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U. S. Office of Personnel Management
The Fact Book
1998 Edition

Federal Civilian Workforce Statistics

Part 1: Employee Demographics

Trend of Federal Civilian Employment, 1982 - 1997
(in thousands)

  1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1994 1996 1997
Total, Federal  Civilian 2,824.8 2,934.3   3,022.2 3,112.8 3,128.3 2,971.6 2,847.4 2,787.1
% change   3.9 3.0 3.0 0.5   -5.0   -4.2 -2.1
Washington, D.C., MSA* 343.8 353.0 342.4 350.6 358.4 366.4 340.0 325.3
% change   2.7 -3.0 2.4 2.2 2.2 -7.2 -4.3
Overseas 124.2 133.6    141.3 145.0 141.0 108.5 108.6 104.3
% change   7.6 5.8 2.6 -2.8 -23.0 0.1 -4.0
Legislative Branch     38.8 38.8 36.5 37.5 37.5   35.4 31.5    31.4
% change   0.0 -5.9 2.7 0.0 -5.6 -11.0 -0.3
Judicial Branch         16.0 17.2 19.0 21.5 23.6 28.0 29.6 30.6
% change   7.5 10.5 13.2 9.8 18.6 5.7 3.4
Executive Branch 2,770.0 2,878.2  2,966.7 3,053.8 3,067.2 2,908.2  2,786.3 2,725.1
% change   3.9  3.1 2.9 0.4 -5.2  -4.2 -2.2
Department of Defense 989.6 1,043.8 1,068.0 1,049.6 1,034.2 879.9 795.9 749.5
  % change   5.5 2.3 -1.7 -1.5   -14.9 -9.5 -5.8
Non-Department of Defense 1,120.4 1,127.6 1,107.7 1,172.2 1,216.1 1,205.6 1,138.1 1,122.3
% change   0.6  -1.8 5.8  3.7 -0.9 -5.6 -1.4
United States Postal Service 660.0 706.8 791.0 832.0 816.9 822.7 852.3 853.3
% change ---    7.1  11.9 5.2 -1.8 0.7 3.6 0.1

Note: All data are as of September 30th.

* Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia.
Source: Monthly Report of Federal Civilian Employment (SF 113-A); Office of Workforce Information. (202) 606-2684 OWI@OPM.GOV

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