Workers 2023
Texas4,7003,700
California4,0003,200
Georgia2,8002,000
Utah2,7002,200
Maryland2,6002,300
New York2,5001,900
Missouri2,4001,900
Pennsylvania2,1001,600
Tennessee1,9001,400
District of Columbia1,8001,200
Florida1,5001,200
Virginia1,4001,200
Ohio1,3001,100
Kentucky1,000844
Illinois808674
Michigan777641
Massachusetts720585
New Jersey632524
Washington529418
Kansas500434
West Virginia486402
North Carolina454368
Colorado444374
Indiana351302
Mississippi329237
Arizona303250
New Hampshire234210
Oregon231199
Connecticut206178
Wisconsin205176
Alabama198149
Minnesota192172
Oklahoma178138
Nevada174148
Louisiana170137
South Carolina146117
Arkansas13098
Iowa11594
Delaware8969
Nebraska6053
New Mexico6051
Idaho5339
Rhode Island4431
Maine3828
Hawaii2927
Montana2624
North Dakota2419
South Dakota2421
Alaska2019
Wyoming2019
Vermont1814

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