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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT


ALL AREAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA

OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

NOVEMBER
2003*

OCTOBER
2003

NOVEMBER
2002**

NOVEMBER
2003*

OCTOBER
2003

NOVEMBER
2002**

NOVEMBER
2003*

OCTOBER
2003

NOVEMBER
2002**

NOVEMBER
2003*

OCTOBER
2003

NOVEMBER
2002**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,714,727

2,718,975

2,749,752

2,621,607

2,626,411

2,657,345

333,923

334,766

335,877

93,120

92,564

92,407

      WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         FULL-TIME   

2,458,625

2,471,086

2,486,197

2,374,481

2,387,075

2,401,122

321,288

322,317

323,103

84,144

84,011

85,075

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

153,823

152,153

156,867

148,397

147,003

152,024

9,178

8,985

9,567

5,426

5,150

4,843

         INTERMITTENT   

102,279

95,736

106,688

98,729

92,333

104,199

3,457

3,464

3,207

3,550

3,403

2,489

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,500,522

2,506,439

2,549,646

2,417,247

2,423,729

2,462,047

298,693

299,474

302,311

83,275

82,710

87,599

         FULL-TIME   

2,358,244

2,364,525

2,399,384

2,279,182

2,285,812

2,316,436

291,951

292,766

295,186

79,062

78,713

82,948

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

142,278

141,914

150,262

138,065

137,917

145,611

6,742

6,708

7,125

4,213

3,997

4,651

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

214,205

212,536

200,106

204,360

202,682

195,298

35,230

35,292

33,566

9,845

9,854

4,808

         FULL-TIME   

100,381

106,561

86,813

95,299

101,263

84,686

29,337

29,551

27,917

5,082

5,298

2,127

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

113,824

105,975

113,293

109,061

101,419

110,612

5,893

5,741

5,649

4,763

4,556

2,681

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,443,717

2,448,933

2,477,652

2,381,633

2,386,750

2,416,005

291,830

292,597

294,661

62,084

62,183

         FULL-TIME   

2,312,034

2,316,255

2,341,510

2,252,477

2,256,584

2,281,088

285,266

286,025

288,183

59,557

59,671

60,422

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

124,260

125,273

129,738

123,345

124,370

128,660

6,193

6,213

6,324

915

903

1,078

         INTERMITTENT   

7,423

7,405

6,404

5,811

5,796

6,257

371

359

154

1,612

1,609

147

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

271,010

270,042

272,100

239,974

239,661

241,340

42,093

42,169

41,216

31,036

30,381

30,760

         FULL-TIME   

146,591

154,831

144,687

122,004

130,491

120,034

36,022

36,292

34,920

24,587

24,340

24,653

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

29,563

26,880

27,129

25,052

22,633

23,364

2,985

2,772

3,243

4,511

4,247

3,765

         INTERMITTENT   

94,856

88,331

100,284

92,918

86,537

97,942

3,086

3,105

3,053

1,938

1,794

2,342

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,353,531

1,355,813

1,359,709

1,326,932

1,329,142

1,332,182

215,348

215,192

218,504

26,599

26,671

27,527

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,316,965

1,314,096

1,322,557

1,291,949

1,288,960

1,296,898

211,014

210,878

215,007

25,016

25,136

25,659

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

36,566

41,717

37,152

34,983

40,182

35,284

4,334

4,314

3,497

1,583

1,535

1,868

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,361,196

1,363,162

1,390,043

1,294,675

1,297,269

1,325,163

118,575

119,574

117,373

66,521

65,893

64,880

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,126,752

1,134,837

1,155,095

1,089,684

1,097,790

1,119,107

80,816

81,719

79,654

37,068

37,047

35,988

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

234,444

228,325

234,948

204,991

199,479

206,056

37,759

37,855

37,719

29,453

28,846

28,892

      PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

214,173

214,365

217,642

207,013

207,479

211,622

13,753

13,804

13,693

7,160

6,886

6,020

         POSTAL   

788,141

786,330

818,317

784,322

782,498

814,388

19,384

19,376

19,982

3,819

3,832

3,929

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,712,413

1,718,280

1,713,793

1,630,272

1,636,434

1,631,335

300,786

301,586

302,202

82,141

81,846

82,458

      CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,683,400

2,687,766

2,718,603

2,616,413

2,621,104

2,652,270

331,849

332,635

333,861

66,987

66,662

66,333

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,327

31,209

31,149

5,194

5,307

5,075

2,074

2,131

2,016

26,133

25,902

26,074

      TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***      

28,988

30,671

27,827

26,114

27,757

25,326

5,364

5,388

5,373

2,874

2,914

2,501

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,568

30,559

31,027

30,562

30,553

31,020

29,539

29,504

29,880

6

6

7

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         FULL-TIME   

29,918

29,920

30,266

29,912

29,914

30,259

28,929

28,907

29,170

6

6

7

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

458

453

471

458

453

471

426

420

436

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

192

186

290

192

186

290

184

177

274

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

12,486

12,536

12,653

12,480

12,530

12,646

11,468

11,494

11,515

6

6

7

         FULL-TIME   

12,089

12,136

12,223

12,083

12,130

12,216

11,111

11,136

11,136

6

6

7

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

397

400

430

397

400

430

357

358

379

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,082

18,023

18,374

18,082

18,023

18,374

18,071

18,010

18,365

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,829

17,784

18,043

17,829

17,784

18,043

17,818

17,771

18,034

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

253

239

331

253

239

331

253

239

331

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

12,297

12,307

12,527

12,291

12,301

12,520

11,304

11,305

11,416

6

6

7

         FULL-TIME   

11,947

11,962

12,158

11,941

11,956

12,151

10,985

10,992

11,082

6

6

7

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

347

342

366

347

342

366

316

310

331

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,271

18,252

18,500

18,271

18,252

18,500

18,235

18,199

18,464

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,971

17,958

18,108

17,971

17,958

18,108

17,944

17,915

18,088

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

111

111

105

111

111

105

110

110

105

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

189

183

287

189

183

287

181

174

271

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,712

2,728

3,038

2,712

2,728

3,038

2,545

2,559

2,786

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,703

2,719

3,033

2,703

2,719

3,033

2,536

2,550

2,782

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

9

9

5

9

9

5

9

9

4

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,856

27,831

27,989

27,850

27,825

27,982

26,994

26,945

27,094

6

6

7

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,594

9,588

9,494

9,588

9,582

9,487

8,768

8,755

8,634

6

6

7

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,262

18,243

18,495

18,262

18,243

18,495

18,226

18,190

18,460

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,751

2,753

2,843

2,751

2,753

2,843

2,734

2,736

2,821

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,817

27,806

28,184

27,811

27,800

28,177

26,805

26,768

27,059

6

6

7

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,499

30,492

30,957

30,493

30,486

30,950

29,471

29,438

29,811

6

6

7

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

69

67

70

69

67

70

68

66

69

...

...

...

      TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***      

141

144

128

141

144

128

119

123

119

...

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

34,520

34,777

34,600

34,088

34,338

34,161

1,964

1,967

2,049

432

439

439

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         FULL-TIME   

32,710

32,933

32,722

32,286

32,501

32,293

1,865

1,869

1,932

424

432

429

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,744

1,761

1,806

1,736

1,754

1,796

89

88

102

8

7

10

         INTERMITTENT   

66

83

72

66

83

72

10

10

15

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

32,423

32,577

32,257

32,020

32,165

31,850

1,837

1,841

1,918

403

412

         FULL-TIME   

31,303

31,468

31,196

30,904

31,060

30,792

1,767

1,771

1,838

399

408

404

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,120

1,109

1,061

1,116

1,105

1,058

70

70

80

4

4

3

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,097

2,200

2,343

2,068

2,173

2,311

127

126

131

29

27

32

         FULL-TIME   

1,407

1,465

1,526

1,382

1,441

1,501

98

98

94

25

24

25

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

690

735

817

686

732

810

29

28

37

4

3

7

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

32,438

32,592

32,273

32,035

32,180

31,866

1,852

1,856

1,934

403

412

407

         FULL-TIME   

31,316

31,481

31,210

30,917

31,073

30,806

1,780

1,784

1,852

399

408

404

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,122

1,111

1,063

1,118

1,107

1,060

72

72

82

4

4

3

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,082

2,185

2,327

2,053

2,158

2,295

112

111

115

29

27

32

         FULL-TIME   

1,394

1,452

1,512

1,369

1,428

1,487

85

85

80

25

24

25

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

622

650

743

618

647

736

17

16

20

4

3

7

         INTERMITTENT   

66

83

72

66

83

72

10

10

15

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

34,520

34,777

34,600

34,088

34,338

34,161

1,964

1,967

2,049

432

439

439

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

32,438

32,592

32,273

32,035

32,180

31,866

1,852

1,856

1,934

403

412

407

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,082

2,185

2,327

2,053

2,158

2,295

112

111

115

29

27

32

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

34,520

34,777

34,600

34,088

34,338

34,161

1,964

1,967

2,049

432

439

439

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

34,520

34,777

34,600

34,088

34,338

34,161

1,964

1,967

2,049

432

439

439

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

19

20

10

19

20

10

...

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,649,639

2,653,639

2,684,125

2,556,957

2,561,520

2,592,164

302,420

303,295

303,948

92,682

92,119

91,961

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         FULL-TIME   

2,395,997

2,408,233

2,423,209

2,312,283

2,324,660

2,338,570

290,494

291,541

292,001

83,714

83,573

84,639

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

151,621

149,939

154,590

146,203

144,796

149,757

8,663

8,477

9,029

5,418

5,143

4,833

         INTERMITTENT   

102,021

95,467

106,326

98,471

92,064

103,837

3,263

3,277

2,918

3,550

3,403

2,489

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,455,613

2,461,326

2,504,736

2,372,747

2,379,034

2,417,551

285,388

286,139

288,878

82,866

82,292

87,185

         FULL-TIME   

2,314,852

2,320,921

2,355,965

2,236,195

2,242,622

2,273,428

279,073

279,859

282,212

78,657

78,299

82,537

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

140,761

140,405

148,771

136,552

136,412

144,123

6,315

6,280

6,666

4,209

3,993

4,648

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

194,026

192,313

179,389

184,210

182,486

174,613

17,032

17,156

15,070

9,816

9,827

4,776

         FULL-TIME   

81,145

87,312

67,244

76,088

82,038

65,142

11,421

11,682

9,789

5,057

5,274

2,102

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

112,881

105,001

112,145

108,122

100,448

109,471

5,611

5,474

5,281

4,759

4,553

2,674

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,398,982

2,404,034

2,432,852

2,337,307

2,342,269

2,371,619

278,674

279,436

281,311

61,675

61,765

61,233

         FULL-TIME   

2,268,771

2,272,812

2,298,142

2,209,619

2,213,555

2,238,131

272,501

273,249

275,249

59,152

59,257

60,011

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

122,791

123,820

128,309

121,880

122,921

127,234

5,805

5,831

5,911

911

899

1,075

         INTERMITTENT   

7,420

7,402

6,401

5,808

5,793

6,254

368

356

151

1,612

1,609

147

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

250,657

249,605

251,273

219,650

219,251

220,545

23,746

23,859

22,637

31,007

30,354

30,728

         FULL-TIME   

127,226

135,421

125,067

102,664

111,105

100,439

17,993

18,292

16,752

24,562

24,316

24,628

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

28,830

26,119

26,281

24,323

21,875

22,523

2,858

2,646

3,118

4,507

4,244

3,758

         INTERMITTENT   

94,601

88,065

99,925

92,663

86,271

97,583

2,895

2,921

2,767

1,938

1,794

2,342

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,350,819

1,353,085

1,356,671

1,324,220

1,326,414

1,329,144

212,803

212,633

215,718

26,599

26,671

27,527

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,314,262

1,311,377

1,319,524

1,289,246

1,286,241

1,293,865

208,478

208,328

212,225

25,016

25,136

25,659

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

36,557

41,708

37,147

34,974

40,173

35,279

4,325

4,305

3,493

1,583

1,535

1,868

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,298,820

1,300,554

1,327,454

1,232,737

1,235,106

1,263,020

89,617

90,662

88,230

66,083

65,448

64,434

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,084,720

1,092,657

1,113,328

1,048,061

1,056,028

1,077,754

70,196

71,108

69,086

36,659

36,629

35,574

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

214,100

207,897

214,126

184,676

179,078

185,266

19,421

19,554

19,144

29,424

28,819

28,860

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

211,422

211,612

214,799

204,262

204,726

208,779

11,019

11,068

10,872

7,160

6,886

6,020

         POSTAL   

788,141

786,330

818,317

784,322

782,498

814,388

19,384

19,376

19,982

3,819

3,832

3,929

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,650,076

1,655,697

1,651,009

1,568,373

1,574,296

1,568,997

272,017

272,851

273,094

81,703

81,401

82,012

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,618,381

2,622,497

2,653,046

2,551,832

2,556,280

2,587,159

300,414

301,230

302,001

66,549

66,217

65,887

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,258

31,142

31,079

5,125

5,240

5,005

2,006

2,065

1,947

26,133

25,902

26,074

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

28,828

30,507

27,689

25,954

27,593

25,188

5,245

5,265

5,254

2,874

2,914

2,501

* PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS MONTH'S EMPLOYMENT TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT MONTH.
** REVISED.
*** NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT.

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