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TABLE 4 -- TREND OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN PAYROLL (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) BY BRANCH, SELECTED AGENCY, AND AREA TO NOVEMBER 2003

MONTH AND YEAR	TOTAL ($000)		CHANGE FROM YEAR AGO ($000)		LEGISLATIVE ($000)		JUDICIAL ($000)		EXECUTIVE TOTAL ($000)		DEFENSE ($000)		HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ($000)		TREASURY ($000)		AGRICULTURE ($000)		INTERIOR ($000)		TRANSPORTATION ($000)
TOTAL, ALL AREAS
NOVEMBER 2002	14,367,972	**	+3,715,593		184,939	**	165,964		14,017,069	**	2,418,578		497,366		1,001,948		612,177		431,661		664,131
DECEMBER 2002	11,325,288	**	-2,527,185		160,608	**	166,770		10,997,910	**	2,425,003		345,141		658,514		399,891		286,042		678,038
JANUARY 2003	11,397,391	**	+421,666		149,595	**	169,016		11,078,780	**	2,423,926	**	354,082		679,024		405,594		288,464	**	708,135
FEBRUARY 2003	11,178,638	**	+513,757		148,917		170,399		10,859,322	**	2,404,946	**	359,224		673,085		408,125		298,843		627,334
MARCH 2003	11,361,916	**	+617,205		150,255		170,977		11,040,684	**	2,397,998		362,160		604,134	**	408,017	**	295,256		454,814
APRIL 2003	11,413,126	**	+539,707		149,483		175,989		11,087,654	**	2,396,924		361,205		529,191	**	402,289		302,059		464,899
MAY 2003	14,889,716	**	+3,970,642		190,253		154,173		14,545,290	**	2,410,774		534,209		818,802		640,931		475,785		455,061
JUNE 2003	11,350,389	**	-2,599,854		155,746	*	154,680		11,039,963	**	2,418,122		364,922		512,846		447,531		318,166		438,815
JULY 2003	11,664,632	**	+571,611		155,913	**	154,697		11,354,022	**	2,446,208		368,148		499,358		476,988		333,447		467,751
AUGUST 2003	11,550,790	**	+486,596		157,645		159,317		11,233,828	**	2,442,814		369,436		501,506		485,441		342,198		459,378
SEPTEMBER 2003	11,671,873	**	+562,643		159,722		157,543		11,354,608	**	2,418,293		368,829		535,738		476,527		348,219		443,342
OCTOBER 2003	11,694,826		+486,546		155,846		156,938		11,382,042		2,408,418		368,472		487,747		438,401		320,468		472,833
NOVEMBER 2003*	14,757,321		+389,349		186,073		156,267		14,414,981		2,389,821		487,284		763,426		636,183		466,545		457,012
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	132,930,618		+5,959,868		1,759,448		1,779,996		129,391,174		26,558,244		4,297,971		6,604,857		5,226,027		3,789,450		5,449,374
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	26,452,147		+875,895		341,919		313,205		25,797,023		4,798,239		855,756		1,251,173		1,074,584		787,013		929,845
UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 2002	14,012,064	**	+3,671,870		184,863	**	164,088		13,663,113	**	2,270,674		495,012		990,594		605,523		428,929		658,385
DECEMBER 2002	10,994,816	**	-2,483,689		160,553	**	164,919		10,669,344	**	2,277,503		343,396		651,158		395,512		284,188		672,326
JANUARY 2003	11,064,367	**	+407,290		149,546	**	167,136		10,747,685	**	2,276,041	**	352,291		671,278		401,081		287,210	**	701,242
FEBRUARY 2003	10,844,807	**	+499,307		148,850		168,510		10,527,447	**	2,257,092	**	357,388		665,315		403,542		297,572		621,737
MARCH 2003	11,024,716	**	+600,680		150,198		169,093		10,705,425	**	2,250,371		360,323		599,158	**	403,718	**	294,018		451,865
APRIL 2003	11,077,005	**	+525,278		149,427		174,091		10,753,487	**	2,249,309		359,387		526,843	**	398,248		300,712		462,335
MAY 2003	14,477,503	**	+3,879,834		190,165		152,512		14,134,826	**	2,260,877		531,707		815,336		634,940		473,869		452,394
JUNE 2003	11,003,430	**	-2,554,629		155,695	*	153,013		10,694,722	**	2,261,380		363,088		510,584		443,521		316,880		436,258
JULY 2003	11,306,171	**	+540,555		155,860	**	153,030		10,997,281	**	2,286,086		366,311		497,057		472,998		332,171		465,093
AUGUST 2003	11,184,970	**	+444,740		157,590		157,580		10,869,800	**	2,273,258		367,525		499,282		481,367		340,909		456,776
SEPTEMBER 2003	11,329,513	**	+544,884		159,672		155,833		11,014,008	**	2,272,512		366,933		533,357		472,490		346,939		440,795
OCTOBER 2003	11,308,882		+425,268		155,795		155,266		10,997,821		2,264,320		366,492		485,613		434,319		319,171		470,112
NOVEMBER 2003*	14,386,143		+374,079		186,008		154,604		14,045,531		2,246,751		485,185		759,923		630,018		464,643		454,405
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	129,007,507		+5,687,286		1,758,806		1,760,668		125,488,033		24,897,997		4,276,630		6,563,746		5,176,242		3,774,094		5,413,012
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	25,695,025		+799,347		341,803		309,870		25,043,352		4,511,071		851,677		1,245,536		1,064,337		783,814		924,517
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
NOVEMBER 2002	2,314,785	**	+681,039		175,585	**	10,994		2,128,206	**	236,813		247,570		206,628		92,719		75,538		85,348
DECEMBER 2002	1,796,686	**	-425,952		154,372	**	11,132		1,631,182	**	243,411		169,940		140,130		64,184		50,956		89,314
JANUARY 2003	1,764,846	**	+56,445		143,120	**	11,637		1,610,089	**	240,299	**	174,065		140,105		63,599		41,339	**	87,381
FEBRUARY 2003	1,754,389	**	+83,782		142,642		11,303		1,600,444	**	243,740	**	177,429		132,038		63,439		42,704		81,564
MARCH 2003	1,781,870	**	+98,703		143,922		11,411		1,626,537	**	239,932		176,534		114,893	**	63,634	**	41,754		67,870
APRIL 2003	1,788,194	**	+69,486		143,327		11,449		1,633,418	**	242,356		177,079		94,973	**	63,416		42,056		69,157
MAY 2003	2,446,803	**	+738,688		180,071		11,165		2,255,567	**	243,435		267,548		146,815		98,591		65,402		69,382
JUNE 2003	1,796,952	**	-487,088		149,156	*	11,028		1,636,768	**	244,542		180,627		95,472		64,889		42,841		65,049
JULY 2003	1,829,370	**	+112,291		149,387	**	11,045		1,668,938	**	248,898		182,312		96,054		65,028		44,020		67,539
AUGUST 2003	1,824,901	**	+64,252		151,131		12,183		1,661,587	**	245,879		182,867		97,539		65,099		43,862		69,379
SEPTEMBER 2003	1,850,790	**	+77,036		153,380		11,251		1,686,159	**	247,539		182,532		100,346		65,483		44,915		65,827
OCTOBER 2003	1,864,436		+97,839		149,487		11,104		1,703,845		246,550		180,921		96,559		65,614		43,587		68,142
NOVEMBER 2003*	2,427,137		+112,352		176,773		11,089		2,239,275		244,015		250,325		153,493		97,855		65,186		65,474
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	21,129,688		+1,023,786		1,682,396		124,665		19,322,627		2,687,185		2,132,239		1,268,287		776,647		517,666		776,764
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	4,291,573		+210,191		326,260		22,193		3,943,120		490,565		431,246		250,052		163,469		108,773		133,616

MONTH AND YEAR	JUSTICE ($000)		COMMERCE ($000)		STATE ($000)		ENERGY ($000)		HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ($000)		LABOR ($000)		VETERANS AFFAIRS ($000)		HOMELAND SECURITY ($000)		GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ($000)		NATIONAL AERONAUTICS SPACE ADMINISTRATION ($000)		POSTAL SERVICE ($000)
TOTAL, ALL AREAS
NOVEMBER 2002	914,574		278,134	**	164,169	**	147,946		86,692		128,632		931,252				111,195		173,027		4,242,337
DECEMBER 2002	668,790		183,121	**	163,216		103,948		58,330		93,674		979,676				75,733		116,282		2,930,222
JANUARY 2003	699,050		184,741		161,421		102,904		59,452		84,174		1,047,254				73,656		116,856		2,848,000
FEBRUARY 2003	706,222		185,449		169,207		101,000		59,285		85,572		910,843				76,035		119,177		2,833,159
MARCH 2003	622,644		183,919		170,295		99,205		59,435		84,353		950,276				75,550		119,494		2,816,457
APRIL 2003	547,081		185,627		170,580		104,144		59,467		87,471		1,013,802				68,750		120,587		2,809,361
MAY 2003	765,240		288,740		249,713		142,869		93,393		127,497		1,014,811				106,901		185,952		4,181,785
JUNE 2003	549,770		190,516		176,242		91,164		63,412		85,670		971,652				71,000		125,904		2,753,304
JULY 2003	569,068		192,766		176,579		101,510		60,962		85,480		1,081,129				69,554		124,012		2,791,580
AUGUST 2003	550,910		191,866		178,733		103,459		63,056		85,673		995,908				78,505		127,869		2,778,233
SEPTEMBER 2003	568,507		194,186		174,346		104,309		63,302		86,530		1,062,870				71,401		128,527		2,804,127
OCTOBER 2003	578,616		191,405		252,837		101,376		60,320		85,954		1,090,277				69,526		126,495		2,816,086
NOVEMBER 2003*	744,724		300,039		180,835		142,261		90,097		134,475		958,438				106,177		182,831		4,272,643
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	6,901,832		2,289,254		2,060,788		1,194,201		732,181		1,032,849		11,097,260				867,055		1,477,704		33,704,735
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	1,323,340		491,444		433,672		243,637		150,417		220,429		2,048,715				175,703		309,326		7,088,729
UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 2002	895,623		273,689	**	64,788	**	147,850		85,946		128,277		920,450				110,608		172,847		4,219,498
DECEMBER 2002	654,804		179,270	**	62,511		103,885		57,833		93,464		968,288				75,371		116,175		2,914,263
JANUARY 2003	684,821		180,363		60,947		102,798		58,946		83,964		1,034,980				73,324		116,738		2,832,575
FEBRUARY 2003	692,070		181,397		64,431		100,934		58,782		85,364		900,106				75,677		119,057		2,817,618
MARCH 2003	610,823		180,524		64,628		99,139		58,938		84,145		939,068				75,194		119,374		2,800,872
APRIL 2003	536,933		181,745		64,626		104,068		58,988		87,257		1,002,096				68,448		120,463		2,794,198
MAY 2003	751,467		283,758		99,571		142,768		92,661		127,198		1,002,929				106,406		185,769		4,159,026
JUNE 2003	539,788		186,397		68,317		91,087		62,913		85,472		960,292				70,695		125,775		2,738,148
JULY 2003	558,546		188,643		68,207		101,425		60,479		85,283		1,068,565				69,255		123,882		2,776,452
AUGUST 2003	540,944		187,338		70,072		103,374		62,573		85,473		984,369				78,201		127,744		2,763,034
SEPTEMBER 2003	558,134		190,624		66,391		104,224		62,798		86,331		1,050,706				71,085		128,407		2,789,085
OCTOBER 2003	568,030		189,286		100,699		101,291		59,842		85,762		1,077,426				69,217		126,375		2,800,739
NOVEMBER 2003*	730,918		296,628		72,011		142,124		89,386		134,186		947,136				105,684		182,711		4,249,472
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	6,772,474		2,246,703		799,900		1,193,232		726,306		1,030,435		10,967,673				863,186		1,476,295		33,521,219
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	1,298,948		485,914		172,710		243,415		149,228		219,948		2,024,562				174,901		309,086		7,050,211
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
NOVEMBER 2002	178,578		181,756	**	53,968	**	54,825		30,119		46,358		35,215				43,142		39,430		120,831
DECEMBER 2002	137,343		116,223	**	52,026		42,395		20,403		37,192		38,843				29,932		26,426		83,462
JANUARY 2003	140,029		116,056		50,892		39,321		20,559		31,019		40,222				28,809		26,868		81,543
FEBRUARY 2003	141,377		116,139		53,540		38,130		20,623		32,044		34,590				28,881		27,417		80,389
MARCH 2003	137,540		116,058		53,609		36,955		20,776		31,618		36,181				28,043		27,564		80,591
APRIL 2003	134,170		117,179		53,429		38,449		20,686		32,729		38,864				27,255		27,949		79,626
MAY 2003	183,607		182,149		81,609		56,509		32,492		47,563		38,443				42,012		43,133		118,197
JUNE 2003	133,979		118,930		56,189		37,161		22,015		32,032		36,841				29,745		28,399		78,060
JULY 2003	139,037		120,074		56,214		37,778		21,503		32,085		41,009				28,202		28,733		79,108
AUGUST 2003	134,461		119,509		57,630		37,442		22,277		32,014		37,957				28,996		30,340		78,965
SEPTEMBER 2003	139,513		121,197		54,872		39,206		22,374		32,215		40,536				28,839		29,640		79,923
OCTOBER 2003	144,842		122,423		83,354		37,155		21,327		32,123		41,308				27,871		30,197		81,130
NOVEMBER 2003*	175,867		192,844		60,078		56,616		31,549		50,007		36,091				42,335		42,884		122,384
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	1,604,422		1,442,558		661,416		454,722		256,181		385,449		422,042				340,988		343,124		959,916
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	320,709		315,267		143,432		93,771		52,876		82,130		77,399				70,206		73,081		203,514

*PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS MONTH'S PAYROLL TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT MONTH. **REVISED.