One-Third of 360,000 Federal Employees Earned Six-Figure Salaries in 2023

Published on February 28, 2024

More than 110,000 federal employees—approximately one-third of the total workforce—took home six-figure salaries in 2023, according to an advocacy group focused on taxpayers’ interests. The number of federal workers reached 357,247 in 2023, marking a roughly 37 percent increase compared to the 262,817 workers reported in 2013, according to government data. The payroll information obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) through an access-to-information request indicates more than one-third of the total bureaucracy is earning six figures. The CTF also noted a 7.6 percent growth in bureaucrats earning six-figure salaries, reaching 110,593 in 2023, up from 102,761 in 2022. This segment of the federal workforce has more than doubled since 2015 when 43,424 earned six figures....

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