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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT


ALL AREAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA

OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

JULY
2008*

JUNE
2008*

JULY
2007*

JULY
2008*

JUNE
2008*

JULY
2007*

JULY
2008*

JUNE
2008*

JULY
2007*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,770,379

2,758,468

2,716,930

2,682,555

2,669,579

2,629,747

343,260

339,928

335,828

87,824

88,889

87,183

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,533,371

2,517,119

2,473,260

2,452,997

2,436,830

2,393,071

332,335

328,635

324,748

80,374

80,289

80,189

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

130,711

133,508

142,595

125,745

128,575

137,985

6,902

7,116

7,045

4,966

4,933

4,610

      INTERMITTENT      

106,297

107,841

101,075

103,813

104,174

98,691

4,023

4,177

4,035

2,484

3,667

2,384

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,551,102

2,539,006

2,509,049

2,472,096

2,460,131

2,429,555

306,450

303,613

299,514

79,006

78,875

79,494

         FULL-TIME   

2,416,962

2,404,206

2,363,918

2,342,003

2,329,341

2,288,258

300,033

297,113

293,032

74,959

74,865

75,660

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

134,140

134,800

145,131

130,093

130,790

141,297

6,417

6,500

6,482

4,047

4,010

3,834

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

219,277

219,462

207,881

210,459

209,448

200,192

36,810

36,315

36,314

8,818

10,014

7,689

         FULL-TIME   

116,409

112,913

109,342

110,994

107,489

104,813

32,302

31,522

31,716

5,415

5,424

4,529

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

102,868

106,549

98,539

99,465

101,959

95,379

4,508

4,793

4,598

3,403

4,590

3,160

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,473,906

2,475,326

2,440,520

2,413,369

2,414,698

2,379,955

295,452

293,791

290,828

60,537

60,628

60,565

         FULL-TIME   

2,355,692

2,354,737

2,309,326

2,297,410

2,296,476

2,250,881

290,067

288,321

285,127

58,282

58,261

58,445

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

111,226

112,410

124,086

109,320

111,117

122,297

5,047

5,133

5,366

1,906

1,293

1,789

         INTERMITTENT   

6,988

8,179

7,108

6,639

7,105

6,777

338

337

335

349

1,074

331

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

296,473

283,142

276,410

269,186

254,881

249,792

47,808

46,137

45,000

27,287

28,261

26,618

         FULL-TIME   

177,679

162,382

163,934

155,587

140,354

142,190

42,268

40,314

39,621

22,092

22,028

21,744

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

19,485

21,098

18,509

16,425

17,458

15,688

1,855

1,983

1,679

3,060

3,640

2,821

         INTERMITTENT   

99,309

99,662

93,967

97,174

97,069

91,914

3,685

3,840

3,700

2,135

2,593

2,053

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,340,993

1,339,605

1,319,157

1,315,958

1,314,635

1,294,756

213,273

212,346

210,596

25,035

24,970

24,401

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,292,155

1,295,837

1,273,446

1,268,647

1,272,392

1,250,343

209,429

208,523

206,967

23,508

23,445

23,103

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

48,838

43,768

45,711

47,311

42,243

44,413

3,844

3,823

3,629

1,527

1,525

1,298

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,429,386

1,418,863

1,397,773

1,366,597

1,354,944

1,334,991

129,987

127,582

125,232

62,789

63,919

62,782

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,181,751

1,179,489

1,167,074

1,144,722

1,142,306

1,129,612

86,023

85,268

83,861

37,029

37,183

37,462

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

247,635

239,374

230,699

221,875

212,638

205,379

43,964

42,314

41,371

25,760

26,736

25,320

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

213,711

212,432

210,452

207,416

206,165

204,911

11,098

10,996

11,114

6,295

6,267

5,541

         POSTAL   

735,414

738,809

747,986

731,947

735,374

744,596

14,249

14,416

14,489

3,467

3,435

3,390

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,821,254

1,807,227

1,758,492

1,743,192

1,728,040

1,680,240

317,913

314,516

310,225

78,062

79,187

78,252

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,737,946

2,726,135

2,684,964

2,674,531

2,661,643

2,622,321

339,912

336,623

332,688

63,415

64,492

62,643

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

32,433

32,333

31,966

8,024

7,936

7,426

3,348

3,305

3,140

24,409

24,397

24,540

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

34,483

35,359

66,240

30,298

32,120

63,340

5,123

5,202

6,477

4,185

3,239

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,429

30,287

30,200

30,423

30,280

30,194

29,285

29,171

29,141

6

7

6

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

30,006

29,846

29,709

30,000

29,839

29,703

28,909

28,774

28,688

6

7

6

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

301

329

351

301

329

351

258

289

316

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

122

112

140

122

112

140

118

108

137

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,427

11,325

11,329

11,421

11,318

11,323

10,309

10,226

10,287

6

7

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,138

11,035

11,037

11,132

11,028

11,031

10,067

9,980

10,033

6

7

6

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

289

290

292

289

290

292

242

246

254

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

19,002

18,962

18,871

19,002

18,962

18,871

18,976

18,945

18,854

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,868

18,811

18,672

18,868

18,811

18,672

18,842

18,794

18,655

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

134

151

199

134

151

199

134

151

199

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,327

11,303

11,281

11,321

11,296

11,275

10,242

10,237

10,280

6

7

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,068

11,040

11,006

11,062

11,033

11,000

10,023

10,011

10,039

6

7

6

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

256

260

273

256

260

273

216

223

239

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

2

3

3

2

3

3

2

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

19,102

18,984

18,919

19,102

18,984

18,919

19,043

18,934

18,861

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,938

18,806

18,703

18,938

18,806

18,703

18,886

18,763

18,649

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

45

69

78

45

69

78

42

66

77

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

119

109

138

119

109

138

115

105

135

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,423

2,408

2,295

2,423

2,408

2,295

2,240

2,235

2,154

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,414

2,401

2,291

2,414

2,401

2,291

2,231

2,228

2,150

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

9

7

4

9

7

4

9

7

4

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

28,006

27,879

27,905

28,000

27,872

27,899

27,045

26,936

26,987

6

7

6

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

8,913

8,902

8,990

8,907

8,895

8,984

8,011

8,009

8,130

6

7

6

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

19,093

18,977

18,915

19,093

18,977

18,915

19,034

18,927

18,857

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,707

2,709

2,627

2,707

2,709

2,627

2,664

2,675

2,622

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,722

27,578

27,573

27,716

27,571

27,567

26,621

26,496

26,519

6

7

6

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,357

30,216

30,123

30,351

30,209

30,117

29,213

29,100

29,064

6

7

6

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

72

71

77

72

71

77

72

71

77

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

118

124

105

118

124

105

113

118

98

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,803

33,777

33,669

33,434

33,408

33,294

2,864

2,838

2,856

369

369

375

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,298

32,272

32,057

31,950

31,924

31,704

2,724

2,698

2,724

348

348

353

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,408

1,408

1,490

1,390

1,390

1,471

132

132

124

18

18

19

      INTERMITTENT      

97

97

122

94

94

119

8

8

8

3

3

3

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

33,478

33,452

31,660

33,120

33,094

31,325

2,787

2,761

2,710

358

358

335

         FULL-TIME   

32,262

32,236

30,391

31,914

31,888

30,067

2,688

2,662

2,613

348

348

324

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,216

1,216

1,269

1,206

1,206

1,258

99

99

97

10

10

11

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

325

325

2,009

314

314

1,969

77

77

146

11

11

40

         FULL-TIME   

36

36

1,666

36

36

1,637

36

36

111

...

...

29

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

289

289

343

278

278

332

41

41

35

11

11

11

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

33,504

33,477

31,675

33,146

33,119

31,340

2,813

2,786

2,725

358

358

335

         FULL-TIME   

32,287

32,260

30,405

31,939

31,912

30,081

2,713

2,686

2,627

348

348

324

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,217

1,217

1,269

1,207

1,207

1,259

100

100

98

10

10

10

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

1

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

1

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

299

300

1,994

288

289

1,954

51

52

131

11

11

40

         FULL-TIME   

11

12

1,652

11

12

1,623

11

12

97

...

...

29

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

191

191

221

183

183

212

32

32

26

8

8

9

         INTERMITTENT   

97

97

121

94

94

119

8

8

8

3

3

2

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,803

33,777

33,669

33,434

33,408

33,294

2,864

2,838

2,856

369

369

375

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

33,504

33,477

31,675

33,146

33,119

31,340

2,813

2,786

2,725

358

358

335

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

299

300

1,994

288

289

1,954

51

52

131

11

11

40

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,803

33,777

33,669

33,434

33,408

33,294

2,864

2,838

2,856

369

369

375

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

33,257

33,231

32,776

32,894

32,868

32,408

2,668

2,642

2,626

363

363

368

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

546

546

893

540

540

886

196

196

230

6

6

7

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

...

...

33,143

...

...

32,768

...

...

2,330

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,706,147

2,694,404

2,653,061

2,618,698

2,605,891

2,566,259

311,111

307,919

303,831

87,449

88,513

86,802

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,471,067

2,455,001

2,411,494

2,391,047

2,375,067

2,331,664

300,702

297,163

293,336

80,020

79,934

79,830

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

129,002

131,771

140,754

124,054

126,856

136,163

6,512

6,695

6,605

4,948

4,915

4,591

      INTERMITTENT      

106,078

107,632

100,813

103,597

103,968

98,432

3,897

4,061

3,890

2,481

3,664

2,381

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,506,197

2,494,229

2,466,060

2,427,555

2,415,719

2,386,907

293,354

290,626

286,517

78,642

78,510

79,153

         FULL-TIME   

2,373,562

2,360,935

2,322,490

2,298,957

2,286,425

2,247,160

287,278

284,471

280,386

74,605

74,510

75,330

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

132,635

133,294

143,570

128,598

129,294

139,747

6,076

6,155

6,131

4,037

4,000

3,823

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

199,950

200,175

187,001

191,143

190,172

179,352

17,757

17,293

17,314

8,807

10,003

7,649

         FULL-TIME   

97,505

94,066

89,004

92,090

88,642

84,504

13,424

12,692

12,950

5,415

5,424

4,500

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

102,445

106,109

97,997

99,053

101,530

94,848

4,333

4,601

4,364

3,392

4,579

3,149

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,429,075

2,430,546

2,397,564

2,368,902

2,370,283

2,337,340

282,397

280,768

277,823

60,173

60,263

60,224

         FULL-TIME   

2,312,337

2,311,437

2,267,915

2,254,409

2,253,531

2,209,800

277,331

275,624

272,461

57,928

57,906

58,115

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

109,753

110,933

122,544

107,857

109,650

120,765

4,731

4,810

5,029

1,896

1,283

1,779

         INTERMITTENT   

6,985

8,176

7,105

6,636

7,102

6,775

335

334

333

349

1,074

330

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

277,072

263,858

255,497

249,796

235,608

228,919

28,714

27,151

26,008

27,276

28,250

26,578

         FULL-TIME   

158,730

143,564

143,579

136,638

121,536

121,864

23,371

21,539

20,875

22,092

22,028

21,715

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

19,249

20,838

18,210

16,197

17,206

15,398

1,781

1,885

1,576

3,052

3,632

2,812

         INTERMITTENT   

99,093

99,456

93,708

96,961

96,866

91,657

3,562

3,727

3,557

2,132

2,590

2,051

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,338,570

1,337,197

1,316,862

1,313,535

1,312,227

1,292,461

211,033

210,111

208,442

25,035

24,970

24,401

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,289,741

1,293,436

1,271,155

1,266,233

1,269,991

1,248,052

207,198

206,295

204,817

23,508

23,445

23,103

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

48,829

43,761

45,707

47,302

42,236

44,409

3,835

3,816

3,625

1,527

1,525

1,298

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,367,577

1,357,207

1,336,199

1,305,163

1,293,664

1,273,798

100,078

97,808

95,389

62,414

63,543

62,401

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,139,334

1,137,110

1,126,409

1,102,669

1,100,292

1,089,288

75,199

74,473

73,006

36,665

36,818

37,121

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

228,243

220,097

209,790

202,494

193,372

184,510

24,879

23,335

22,383

25,749

26,725

25,280

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

211,004

209,723

207,825

204,709

203,456

202,284

8,434

8,321

8,492

6,295

6,267

5,541

         POSTAL   

735,414

738,809

747,986

731,947

735,374

744,596

14,249

14,416

14,489

3,467

3,435

3,390

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,759,729

1,745,872

1,697,250

1,682,042

1,667,061

1,619,379

288,428

285,182

280,850

77,687

78,811

77,871

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,674,332

2,662,688

2,622,065

2,611,286

2,598,566

2,559,796

308,031

304,881

300,998

63,046

64,122

62,269

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,815

31,716

30,996

7,412

7,325

6,463

3,080

3,038

2,833

24,403

24,391

24,533

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

34,365

35,235

32,992

30,180

31,996

30,467

5,010

5,084

4,049

4,185

3,239

* 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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