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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

MAY
2004*

APRIL
2004**

MAY
2003**

MAY
2004*

APRIL
2004**

MAY
2003**

MAY
2004*

APRIL
2004**

MAY
2003**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,720,626

2,705,410

2,748,470

2,627,294

2,611,902

2,654,680

331,244

329,039

334,566

93,332

93,508

93,790

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,469,101

2,449,915

2,494,037

2,384,875

2,365,643

2,408,703

318,961

316,719

321,659

84,226

84,272

85,334

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

154,066

157,555

154,115

148,650

152,013

149,180

8,594

9,089

9,086

5,416

5,542

4,935

      INTERMITTENT      

97,459

97,940

100,318

93,769

94,246

96,797

3,689

3,231

3,821

3,690

3,694

3,521

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,486,640

2,483,060

2,521,685

2,403,300

2,399,597

2,435,654

295,009

294,026

299,017

83,340

83,463

86,031

         FULL-TIME   

2,347,114

2,340,047

2,375,233

2,267,981

2,260,881

2,292,944

288,397

287,256

292,197

79,133

79,166

82,289

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

139,526

143,013

146,452

135,319

138,716

142,710

6,612

6,770

6,820

4,207

4,297

3,742

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

233,986

222,350

226,785

223,994

212,305

219,026

36,235

35,013

35,549

9,992

10,045

7,759

         FULL-TIME   

121,987

109,868

118,804

116,894

104,762

115,759

30,564

29,463

29,462

5,093

5,106

3,045

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

111,999

112,482

107,981

107,100

107,543

103,267

5,671

5,550

6,087

4,899

4,939

4,714

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,439,809

2,439,610

2,460,432

2,377,600

2,377,385

2,399,137

287,615

287,551

291,086

62,209

62,225

61,295

         FULL-TIME   

2,308,851

2,306,936

2,325,713

2,249,062

2,247,215

2,265,849

281,577

281,287

284,510

59,789

59,721

59,864

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

123,570

125,116

127,957

122,697

124,217

126,988

5,637

5,858

6,231

873

899

969

         INTERMITTENT   

7,388

7,558

6,762

5,841

5,953

6,300

401

406

345

1,547

1,605

462

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

280,817

265,800

288,038

249,694

234,517

255,543

43,629

41,488

43,480

31,123

31,283

32,495

         FULL-TIME   

160,250

142,979

168,324

135,813

118,428

142,854

37,384

35,432

37,149

24,437

24,551

25,470

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

30,496

32,439

26,158

25,953

27,796

22,192

2,957

3,231

2,855

4,543

4,643

3,966

         INTERMITTENT   

90,071

90,382

93,556

87,928

88,293

90,497

3,288

2,825

3,476

2,143

2,089

3,059

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,367,387

1,361,457

1,371,029

1,340,866

1,334,843

1,343,590

214,053

213,106

215,218

26,521

26,614

27,439

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,322,265

1,322,958

1,322,672

1,297,408

1,298,002

1,297,229

209,694

208,881

210,838

24,857

24,956

25,443

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

45,122

38,499

48,357

43,458

36,841

46,361

4,359

4,225

4,380

1,664

1,658

1,996

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,353,239

1,343,953

1,377,441

1,286,428

1,277,059

1,311,090

117,191

115,933

119,348

66,811

66,894

66,351

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,117,544

1,116,652

1,137,760

1,080,192

1,079,383

1,101,908

77,921

78,670

80,248

37,352

37,269

35,852

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

235,695

227,301

239,681

206,236

197,676

209,182

39,270

37,263

39,100

29,459

29,625

30,499

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

214,906

212,435

213,537

207,841

205,331

206,871

12,760

12,673

13,368

7,065

7,104

6,666

         POSTAL   

771,241

771,627

797,709

767,464

767,877

793,833

16,992

17,051

19,610

3,777

3,750

3,876

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,734,479

1,721,348

1,737,224

1,651,989

1,638,694

1,653,976

301,492

299,315

301,588

82,490

82,654

83,248

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,689,519

2,674,520

2,716,879

2,622,170

2,606,782

2,649,534

329,272

327,059

332,469

67,349

67,738

67,345

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,107

30,890

31,591

5,124

5,120

5,146

1,972

1,980

2,097

25,983

25,770

26,445

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

28,829

31,220

27,713

27,180

29,513

25,082

5,406

5,841

5,098

1,649

1,707

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,190

30,017

31,509

30,182

30,009

31,503

29,150

29,000

30,391

8

8

6

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,577

29,358

30,780

29,569

29,350

30,774

28,589

28,395

29,703

8

8

6

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

401

454

452

401

454

452

370

424

418

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

212

205

277

212

205

277

191

181

270

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,883

11,765

12,704

11,875

11,757

12,698

10,864

10,768

11,597

8

8

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,483

11,347

12,299

11,475

11,339

12,293

10,516

10,404

11,233

8

8

6

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

400

418

405

400

418

405

348

364

364

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,307

18,252

18,805

18,307

18,252

18,805

18,286

18,232

18,794

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,094

18,011

18,481

18,094

18,011

18,481

18,073

17,991

18,470

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

213

241

324

213

241

324

213

241

324

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,810

11,824

12,466

11,802

11,816

12,460

10,836

10,856

11,400

8

8

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,493

11,473

12,100

11,485

11,465

12,094

10,549

10,535

11,068

8

8

6

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

314

348

363

314

348

363

284

318

329

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,380

18,193

19,043

18,380

18,193

19,043

18,314

18,144

18,991

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,084

17,885

18,680

18,084

17,885

18,680

18,040

17,860

18,635

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

87

106

89

87

106

89

86

106

89

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

209

202

274

209

202

274

188

178

267

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,481

2,472

3,041

2,481

2,472

3,041

2,319

2,308

2,800

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,471

2,465

3,031

2,471

2,465

3,031

2,309

2,301

2,790

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

10

7

10

10

7

10

10

7

10

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,709

27,545

28,468

27,701

27,537

28,462

26,831

26,692

27,591

8

8

6

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,339

9,359

9,435

9,331

9,351

9,429

8,527

8,555

8,610

8

8

6

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,370

18,186

19,033

18,370

18,186

19,033

18,304

18,137

18,981

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,643

2,640

2,881

2,643

2,640

2,881

2,635

2,628

2,857

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,547

27,377

28,628

27,539

27,369

28,622

26,515

26,372

27,534

8

8

6

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,141

29,947

31,432

30,133

29,939

31,426

29,102

28,931

30,315

8

8

6

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

49

70

77

49

70

77

48

69

76

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

105

115

149

105

115

149

93

106

131

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

34,303

34,268

34,295

33,870

33,834

33,862

2,001

1,920

1,993

433

434

433

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,507

32,485

32,494

32,086

32,064

32,073

1,914

1,824

1,901

421

421

421

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,721

1,724

1,726

1,709

1,711

1,714

73

84

78

12

13

12

      INTERMITTENT      

75

59

75

75

59

75

14

12

14

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

32,145

32,028

32,135

31,741

31,626

31,731

1,860

1,802

1,850

404

402

404

         FULL-TIME   

31,073

30,960

31,057

30,673

30,562

30,657

1,795

1,734

1,779

400

398

400

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,072

1,068

1,078

1,068

1,064

1,074

65

68

71

4

4

4

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,158

2,240

2,160

2,129

2,208

2,131

141

118

143

29

32

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,434

1,525

1,437

1,413

1,502

1,416

119

90

122

21

23

21

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

724

715

723

716

706

715

22

28

21

8

9

8

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

32,154

32,046

32,142

31,750

31,644

31,738

1,869

1,820

1,857

404

402

404

         FULL-TIME   

31,079

30,976

31,062

30,679

30,578

30,662

1,801

1,750

1,784

400

398

400

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,075

1,070

1,080

1,071

1,066

1,076

68

70

73

4

4

4

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,149

2,222

2,153

2,120

2,190

2,124

132

100

136

29

32

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,428

1,509

1,432

1,407

1,486

1,411

113

74

117

21

23

21

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

646

654

646

638

645

638

5

14

5

8

9

8

         INTERMITTENT   

75

59

75

75

59

75

14

12

14

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

34,303

34,268

34,295

33,870

33,834

33,862

2,001

1,920

1,993

433

434

433

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

32,154

32,046

32,142

31,750

31,644

31,738

1,869

1,820

1,857

404

402

404

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,149

2,222

2,153

2,120

2,190

2,124

132

100

136

29

32

29

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

34,303

34,268

34,295

33,870

33,834

33,862

2,001

1,920

1,993

433

434

433

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

34,301

34,266

34,295

33,868

33,832

33,862

1,999

1,918

1,993

433

434

433

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

2

2

...

2

2

...

2

2

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

13

17

13

13

17

13

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,656,133

2,641,125

2,682,666

2,563,242

2,548,059

2,589,315

300,093

298,119

302,182

92,891

93,066

93,351

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,407,017

2,388,072

2,430,763

2,323,220

2,304,229

2,345,856

288,458

286,500

290,055

83,797

83,843

84,907

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

151,944

155,377

151,937

146,540

149,848

147,014

8,151

8,581

8,590

5,404

5,529

4,923

      INTERMITTENT      

97,172

97,676

99,966

93,482

93,982

96,445

3,484

3,038

3,537

3,690

3,694

3,521

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,442,612

2,439,267

2,476,846

2,359,684

2,356,214

2,391,225

282,285

281,456

285,570

82,928

83,053

85,621

         FULL-TIME   

2,304,558

2,297,740

2,331,877

2,225,833

2,218,980

2,249,994

276,086

275,118

279,185

78,725

78,760

81,883

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

138,054

141,527

144,969

133,851

137,234

141,231

6,199

6,338

6,385

4,203

4,293

3,738

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

213,521

201,858

205,820

203,558

191,845

198,090

17,808

16,663

16,612

9,963

10,013

7,730

         FULL-TIME   

102,459

90,332

98,886

97,387

85,249

95,862

12,372

11,382

10,870

5,072

5,083

3,024

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

111,062

111,526

106,934

106,171

106,596

102,228

5,436

5,281

5,742

4,891

4,930

4,706

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,395,845

2,395,740

2,415,824

2,334,048

2,333,925

2,354,939

274,910

274,875

277,829

61,797

61,815

60,885

         FULL-TIME   

2,266,279

2,264,487

2,282,551

2,206,898

2,205,172

2,223,093

269,227

269,002

271,658

59,381

59,315

59,458

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

122,181

123,698

126,514

121,312

122,803

125,549

5,285

5,470

5,829

869

895

965

         INTERMITTENT   

7,385

7,555

6,759

5,838

5,950

6,297

398

403

342

1,547

1,605

462

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

260,288

245,385

266,842

229,194

214,134

234,376

25,183

23,244

24,353

31,094

31,251

32,466

         FULL-TIME   

140,738

123,585

148,212

116,322

99,057

122,763

19,231

17,498

18,397

24,416

24,528

25,449

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

29,763

31,679

25,423

25,228

27,045

21,465

2,866

3,111

2,761

4,535

4,634

3,958

         INTERMITTENT   

89,787

90,121

93,207

87,644

88,032

90,148

3,086

2,635

3,195

2,143

2,089

3,059

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,364,906

1,358,985

1,367,988

1,338,385

1,332,371

1,340,549

211,734

210,798

212,418

26,521

26,614

27,439

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,319,794

1,320,493

1,319,641

1,294,937

1,295,537

1,294,198

207,385

206,580

208,048

24,857

24,956

25,443

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

45,112

38,492

48,347

43,448

36,834

46,351

4,349

4,218

4,370

1,664

1,658

1,996

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,291,227

1,282,140

1,314,678

1,224,857

1,215,688

1,248,766

88,359

87,321

89,764

66,370

66,452

65,912

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,076,051

1,075,247

1,096,183

1,039,111

1,038,388

1,060,741

67,525

68,295

69,781

36,940

36,859

35,442

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

215,176

206,893

218,495

185,746

177,300

188,025

20,834

19,026

19,983

29,430

29,593

30,470

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

212,263

209,795

210,656

205,198

202,691

203,990

10,125

10,045

10,511

7,065

7,104

6,666

         POSTAL   

771,241

771,627

797,709

767,464

767,877

793,833

16,992

17,051

19,610

3,777

3,750

3,876

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,672,629

1,659,703

1,674,301

1,590,580

1,577,491

1,591,492

272,976

271,023

272,061

82,049

82,212

82,809

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,625,077

2,610,307

2,651,152

2,558,169

2,543,011

2,584,246

298,171

296,210

300,161

66,908

67,296

66,906

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,056

30,818

31,514

5,073

5,048

5,069

1,922

1,909

2,021

25,983

25,770

26,445

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

28,711

31,088

27,551

27,062

29,381

24,920

5,313

5,735

4,967

1,649

1,707

* 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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