Frequently Asked Questions Workforce Information

It is an acronym for Non-seasonal Full-time Permanent, see below for more types of employment: ·        All employees: this category includes all Federal employees. ·        Permanent (P): this category includes all employees hired with no absolute end date. ·        Full-time (FT): this category includes all employees working a 40-hour work week. ·        Full-time Non-seasonal (FTNS): this category includes all employees working a 40-hour work week year-round. ·        Full-time Permanent (FTP): this category includes all employees working a 40-hour work week with no absolute end date. ·        Non-seasonal Full-time Permanent (NSFTP): this category includes all employees working a 40-hour work week year round with no absolute end date.

Production data are typically released every month. “Status” data (cross-sections; used for total employment aggregates) are available one to two months after the end of each month. “Dynamics” data (all personnel actions; used for hiring numbers, retirement figures, etc.) require more time, approximately four months from the end of a particular month, to become production data because of the late actions, cancellations, and corrections, which Status data do not have.

OPM data do not include contractors.

As of September 2012, Department of Veteran Affairs has 324,498 (15.4%) federal employees; Department of Army has 277,231 (10.8%) federal employees; Department of Navy has 199,668 (9.5%) federal employees; Department of Homeland Security has 198,100 (9.4%) federal employees; and Department of Air Force has 170,885 (8.1%) federal employees. 

As of September 2012, California has 175,623 (8.3%) federal employees; the District of Columbia has 159,182 (7.5%) federal employees; Virginia has 155,025 (7.3%) federal employees; Texas has 146,346 (6.9%) federal employees; and Maryland has 136,916 (6.5%) federal employees.

As of September 2012, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV CBSA has 320,575 (15.2%) federal employees; the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA CBSA has 60,634 (2.9%) federal employees; the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC CBSA has 47,574 (2.5%) federal Employees; and the Baltimore-Towson, MD CBSA has 46,519 (2.2%) federal employees. 

As of September 2012, there are 320,575 (15.2%) Federal Employees with duty stations inside of the DC CBSA and 1,789,646 (84.8%) outside of the DC CBSA.