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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

JANUARY
2004*

DECEMBER
2003**

JANUARY
2003**

JANUARY
2004*

DECEMBER
2003**

JANUARY
2003**

JANUARY
2004*

DECEMBER
2003**

JANUARY
2003**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,701,015

2,705,097

2,735,488

2,607,764

2,611,854

2,642,272

333,462

333,973

332,836

93,251

93,243

93,216

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,449,827

2,451,119

2,480,562

2,365,704

2,367,230

2,395,478

321,388

321,699

320,283

84,123

83,889

85,084

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

154,265

152,184

154,993

148,757

146,729

150,213

8,851

8,909

9,079

5,508

5,455

4,780

      INTERMITTENT      

96,923

101,794

99,933

93,303

97,895

96,581

3,223

3,365

3,474

3,620

3,899

3,352

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,491,956

2,497,427

2,534,954

2,408,648

2,414,249

2,449,100

298,333

298,700

298,995

83,308

83,178

85,854

         FULL-TIME   

2,351,242

2,357,114

2,386,380

2,272,246

2,278,325

2,304,436

291,798

292,179

292,265

78,996

78,789

81,944

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

140,714

140,313

148,574

136,402

135,924

144,664

6,535

6,521

6,730

4,312

4,389

3,910

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

209,059

207,670

200,534

199,116

197,605

193,172

35,129

35,273

33,841

9,943

10,065

7,362

         FULL-TIME   

98,585

94,005

94,182

93,458

88,905

91,042

29,590

29,520

28,018

5,127

5,100

3,140

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

110,474

113,665

106,352

105,658

108,700

102,130

5,539

5,753

5,823

4,816

4,965

4,222

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,438,088

2,436,901

2,468,296

2,375,961

2,374,954

2,406,790

291,502

291,864

291,645

62,127

61,947

61,506

         FULL-TIME   

2,307,106

2,306,946

2,332,844

2,247,492

2,247,536

2,272,841

285,206

285,396

285,042

59,614

59,410

60,003

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

123,260

122,697

129,103

122,363

121,789

128,080

5,910

6,087

6,212

897

908

1,023

         INTERMITTENT   

7,722

7,258

6,349

6,106

5,629

5,869

386

381

391

1,616

1,629

480

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

262,927

268,196

267,192

231,803

236,900

235,482

41,960

42,109

41,191

31,124

31,296

31,710

         FULL-TIME   

142,721

144,173

147,718

118,212

119,694

122,637

36,182

36,303

35,241

24,509

24,479

25,081

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

31,005

29,487

25,890

26,394

24,940

22,133

2,941

2,822

2,867

4,611

4,547

3,757

         INTERMITTENT   

89,201

94,536

93,584

87,197

92,266

90,712

2,837

2,984

3,083

2,004

2,270

2,872

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,350,171

1,346,677

1,358,031

1,323,611

1,320,188

1,330,628

215,001

215,349

215,628

26,560

26,489

27,403

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,315,152

1,311,939

1,321,101

1,290,239

1,287,228

1,295,550

210,731

211,012

211,363

24,913

24,711

25,551

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

35,019

34,738

36,930

33,372

32,960

35,078

4,270

4,337

4,265

1,647

1,778

1,852

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,350,844

1,358,420

1,377,417

1,284,153

1,291,666

1,311,604

118,461

118,624

117,168

66,691

66,754

65,813

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,122,936

1,124,962

1,147,195

1,085,722

1,087,726

1,111,240

80,771

80,852

80,282

37,214

37,236

35,955

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

227,908

233,458

230,222

198,431

203,940

200,364

37,690

37,772

36,886

29,477

29,518

29,858

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

211,707

213,138

170,069

204,530

205,943

164,055

13,073

13,267

12,875

7,177

7,195

6,014

         POSTAL   

780,313

785,817

806,167

776,511

781,902

802,323

19,306

19,376

19,697

3,802

3,915

3,844

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,708,995

1,706,142

1,759,252

1,626,723

1,624,009

1,675,894

301,083

301,330

300,264

82,272

82,133

83,358

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,669,495

2,673,890

2,704,374

2,602,331

2,606,711

2,637,178

331,461

331,962

330,808

67,164

67,179

67,196

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,520

31,207

31,122

5,433

5,143

5,106

2,001

2,011

2,042

26,087

26,064

26,016

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

31,681

31,560

32,301

28,682

28,806

29,585

5,745

5,682

5,688

2,999

2,754

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,377

30,236

30,742

30,370

30,230

30,734

29,333

29,202

29,617

7

6

8

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,741

29,602

29,979

29,734

29,596

29,971

28,741

28,608

28,902

7

6

8

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

446

444

466

446

444

466

417

413

430

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

190

190

297

190

190

297

175

181

285

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

12,195

12,142

12,554

12,188

12,136

12,546

11,172

11,131

11,437

7

6

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,805

11,752

12,139

11,798

11,746

12,131

10,826

10,781

11,070

7

6

8

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

390

390

415

390

390

415

346

350

367

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,182

18,094

18,188

18,182

18,094

18,188

18,161

18,071

18,180

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,936

17,850

17,840

17,936

17,850

17,840

17,915

17,827

17,832

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

246

244

348

246

244

348

246

244

348

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

12,295

12,266

12,444

12,288

12,260

12,436

11,292

11,267

11,348

7

6

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,952

11,927

12,072

11,945

11,921

12,064

10,978

10,958

11,012

7

6

8

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

340

336

369

340

336

369

311

306

333

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,082

17,970

18,298

18,082

17,970

18,298

18,041

17,935

18,269

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,789

17,675

17,907

17,789

17,675

17,907

17,763

17,650

17,890

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

106

108

97

106

108

97

106

107

97

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

187

187

294

187

187

294

172

178

282

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,736

2,731

3,040

2,736

2,731

3,040

2,560

2,555

2,787

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,729

2,723

3,033

2,729

2,723

3,033

2,553

2,547

2,780

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

7

8

7

7

8

7

7

8

7

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,641

27,505

27,702

27,634

27,499

27,694

26,773

26,647

26,830

7

6

8

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,566

9,543

9,411

9,559

9,537

9,403

8,739

8,720

8,568

7

6

8

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,075

17,962

18,291

18,075

17,962

18,291

18,034

17,927

18,262

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,785

2,768

2,840

2,785

2,768

2,840

2,769

2,752

2,818

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,592

27,468

27,902

27,585

27,462

27,894

26,564

26,450

26,799

7

6

8

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,309

30,169

30,669

30,302

30,163

30,661

29,266

29,136

29,545

7

6

8

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

68

67

73

68

67

73

67

66

72

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

120

122

147

120

122

147

106

101

135

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

34,333

34,529

34,308

33,892

34,100

33,871

1,921

1,964

1,911

441

429

437

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,558

32,724

32,547

32,133

32,300

32,122

1,829

1,866

1,818

425

424

425

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,715

1,740

1,701

1,699

1,735

1,689

84

88

85

16

5

12

      INTERMITTENT      

60

65

60

60

65

60

8

10

8

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

32,069

32,439

32,057

31,664

32,036

31,652

1,805

1,838

1,793

405

403

405

         FULL-TIME   

31,016

31,320

31,001

30,615

30,921

30,600

1,735

1,769

1,720

401

399

401

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,053

1,119

1,056

1,049

1,115

1,052

70

69

73

4

4

4

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,264

2,090

2,251

2,228

2,064

2,219

116

126

118

36

26

32

         FULL-TIME   

1,542

1,404

1,546

1,518

1,379

1,522

94

97

98

24

25

24

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

722

686

705

710

685

697

22

29

20

12

1

8

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

32,085

32,452

32,072

31,680

32,049

31,667

1,821

1,851

1,808

405

403

405

         FULL-TIME   

31,030

31,331

31,014

30,629

30,932

30,613

1,749

1,780

1,733

401

399

401

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,055

1,121

1,058

1,051

1,117

1,054

72

71

75

4

4

4

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,248

2,077

2,236

2,212

2,051

2,204

100

113

103

36

26

32

         FULL-TIME   

1,528

1,393

1,533

1,504

1,368

1,509

80

86

85

24

25

24

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

660

619

643

648

618

635

12

17

10

12

1

8

         INTERMITTENT   

60

65

60

60

65

60

8

10

8

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

34,333

34,529

34,308

33,892

34,100

33,871

1,921

1,964

1,911

441

429

437

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

32,085

32,452

32,072

31,680

32,049

31,667

1,821

1,851

1,808

405

403

405

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,248

2,077

2,236

2,212

2,051

2,204

100

113

103

36

26

32

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

34,333

34,529

34,308

33,892

34,100

33,871

1,921

1,964

1,911

441

429

437

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

34,333

34,529

34,308

33,892

34,100

33,871

1,921

1,964

1,911

441

429

437

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

26

19

26

26

19

26

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,636,305

2,640,332

2,670,438

2,543,502

2,547,524

2,577,667

302,208

302,807

301,308

92,803

92,808

92,771

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,387,528

2,388,793

2,418,036

2,303,837

2,305,334

2,333,385

290,818

291,225

289,563

83,691

83,459

84,651

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

152,104

150,000

152,826

146,612

144,550

148,058

8,350

8,408

8,564

5,492

5,450

4,768

      INTERMITTENT      

96,673

101,539

99,576

93,053

97,640

96,224

3,040

3,174

3,181

3,620

3,899

3,352

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,447,692

2,452,846

2,490,343

2,364,796

2,370,077

2,404,902

285,356

285,731

285,765

82,896

82,769

85,441

         FULL-TIME   

2,308,421

2,314,042

2,343,240

2,229,833

2,235,658

2,261,705

279,237

279,629

279,475

78,588

78,384

81,535

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

139,271

138,804

147,103

134,963

134,419

143,197

6,119

6,102

6,290

4,308

4,385

3,906

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

188,613

187,486

180,095

178,706

177,447

172,765

16,852

17,076

15,543

9,907

10,039

7,330

         FULL-TIME   

79,107

74,751

74,796

74,004

69,676

71,680

11,581

11,596

10,088

5,103

5,075

3,116

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

109,506

112,735

105,299

104,702

107,771

101,085

5,271

5,480

5,455

4,804

4,964

4,214

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,393,708

2,392,183

2,423,780

2,331,993

2,330,645

2,362,687

278,389

278,746

278,489

61,715

61,538

61,093

         FULL-TIME   

2,264,124

2,263,688

2,289,758

2,204,918

2,204,683

2,230,164

272,479

272,658

272,297

59,206

59,005

59,594

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

121,865

121,240

127,676

120,972

120,336

126,657

5,527

5,710

5,804

893

904

1,019

         INTERMITTENT   

7,719

7,255

6,346

6,103

5,626

5,866

383

378

388

1,616

1,629

480

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

242,597

248,149

246,658

211,509

216,879

214,980

23,819

24,061

22,819

31,088

31,270

31,678

         FULL-TIME   

123,404

125,105

128,278

98,919

100,651

103,221

18,339

18,567

17,266

24,485

24,454

25,057

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

30,239

28,760

25,150

25,640

24,214

21,401

2,823

2,698

2,760

4,599

4,546

3,749

         INTERMITTENT   

88,954

94,284

93,230

86,950

92,014

90,358

2,657

2,796

2,793

2,004

2,270

2,872

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,347,435

1,343,946

1,354,991

1,320,875

1,317,457

1,327,588

212,441

212,794

212,841

26,560

26,489

27,403

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,312,423

1,309,216

1,318,068

1,287,510

1,284,505

1,292,517

208,178

208,465

208,583

24,913

24,711

25,551

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

35,012

34,730

36,923

33,365

32,952

35,071

4,263

4,329

4,258

1,647

1,778

1,852

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,288,870

1,296,386

1,315,407

1,222,627

1,230,067

1,250,039

89,767

90,013

88,427

66,243

66,319

65,368

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,081,285

1,082,967

1,105,712

1,044,483

1,046,140

1,070,170

70,211

70,281

69,906

36,802

36,827

35,542

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

207,585

213,419

209,695

178,144

183,927

179,869

19,556

19,732

18,521

29,441

29,492

29,826

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

208,922

210,370

167,229

201,745

203,175

161,215

10,304

10,515

10,057

7,177

7,195

6,014

         POSTAL   

780,313

785,817

806,167

776,511

781,902

802,323

19,306

19,376

19,697

3,802

3,915

3,844

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,647,070

1,644,145

1,697,042

1,565,246

1,562,447

1,614,129

272,598

272,916

271,554

81,824

81,698

82,913

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,604,853

2,609,192

2,639,397

2,538,137

2,542,448

2,572,646

300,274

300,862

299,352

66,716

66,744

66,751

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,452

31,140

31,049

5,365

5,076

5,033

1,934

1,945

1,970

26,087

26,064

26,016

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

31,535

31,419

32,128

28,536

28,665

29,412

5,639

5,581

5,553

2,999

2,754

* 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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