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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 10 -- DISTRIBUTION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT BY ADJUSTED BASIC SALARY INTERVAL AND PAY SYSTEM, ALL AREAS,
AS OF MARCH 31, 2004

ANNUAL EQUIVALENT SALARY INTERVAL	ALL EMPLOYEES		GENERAL SCHEDULE		FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEMS		OTHER ACTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT

TOTALS	1,744,758	100.0	1,244,413	100.0	184,087	100.0	316,258	100.0

AVERAGE SALARY
MEAN	$ 60,517	...	$ 59,593	...	$ 42,096	...	$ 74,876	...
MEDIAN	$ 54,212	...	$ 55,243	...	$ 42,072	...	$ 70,375	...

LESS THAN $18,000	2,084	0.1	258	0.0	1,115	0.6	711	0.2
18,000 - 18,999	1,387	0.1	32	0.0	699	0.4	656	0.2
19,000 - 19,999	2,097	0.1	725	0.1	823	0.4	549	0.2
20,000 - 20,999	1,612	0.1	204	0.0	1,018	0.6	390	0.1
21,000 - 21,999	5,873	0.3	4,055	0.3	1,471	0.8	347	0.1
22,000 - 22,999	3,403	0.2	1,529	0.1	1,617	0.9	257	0.1
23,000 - 23,999	10,021	0.6	8,167	0.7	1,440	0.8	414	0.1
24,000 - 24,999	13,085	0.7	10,601	0.9	1,980	1.1	504	0.2
25,000 - 25,999	9,405	0.5	5,295	0.4	2,126	1.2	1,984	0.6
26,000 - 26,999	20,574	1.2	16,831	1.4	2,738	1.5	1,005	0.3
27,000 - 27,999	29,139	1.7	15,001	1.2	2,420	1.3	11,718	3.7
28,000 - 28,999	22,250	1.3	11,727	0.9	3,161	1.7	7,362	2.3
29,000 - 29,999	30,231	1.7	17,577	1.4	3,137	1.7	9,517	3.0
30,000 - 30,999	22,578	1.3	14,836	1.2	3,710	2.0	4,032	1.3
31,000 - 31,999	21,900	1.3	16,730	1.3	2,938	1.6	2,232	0.7
32,000 - 32,999	26,463	1.5	20,877	1.7	4,264	2.3	1,322	0.4
33,000 - 33,999	32,040	1.8	26,122	2.1	4,389	2.4	1,529	0.5
34,000 - 34,999	36,606	2.1	29,718	2.4	5,235	2.8	1,653	0.5
35,000 - 35,999	28,801	1.7	21,767	1.7	4,962	2.7	2,072	0.7
36,000 - 36,999	31,460	1.8	22,592	1.8	5,678	3.1	3,190	1.0
37,000 - 37,999	31,090	1.8	22,576	1.8	5,886	3.2	2,628	0.8
38,000 - 38,999	30,657	1.8	21,872	1.8	6,256	3.4	2,529	0.8
39,000 - 39,999	30,386	1.7	20,351	1.6	7,899	4.3	2,136	0.7
40,000 - 40,999	37,068	2.1	27,840	2.2	6,568	3.6	2,660	0.8
41,000 - 41,999	40,304	2.3	28,447	2.3	9,359	5.1	2,498	0.8
42,000 - 42,999	32,115	1.8	20,837	1.7	7,971	4.3	3,307	1.0
43,000 - 43,999	31,527	1.8	20,353	1.6	8,466	4.6	2,708	0.9
44,000 - 44,999	31,230	1.8	21,194	1.7	6,891	3.7	3,145	1.0
45,000 - 45,999	28,458	1.6	17,962	1.4	8,190	4.4	2,306	0.7
46,000 - 46,999	22,583	1.3	11,787	0.9	8,030	4.4	2,766	0.9
47,000 - 47,999	29,467	1.7	20,377	1.6	6,511	3.5	2,579	0.8
48,000 - 48,999	32,436	1.9	23,286	1.9	6,375	3.5	2,775	0.9
49,000 - 49,999	22,215	1.3	15,135	1.2	4,394	2.4	2,686	0.8
50,000 - 50,999	33,400	1.9	25,107	2.0	5,271	2.9	3,022	1.0
51,000 - 51,999	18,179	1.0	12,662	1.0	2,694	1.5	2,823	0.9
52,000 - 52,999	37,734	2.2	28,583	2.3	5,317	2.9	3,834	1.2
53,000 - 53,999	24,273	1.4	18,266	1.5	2,439	1.3	3,568	1.1
54,000 - 54,999	19,498	1.1	12,727	1.0	2,448	1.3	4,323	1.4
55,000 - 55,999	21,869	1.3	16,893	1.4	1,859	1.0	3,117	1.0
56,000 - 56,999	12,733	0.7	8,157	0.7	1,688	0.9	2,888	0.9
57,000 - 57,999	22,711	1.3	16,426	1.3	2,444	1.3	3,841	1.2
58,000 - 58,999	25,018	1.4	20,066	1.6	1,314	0.7	3,638	1.2
59,000 - 59,999	14,123	0.8	9,535	0.8	1,135	0.6	3,453	1.1
60,000 - 60,999	30,803	1.8	25,141	2.0	1,534	0.8	4,128	1.3
61,000 - 61,999	18,081	1.0	13,503	1.1	1,150	0.6	3,428	1.1
62,000 - 62,999	21,927	1.3	16,675	1.3	1,263	0.7	3,989	1.3
63,000 - 63,999	24,606	1.4	19,746	1.6	901	0.5	3,959	1.3
64,000 - 64,999	25,922	1.5	20,604	1.7	632	0.3	4,686	1.5
65,000 - 65,999	14,757	0.8	11,081	0.9	662	0.4	3,014	1.0
66,000 - 66,999	22,672	1.3	19,011	1.5	531	0.3	3,130	1.0
67,000 - 67,999	13,392	0.8	10,167	0.8	427	0.2	2,798	0.9
68,000 - 68,999	21,647	1.2	17,837	1.4	565	0.3	3,245	1.0
69,000 - 69,999	12,876	0.7	9,882	0.8	178	0.1	2,816	0.9
70,000 - 70,999	20,080	1.2	16,701	1.3	361	0.2	3,018	1.0
71,000 - 71,999	10,680	0.6	7,851	0.6	157	0.1	2,672	0.8
72,000 - 72,999	25,087	1.4	21,268	1.7	164	0.1	3,655	1.2
73,000 - 73,999	10,115	0.6	7,121	0.6	235	0.1	2,759	0.9
74,000 - 74,999	23,593	1.4	19,919	1.6	211	0.1	3,463	1.1
75,000 - 75,999	12,379	0.7	8,816	0.7	248	0.1	3,315	1.0
76,000 - 76,999	32,014	1.8	27,687	2.2	129	0.1	4,198	1.3
77,000 - 77,999	12,762	0.7	9,413	0.8	47	0.0	3,302	1.0
78,000 - 78,999	11,068	0.6	7,806	0.6	79	0.0	3,183	1.0
79,000 - 79,999	25,021	1.4	21,570	1.7	41	0.0	3,410	1.1
80,000 - 89,999	122,319	7.0	94,475	7.6	211	0.1	27,633	8.7
90,000 - 99,999	98,788	5.7	74,559	6.0	33	0.0	24,196	7.7
100,000 - 109,999	49,427	2.8	33,412	2.7	1	0.0	16,014	5.1
110,000 - 119,999	42,596	2.4	23,201	1.9	1	0.0	19,394	6.1
120,000 - 129,999	26,742	1.5	13,451	1.1	...	...	13,291	4.2
130,000 - 139,999	21,299	1.2	8,433	0.7	...	...	12,866	4.1
140,000 - 149,999	11,149	0.6	...	...	...	...	11,149	3.5
150,000 AND OVER	2,873	0.2	...	...	...	...	2,873	0.9

NOTE: 0.0 PERCENTAGE INDICATES THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE IS LESS THAN 0.05%.
ALSO, PERCENTAGES ARE ROUNDED INDEPENDENTLY AND NOT FORCED TO ADD TO TOTALS.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM (GM) EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL SCHEDULE.

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