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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

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