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Federal Employment Statistics

Graphic Presentation of Federal Civilian Employment


Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Branch for September 2006

Pie Chart Explaining the Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Branch

Executive Branch (97.7%) - 2,637,146
Judicial Branch (1.2%) - 33,760
Legislative Branch (1.1%) - 29,486

Executive Branch Non Postal Service = 1,879,731
Postal Service = 757,415
Executive Branch = 2,637,146
Total Employment = 2,700,392


Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Service
September 2006

Pie Chart Explaining the Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Service

Excepted & SES (51.2%) - 1,383,777
Competitive (48.8%) - 1,316,585
Total Employment: 2,700,362
* Percentages exclude Legislative and Judicial Branches.


Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Work Schedule/Appointment September 2006

Pie Chart Explaining the Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Work Schedule/Appointment

Full-time Permanent (85.7%) - 2,312,680
Part-time (5.4%) - 148,217
Full-time Temporary (5.1%) - 138,680
Intermittent (3.8%) - 100,815
Total Employment: 2,700,392


Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Major Geographic Area for September 2006

pie chart explaining the Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Major Geographic Area

United States Outside Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (84%) - 2,267,216 *
Washington, Dc-MD-VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (12.8%) - 344,476
Overseaes (3.2%) - 88,700
Total Employment: 2,709,766

*Washington, Dc-MD-VA-WV MSA Area includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, charles, Frederick, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Price William, Spotsylvania, stafford, and Warren Counties, and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas and Manassas Park in Virginia; and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in west Virgina.

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