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Table 4

Employment and Trends - March 2010

TABLE 4 -- TREND OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN PAYROLL (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) BY BRANCH, SELECTED AGENCY, AND AREA TO MARCH 2010


QUARTER
AND YEAR



TOTAL
($000)




CHANGE
FROM
YEAR AGO
($000)






LEGISLATIVE
($000)






JUDICIAL
($000)





EXECUTIVE
TOTAL
($000)






DEFENSE
($000)




HEALTH
AND HUMAN
SERVICES
($000)

 
 

 
 
TREASURY
($000)

 
 

 
 
AGRICULTURE
($000)

 
 

 
 
INTERIOR
($000)

 
 

 
 
TRANSPORTATION
($000)

 
 

 
TOTAL, ALL AREAS
MARCH 2009 44,683,498 ** +1,716,924 548,518 * 563,037 * 43,571,943 ** 7,660,861 1,537,610 1,843,693 * 1,641,744 1,342,003 * 1,541,402
JUNE 2009 42,437,846 * +1,900,784 548,908 * 563,037 * 41,325,901 * 7,799,516 1,370,450 1,889,096 1,475,132 1,074,540 1,337,433
SEPTEMBER 2009 46,560,822 * +2,686,899 565,673 * 563,037 * 45,432,112 * 7,953,181 1,819,048 2,215,460 1,899,619 1,330,773 1,577,204
DECEMBER 2009 42,455,057 ** +1,332,799 568,318 * 562,835 * 41,323,904 ** 8,058,666 1,389,016 1,877,209 ** 1,505,903 1,069,968 1,358,061
MARCH 2010* 34,366,170 ** -10,317,328 673,789 ** 562,835 * 33,129,546 ** 7,993,734 1,675,762 2,277,280 ** 1,712,743 1,069,968 * 1,358,061 *
CALENDAR YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 34,366,170 ** -10,317,328 673,789 ** 562,835 * 33,129,546 ** 7,993,734 1,675,762 2,277,280 ** 1,712,743 1,069,968 * 1,358,061 *
FISCAL YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 76,821,227 ** -136,362,088 1,242,107 ** 1,125,670 * 74,453,450 ** 16,052,400 3,064,778 4,154,489 ** 3,218,646 2,139,936 * 2,716,122 *
UNITED STATES                                            
MARCH 2009 43,452,258 ** +1,739,507 548,326 * 557,652 * 42,346,280 ** 7,257,439 1,529,329 1,834,307 * 1,624,914 1,336,952 * 1,534,213
JUNE 2009 41,236,400 * +1,872,095 548,716 * 557,652 * 40,130,032 * 7,387,513 1,362,817 1,879,727 1,460,480 1,070,667 1,331,194
SEPTEMBER 2009 45,216,357 * +2,554,411 565,481 * 557,652 * 44,093,224 * 7,540,200 1,808,718 2,204,609 1,882,330 1,326,177 1,570,074
DECEMBER 2009 41,261,122 ** +1,361,842 568,126 * 557,450 * 40,135,546 ** 7,646,021 1,380,651 1,867,446 ** 1,491,202 1,066,122 1,351,873
MARCH 2010* 33,144,597 ** -10,307,661 673,597 ** 557,450 * 31,913,550 ** 7,578,520 1,665,216 2,265,033 ** 1,695,324 1,066,122 * 1,351,873 *
CALENDAR YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 33,144,597 ** -10,307,661 673,597 ** 557,450 * 31,913,550 ** 7,578,520 1,665,216 2,265,033 ** 1,695,324 1,066,122 * 1,351,873 *
FISCAL YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 74,405,719 ** -132,684,821 1,241,723 ** 1,114,900 * 72,049,096 ** 15,224,541 3,045,867 4,132,479 ** 3,186,526 2,132,244 * 2,703,746 *
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA
MARCH 2009 7,770,492 ** +476,639 521,241 * 56,733 * 7,192,518 ** 848,135 811,784 363,670 * 270,228 196,495 * 277,205
JUNE 2009 7,769,970 * +1,112,330 521,639 * 56,733 * 7,191,598 * 850,925 725,490 359,958 230,164 149,740 240,671
SEPTEMBER 2009 8,938,615 * +1,472,440 538,381 * 56,733 * 8,343,501 * 864,534 954,960 438,059 277,160 179,215 286,039
DECEMBER 2009 7,320,917 ** +478,058 541,071 * 56,531 * 6,723,315 ** 858,570 730,714 387,349 ** 250,038 153,141 249,342
MARCH 2010* 7,943,190 ** +172,698 646,546 ** 56,531 * 7,240,113 ** 767,172 882,825 451,349 ** 288,122 153,141 * 249,342 *
CALENDAR YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 7,943,190 ** +172,698 646,546 ** 56,531 * 7,240,113 ** 767,172 882,825 451,349 ** 288,122 153,141 * 249,342 *
FISCAL YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 15,264,107 ** -20,766,912 1,187,617 ** 113,062 * 13,963,428 ** 1,625,742 1,613,539 838,698 ** 538,160 306,282 * 498,684 *
TOTAL, ALL AREAS                                            
MARCH 2009 2,572,759 1,043,416 755,607 * 442,860 249,371 384,930 5,060,648 * 2,469,986 299,012 530,089 10,645,512
JUNE 2009 2,206,986 1,267,677 1,527,649 * 376,877 221,462 328,039 4,939,884 2,959,038 245,732 457,289 8,660,101
SEPTEMBER 2009 2,636,384 1,055,396 1,748,852 389,767 * 251,474 393,214 5,051,152 2,593,671 294,583 458,574 * 10,028,684
DECEMBER 2009 2,296,993 ** 1,019,687 758,662 ** 389,767 * 251,474 * 364,401 5,051,152 * 3,169,876 ** 277,622 462,555 8,713,448
MARCH 2010* 2,727,245 1,395,870 ** 758,662 ** 389,767 * 251,474 * 410,294 1,969,255 ** 3,169,876 * 277,622 * 462,555 * 1,452,679
CALENDAR YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 2,727,245 1,395,870 ** 758,662 ** 389,767 * 251,474 * 410,294 1,969,255 ** 3,169,876 * 277,622 * 462,555 * 1,452,679
FISCAL YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 5,024,238 2,415,557 ** 1,517,324 ** 779,534 * 502,948 * 774,695 7,020,407 ** 6,339,752 * 555,244 * 925,110 * 10,166,127
UNITED STATES
MARCH 2009 2,523,857 1,033,768 285,908 * 442,201 247,604 384,211 5,002,991 * 2,391,074 297,805 529,681 10,588,545
JUNE 2009 2,164,698 1,259,358 1,053,873 * 376,271 219,845 327,397 4,884,140 2,894,107 244,791 456,897 8,613,122
SEPTEMBER 2009 2,585,988 1,045,150 1,181,473 389,113 * 249,552 392,454 4,990,614 2,514,785 293,547 458,217 * 9,974,089
DECEMBER 2009 2,252,202 ** 1,010,281 309,607 ** 389,113 * 249,552 * 363,688 4,990,614 * 3,099,474 ** 276,650 462,224 8,666,185
MARCH 2010* 2,673,378 1,384,725 ** 309,607 ** 389,113 * 249,552 * 409,486 1,944,589 ** 3,099,474 * 276,650 * 462,224 * 1,390,369
CALENDAR YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 2,673,378 1,384,725 ** 309,607 ** 389,113 * 249,552 * 409,486 1,944,589 ** 3,099,474 * 276,650 * 462,224 * 1,390,369
FISCAL YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 4,925,580 2,395,006 ** 619,214 ** 778,226 * 499,104 * 773,174 6,935,203 ** 6,198,948 * 553,300 * 924,448 * 10,056,554
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA                                            
MARCH 2009 653,604 614,094 228,166 * 170,053 94,459 157,009 196,460 * 644,363 115,131 123,827 249,234
JUNE 2009 558,593 533,246 991,271 * 142,036 84,267 132,931 190,890 556,895 95,173 107,327 200,439
SEPTEMBER 2009 679,442 621,512 1,105,743 148,327 * 91,209 161,555 193,668 685,910 114,765 107,868 * 234,179
DECEMBER 2009 599,353 ** 576,250 242,780 ** 148,327 * 91,209 * 147,410 193,668 * 595,239 ** 108,627 109,341 206,231
MARCH 2010* 709,019 658,168 ** 242,780 ** 148,327 * 91,209 * 167,158 74,463 ** 595,239 * 108,627 * 109,341 * 277,890
CALENDAR YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 709,019 658,168 ** 242,780 ** 148,327 * 91,209 * 167,158 74,463 ** 595,239 * 108,627 * 109,341 * 277,890
FISCAL YEAR 2010 TOTAL* 1,308,372 1,234,418 ** 485,560 ** 296,654 * 182,418 * 314,568 268,131 ** 1,190,478 * 217,254 * 218,682 * 484,121

*PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS QUARTER'S EMPLOYMENT TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT QUARTER. **REVISED.

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