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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
2005*

AUGUST
2005**

SEPTEMBER
2004**

SEPTEMBER
2005*

AUGUST
2005**

SEPTEMBER
2004**

SEPTEMBER
2005*

AUGUST
2005**

SEPTEMBER
2004**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,700,965

2,708,835

2,713,233

2,610,035

2,619,203

2,620,560

324,030

324,658

332,515

90,930

89,632

92,673

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,451,794

2,462,604

2,457,788

2,369,015

2,379,873

2,373,981

313,362

314,518

320,838

82,779

82,731

83,807

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

152,762

149,553

154,131

147,973

145,062

149,318

7,246

6,862

8,097

4,789

4,491

4,813

      INTERMITTENT      

96,409

96,678

101,314

93,047

94,268

97,261

3,422

3,278

3,580

3,362

2,410

4,053

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,499,662

2,502,729

2,501,694

2,418,165

2,421,464

2,418,386

289,212

289,662

296,830

81,497

81,265

83,308

         FULL-TIME   

2,349,852

2,354,934

2,353,207

2,272,205

2,277,227

2,274,072

283,476

284,096

290,424

77,647

77,707

79,135

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

149,810

147,795

148,487

145,960

144,237

144,314

5,736

5,566

6,406

3,850

3,558

4,173

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

201,303

206,106

211,539

191,870

197,739

202,174

34,818

34,996

35,685

9,433

8,367

9,365

         FULL-TIME   

101,942

107,670

104,581

96,810

102,646

99,909

29,886

30,422

30,414

5,132

5,024

4,672

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

99,361

98,436

106,958

95,060

95,093

102,265

4,932

4,574

5,271

4,301

3,343

4,693

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,448,445

2,447,617

2,452,216

2,386,107

2,385,440

2,389,551

282,077

281,696

290,133

62,338

62,177

62,665

         FULL-TIME   

2,310,318

2,310,088

2,314,724

2,250,176

2,250,073

2,254,612

276,404

276,075

283,860

60,142

60,015

60,112

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

130,611

130,533

130,686

129,692

128,691

129,645

5,280

5,227

5,915

919

1,842

1,041

         INTERMITTENT   

7,516

6,996

6,806

6,239

6,676

5,294

393

394

358

1,277

320

1,512

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

252,520

261,218

261,017

223,928

233,763

231,009

41,953

42,962

42,382

28,592

27,455

30,008

         FULL-TIME   

141,476

152,516

143,064

118,839

129,800

119,369

36,958

38,443

36,978

22,637

22,716

23,695

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

22,151

19,020

23,445

18,281

16,371

19,673

1,966

1,635

2,182

3,870

2,649

3,772

         INTERMITTENT   

88,893

89,682

94,508

86,808

87,592

91,967

3,029

2,884

3,222

2,085

2,090

2,541

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,323,819

1,326,714

1,356,130

1,298,172

1,300,908

1,329,957

207,759

207,754

214,685

25,647

25,806

26,173

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,280,292

1,280,195

1,311,945

1,256,128

1,256,058

1,287,376

204,087

204,013

210,678

24,164

24,137

24,569

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

43,527

46,519

44,185

42,044

44,850

42,581

3,672

3,741

4,007

1,483

1,669

1,604

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,377,146

1,382,121

1,357,103

1,311,863

1,318,295

1,290,603

116,271

116,904

117,830

65,283

63,826

66,500

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,168,153

1,167,422

1,140,271

1,129,979

1,129,382

1,102,175

77,990

77,683

79,455

38,174

38,040

38,096

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

208,993

214,699

216,832

181,884

188,913

188,428

38,281

39,221

38,375

27,109

25,786

28,404

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

212,271

213,797

214,467

205,924

207,378

207,728

11,723

11,757

12,673

6,347

6,419

6,739

         POSTAL   

764,165

763,936

767,616

760,492

760,269

763,883

15,096

15,180

17,094

3,673

3,667

3,733

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,724,529

1,731,102

1,731,150

1,643,619

1,651,556

1,648,949

297,211

297,721

302,748

80,910

79,546

82,201

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,670,880

2,678,777

2,682,003

2,605,047

2,614,239

2,615,163

322,103

322,748

330,553

65,833

64,538

66,840

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,085

30,058

31,230

4,988

4,964

5,397

1,927

1,910

1,962

25,097

25,094

25,833

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

35,447

34,825

29,665

30,857

30,262

27,243

5,690

5,676

5,309

4,590

4,563

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,816

30,338

30,049

30,809

30,331

30,041

29,762

29,275

28,996

7

7

8

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

30,248

29,768

29,447

30,241

29,761

29,439

29,235

28,749

28,438

7

7

8

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

385

383

418

385

383

418

350

348

382

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

183

187

184

183

187

184

177

178

176

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,766

11,796

11,935

11,759

11,789

11,927

10,730

10,751

10,901

7

7

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,429

11,455

11,560

11,422

11,448

11,552

10,432

10,452

10,570

7

7

8

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

337

341

375

337

341

375

298

299

331

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

19,050

18,542

18,114

19,050

18,542

18,114

19,032

18,524

18,095

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,819

18,313

17,887

18,819

18,313

17,887

18,803

18,297

17,868

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

231

229

227

231

229

227

229

227

227

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,712

11,729

11,949

11,705

11,722

11,941

10,720

10,731

10,952

7

7

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,389

11,407

11,614

11,382

11,400

11,606

10,430

10,442

10,650

7

7

8

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

320

319

332

320

319

332

287

286

299

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

19,104

18,609

18,100

19,104

18,609

18,100

19,042

18,544

18,044

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,859

18,361

17,833

18,859

18,361

17,833

18,805

18,307

17,788

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

65

64

86

65

64

86

63

62

83

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

180

184

181

180

184

181

174

175

173

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,430

2,443

2,468

2,430

2,443

2,468

2,282

2,289

2,308

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,402

2,418

2,457

2,402

2,418

2,457

2,255

2,265

2,297

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

28

25

11

28

25

11

27

24

11

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

28,386

27,895

27,581

28,379

27,888

27,573

27,480

26,986

26,688

7

7

8

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,310

9,311

9,492

9,303

9,304

9,484

8,465

8,466

8,655

7

7

8

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

19,076

18,584

18,089

19,076

18,584

18,089

19,015

18,520

18,033

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,673

2,677

2,651

2,673

2,677

2,651

2,667

2,671

2,645

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

28,143

27,661

27,398

28,136

27,654

27,390

27,095

26,604

26,351

7

7

8

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,748

30,271

29,983

30,741

30,264

29,975

29,694

29,208

28,930

7

7

8

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

68

67

66

68

67

66

68

67

66

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

123

117

133

123

117

133

107

104

115

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

34,064

34,062

33,861

33,635

33,633

33,442

1,937

1,935

1,933

429

429

419

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,229

32,229

32,027

31,812

31,812

31,623

1,819

1,819

1,854

417

417

404

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,762

1,760

1,757

1,750

1,748

1,742

103

101

67

12

12

15

      INTERMITTENT      

73

73

77

73

73

77

15

15

12

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

31,770

31,767

31,528

31,371

31,368

31,146

1,844

1,841

1,836

399

399

382

         FULL-TIME   

30,748

30,746

30,522

30,353

30,351

30,142

1,780

1,778

1,774

395

395

380

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,022

1,021

1,006

1,018

1,017

1,004

64

63

62

4

4

2

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,294

2,295

2,333

2,264

2,265

2,296

93

94

97

30

30

37

         FULL-TIME   

1,481

1,483

1,505

1,459

1,461

1,481

39

41

80

22

22

24

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

813

812

828

805

804

815

54

53

17

8

8

13

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

31,789

31,788

31,545

31,390

31,389

31,163

1,863

1,862

1,853

399

399

382

         FULL-TIME   

30,765

30,765

30,537

30,370

30,370

30,157

1,797

1,797

1,789

395

395

380

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,024

1,023

1,008

1,020

1,019

1,006

66

65

64

4

4

2

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,275

2,274

2,316

2,245

2,244

2,279

74

73

80

30

30

37

         FULL-TIME   

1,464

1,464

1,490

1,442

1,442

1,466

22

22

65

22

22

24

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

738

737

749

730

729

736

37

36

3

8

8

13

         INTERMITTENT   

73

73

77

73

73

77

15

15

12

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

34,064

34,062

33,861

33,635

33,633

33,442

1,937

1,935

1,933

429

429

419

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

31,789

31,788

31,545

31,390

31,389

31,163

1,863

1,862

1,853

399

399

382

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,275

2,274

2,316

2,245

2,244

2,279

74

73

80

30

30

37

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

34,064

34,062

33,861

33,635

33,633

33,442

1,937

1,935

1,933

429

429

419

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

34,062

34,060

33,861

33,633

33,631

33,442

1,935

1,933

1,933

429

429

419

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

2

2

...

2

2

...

2

2

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

19

19

...

19

19

...

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,636,085

2,644,435

2,649,323

2,545,591

2,555,239

2,557,077

292,331

293,448

301,586

90,494

89,196

92,246

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,389,317

2,400,607

2,396,314

2,306,962

2,318,300

2,312,919

282,308

283,950

290,546

82,355

82,307

83,395

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

150,615

147,410

151,956

145,838

142,931

147,158

6,793

6,413

7,648

4,777

4,479

4,798

      INTERMITTENT      

96,153

96,418

101,053

92,791

94,008

97,000

3,230

3,085

3,392

3,362

2,410

4,053

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,456,126

2,459,166

2,458,231

2,375,035

2,378,307

2,375,313

276,638

277,070

284,093

81,091

80,859

82,918

         FULL-TIME   

2,307,675

2,312,733

2,311,125

2,230,430

2,235,428

2,232,378

271,264

271,866

278,080

77,245

77,305

78,747

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

148,451

146,433

147,106

144,605

142,879

142,935

5,374

5,204

6,013

3,846

3,554

4,171

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

179,959

185,269

191,092

170,556

176,932

181,764

15,693

16,378

17,493

9,403

8,337

9,328

         FULL-TIME   

81,642

87,874

85,189

76,532

82,872

80,541

11,044

12,084

12,466

5,110

5,002

4,648

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

98,317

97,395

105,903

94,024

94,060

101,223

4,649

4,294

5,027

4,293

3,335

4,680

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,404,944

2,404,100

2,408,722

2,343,012

2,342,329

2,346,447

269,494

269,103

277,328

61,932

61,771

62,275

         FULL-TIME   

2,268,164

2,267,916

2,272,573

2,208,424

2,208,303

2,212,849

264,177

263,836

271,421

59,740

59,613

59,724

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

129,267

129,191

129,346

128,352

127,353

128,307

4,927

4,876

5,552

915

1,838

1,039

         INTERMITTENT   

7,513

6,993

6,803

6,236

6,673

5,291

390

391

355

1,277

320

1,512

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

231,141

240,335

240,601

202,579

212,910

210,630

22,837

24,345

24,258

28,562

27,425

29,971

         FULL-TIME   

121,153

132,691

123,741

98,538

109,997

100,070

18,131

20,114

19,125

22,615

22,694

23,671

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,348

18,219

22,610

17,486

15,578

18,851

1,866

1,537

2,096

3,862

2,641

3,759

         INTERMITTENT   

88,640

89,425

94,250

86,555

87,335

91,709

2,840

2,694

3,037

2,085

2,090

2,541

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,321,389

1,324,271

1,353,662

1,295,742

1,298,465

1,327,489

205,477

205,465

212,377

25,647

25,806

26,173

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,277,890

1,277,777

1,309,488

1,253,726

1,253,640

1,284,919

201,832

201,748

208,381

24,164

24,137

24,569

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

43,499

46,494

44,174

42,016

44,825

42,570

3,645

3,717

3,996

1,483

1,669

1,604

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,314,696

1,320,164

1,295,661

1,249,849

1,256,774

1,229,588

86,854

87,983

89,209

64,847

63,390

66,073

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,127,054

1,126,323

1,099,234

1,089,286

1,088,689

1,061,528

67,662

67,355

68,947

37,768

37,634

37,706

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

187,642

193,841

196,427

160,563

168,085

168,060

19,192

20,628

20,262

27,079

25,756

28,367

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

209,598

211,120

211,816

203,251

204,701

205,077

9,056

9,086

10,028

6,347

6,419

6,739

         POSTAL   

764,165

763,936

767,616

760,492

760,269

763,883

15,096

15,180

17,094

3,673

3,667

3,733

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,662,322

1,669,379

1,669,891

1,581,848

1,590,269

1,588,117

268,179

269,182

274,464

80,474

79,110

81,774

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,606,070

2,614,446

2,618,159

2,540,673

2,550,344

2,551,746

290,474

291,607

299,690

65,397

64,102

66,413

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,015

29,989

31,164

4,918

4,895

5,331

1,857

1,841

1,896

25,097

25,094

25,833

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

35,305

34,689

29,532

30,715

30,126

27,110

5,583

5,572

5,194

4,590

4,563

* 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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