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TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT

		ALL AREAS				UNITED STATES				WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA				OVERSEAS
EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES		SEPTEMBER 2003*	AUGUST 2003**	SEPTEMBER 2002**		SEPTEMBER 2003*	AUGUST 2003**	SEPTEMBER 2002**		SEPTEMBER 2003*	AUGUST 2003**	SEPTEMBER 2002**
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT		2,725,948	2,748,070	2,715,487		2,633,246	2,649,929	2,624,703		336,290	336,912	334,143		92,702	98,141	90,784
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME		2,479,236	2,502,995	2,467,757		2,394,714	2,412,612	2,383,411		324,165	325,244	322,667		84,522	90,383	84,346
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)		151,613	149,050	153,685		146,552	143,991	149,022		8,828	8,253	9,068		5,061	5,059	4,663
INTERMITTENT		95,099	96,025	94,045		91,980	93,326	92,270		3,297	3,415	2,408		3,119	2,699	1,775
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION		2,510,981	2,513,364	2,521,296		2,427,509	2,424,432	2,434,791		300,385	299,298	300,720		83,472	88,932	86,505
FULL-TIME		2,368,774	2,372,725	2,372,153		2,289,256	2,288,019	2,290,024		293,472	292,977	293,978		79,518	84,706	82,129
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT		142,207	140,639	149,143		138,253	136,413	144,767		6,913	6,321	6,742		3,954	4,226	4,376
TEMPORARY POSITION		214,967	234,706	194,191		205,737	225,497	189,912		35,905	37,614	33,423		9,230	9,209	4,279
FULL-TIME		110,462	130,270	95,604		105,458	124,593	93,387		30,693	32,267	28,689		5,004	5,677	2,217
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT		104,505	104,436	98,587		100,279	100,904	96,525		5,212	5,347	4,734		4,226	3,532	2,062
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT		2,447,264	2,450,175	2,466,710		2,385,217	2,388,233	2,405,407		292,685	292,106	293,410		62,047	61,942	61,303
FULL-TIME		2,314,919	2,317,649	2,330,651		2,255,227	2,258,130	2,270,571		286,086	285,572	286,997		59,692	59,519	60,080
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)		125,140	125,638	130,277		124,223	124,183	129,196		6,202	6,118	6,285		917	1,455	1,081
INTERMITTENT		7,205	6,888	5,782		5,767	5,920	5,640		397	416	128		1,438	968	142
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE		278,684	297,895	248,777		248,029	261,696	219,296		43,605	44,806	40,733		30,655	36,199	29,481
FULL-TIME		164,317	185,346	137,106		139,487	154,482	112,840		38,079	39,672	35,670		24,830	30,864	24,266
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)		26,473	23,412	23,408		22,329	19,808	19,826		2,626	2,135	2,783		4,144	3,604	3,582
INTERMITTENT		87,894	89,137	88,263		86,213	87,406	86,630		2,900	2,999	2,280		1,681	1,731	1,633
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE		1,359,821	1,366,459	1,364,886		1,333,116	1,339,564	1,337,574		215,523	215,489	219,185		26,705	26,895	27,312
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT		1,312,574	1,315,621	1,317,415		1,287,421	1,290,764	1,291,990		210,963	210,881	214,882		25,153	24,857	25,425
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE		47,247	50,838	47,471		45,695	48,800	45,584		4,560	4,608	4,303		1,552	2,038	1,887
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES		1,366,127	1,381,611	1,350,601		1,300,130	1,310,365	1,287,129		120,767	121,423	114,958		65,997	71,246	63,472
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT		1,134,690	1,134,554	1,149,295		1,097,796	1,097,469	1,113,417		81,722	81,225	78,528		36,894	37,085	35,878
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE		231,437	247,057	201,306		202,334	212,896	173,712		39,045	40,198	36,430		29,103	34,161	27,594
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE		214,140	215,900	218,593		208,401	210,299	212,526		13,917	13,636	13,881		5,739	5,601	6,067
POSTAL		787,818	789,973	811,643		784,006	786,117	807,721		19,393	19,478	19,488		3,812	3,856	3,922
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER		1,723,990	1,742,197	1,685,251		1,640,839	1,653,513	1,604,456		302,980	303,798	300,774		83,151	88,684	80,795
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN		2,694,520	2,712,510	2,684,455		2,627,943	2,644,628	2,619,662		334,162	334,774	332,135		66,577	67,882	64,793
NON U.S. CITIZEN		31,428	35,560	31,032		5,303	5,301	5,041		2,128	2,138	2,008		26,125	30,259	25,991