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Federal Employment Statistics



U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FACT SHEET

TOTAL FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT (ALL AREAS)

AGENCY

AS OF
DECEMBER 2000*

AS OF
JANUARY 1993
CHANGE %
CHANGE
TOTAL 2,690,373 3,038,041 -347,668 -11.4
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 29,727 38,303 -8,576 -22.4
JUDICIAL BRANCH 31,823 28,111 3,762 13.4
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE (USPS) & POSTAL RATE COMMISSION 867,395 782,980 84,415 10.8
EXECUTIVE BRANCH (Excludes USPS, Postal Rate Commission, & Census Enumerators) 1,761,378 2,188,647 -427,269 -19.5
STATE 27,952 25,982 1,970 7.6
TREASURY 143,721 165,904 -22,183 -13.4
DEFENSE, TOTAL 673,613 966,087 -292,474 -30.3
DEFENSE, MILITARY TOTAL 649,351 936,731 -287,380 -30.7
ARMY, MILITARY FUNCTIONS 204,214 288,866 -84,652 -29.3
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 183,647 293,510 -109,863 -37.4
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 154,273 204,150 -49,877 -24.4
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 23,886 64,501 -40,615 -63.0
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 83,331 85,704 -2,373 -2.8
DEFENSE, CIVIL TOTAL 24,262 29,356 -5,094 -17.4
JUSTICE 126,340 97,652 28,688 29.4
INTERIOR 67,382 77,313 -9,931 -12.8
AGRICULTURE 96,673 113,687 -17,014 -15.0
COMMERCE 40,097 ** 37,608 2,489 6.6
LABOR 16,207 17,719 -1,512 -8.5
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (includes Social Security Administration) 126,999 131,066 -4,067 -3.1
HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT 10,317 13,292 -2,975 -22.4
TRANSPORTATION 63,823 70,086 -6,263 -8.9
ENERGY 15,645 20,706 -5,061 -24.4
EDUCATION 4,773 4,995 -222 -4.4
VETERANS AFFAIRS 220,151 260,349 -40,198 -15.4
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 18,085 18,351 -266 -1.4
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 2,713 2,927 -214 -7.3
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 6,743 22,360 -15,617 -69.8
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 4,796 4,554 242 5.3
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 14,117 20,690 -6,573 -31.8
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION 18,842 25,191 -6,349 -25.2
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 2,034 2,132 -98 -4.6
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 2,862 3,539 -677 -19.1
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 3,894 6,861 -2,967 -43.2
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION 5 8,573 -8,568 -99.9
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 4,051 5,768 -1,717 -29.8
SMITHSONIAN, SUMMARY 5,053 5,512 -459 -8.3
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 13,103 19,129 -6,026 -31.5
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2,398 8,283 -5,885 -71.0
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2,329 4,218 -1,889 -44.8
ALL OTHER AGENCIES 26,660 28,113 -1,453 -5.2

* Preliminary; subject to agency revisions.

** Includes 1,343 census enumerators for the 2000 Decennial Census.

Note: As of October 1, 1996, the Defense Mapping Agency no longer reports 113 A data.    The above statistics reflect a drop of about 7,000 employees as of that date.

SOURCE: U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Office of Workforce Information
Monthly Report of Federal Civilian Employment (SF 113-A). 03/02/2001

Down-sizing Data

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