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Table 8

Employment and Trends - March 2010

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
	ALL AREAS			UNITED STATES			WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA			OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES	MARCH 2010*	DECEMBER 2009**	MARCH 2009**	MARCH 2010*	DECEMBER 2009**	MARCH 2009**	MARCH 2010*	DECEMBER 2009**	MARCH 2009**	MARCH 2010*	DECEMBER 2009**	MARCH 2009**
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT	3,002,134	2,816,102	2,818,473	2,910,846	2,725,984	2,730,162	370,452	359,384	345,501	91,288	90,118	88,311
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,585,094	2,567,564	2,527,211	2,502,750	2,486,197	2,447,565	347,263	346,603	333,158	82,344	81,367	79,646
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	130,318	128,558	132,306	125,560	123,886	127,570	7,780	7,610	7,717	4,758	4,672	4,736
INTERMITTENT	286,722	119,980	158,956	282,536	115,901	155,027	15,409	5,171	4,626	4,186	4,079	3,929
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,604,795	2,595,005	2,563,680	2,523,825	2,515,138	2,485,460	322,247	320,583	310,976	80,970	79,867	78,220
FULL-TIME	2,474,937	2,466,558	2,429,059	2,398,042	2,390,708	2,354,911	315,492	313,962	304,088	76,895	75,850	74,148
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	129,858	128,447	134,621	125,783	124,430	130,549	6,755	6,621	6,888	4,075	4,017	4,072
TEMPORARY POSITION	397,339	221,097	254,793	387,021	210,846	244,702	48,205	38,801	34,525	10,318	10,251	10,091
FULL-TIME	110,157	101,006	98,152	104,708	95,489	92,654	31,771	32,641	29,070	5,449	5,517	5,498
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	287,182	120,091	156,641	282,313	115,357	152,048	16,434	6,160	5,455	4,869	4,734	4,593
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,549,825	2,526,142	2,504,733	2,485,530	2,462,534	2,443,351	313,234	311,514	302,273	64,295	63,608	61,382
FULL-TIME	2,424,564	2,413,157	2,388,214	2,362,958	2,352,196	2,329,218	297,831	306,175	297,007	61,606	60,961	58,996
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	106,033	105,114	108,563	104,583	103,660	107,326	5,080	5,008	5,066	1,450	1,454	1,237
INTERMITTENT	19,228	7,871	7,956	17,989	6,678	6,807	10,323	331	200	1,239	1,193	1,149
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	452,309	289,960	313,740	425,316	263,450	286,811	57,218	47,870	43,228	26,993	26,510	26,929
FULL-TIME	160,530	154,407	138,997	139,792	134,001	118,347	49,432	40,428	36,151	20,738	20,406	20,650
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	24,285	23,444	23,743	20,977	20,226	20,244	2,700	2,602	2,651	3,308	3,218	3,499
INTERMITTENT	267,494	112,109	151,000	264,547	109,223	148,220	5,086	4,840	4,426	2,947	2,886	2,780
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,431,405	1,408,352	1,365,382	1,404,308	1,380,974	1,339,811	227,460	225,893	218,467	27,097	27,378	25,571
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,387,307	1,366,133	1,327,081	1,361,736	1,340,318	1,302,932	222,709	221,199	214,627	25,571	25,815	24,149
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	44,098	42,219	38,301	42,572	40,656	36,879	4,751	4,694	3,840	1,526	1,563	1,422
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,570,729	1,407,750	1,453,091	1,506,538	1,345,010	1,390,351	142,992	133,491	127,034	64,191	62,740	62,740
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,162,518	1,160,009	1,177,652	1,123,794	1,122,216	1,140,419	90,525	90,315	87,646	38,724	37,793	37,233
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	408,211	247,741	275,439	382,744	222,794	249,932	52,467	43,176	39,388	25,467	24,947	25,507
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	210,729	211,969	208,754	204,728	205,859	202,343	10,610	10,694	10,899	6,001	6,110	6,411
POSTAL	657,964	667,080	703,809	654,837	663,904	700,446	13,102	13,295	13,597	3,127	3,176	3,363
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	2,133,441	1,937,053	1,905,910	2,051,281	1,856,221	1,827,373	346,740	335,395	321,005	82,160	80,832	78,537
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,967,595	2,782,388	2,784,679	2,902,414	2,718,101	2,722,151	367,001	355,909	342,115	65,181	64,287	62,528
NON U.S. CITIZEN	34,539	33,714	33,794	8,432	7,883	8,011	3,451	3,475	3,386	26,107	25,831	25,783
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		33,857	34,057	46,657	32,391	32,504	42,426	4,907	5,114	5,644	1,466	1,553
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	30,819	30,757	29,930	30,813	30,751	29,924	29,701	29,639	28,810	6	6	6
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	30,422	30,363	29,492	30,416	30,357	29,486	29,351	29,292	28,421	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	283	283	311	283	283	311	239	239	267	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	114	111	127	114	111	127	111	108	122	...	...	...
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	11,660	11,659	11,378	11,654	11,653	11,372	10,562	10,561	10,278	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	11,381	11,383	11,075	11,375	11,377	11,069	10,330	10,332	10,024	6	6	6
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	279	276	303	279	276	303	232	229	254	...	...	...
TEMPORARY POSITION	19,159	19,098	18,552	19,159	19,098	18,552	19,139	19,078	18,532	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	19,041	18,980	18,417	19,041	18,980	18,417	19,021	18,960	18,397	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	118	118	135	118	118	135	118	118	135	...	...	...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	11,673	11,673	11,416	11,667	11,667	11,410	10,569	10,569	10,312	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	11,425	11,425	11,148	11,419	11,419	11,142	10,363	10,363	10,086	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	246	246	265	246	246	265	204	204	223	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	19,146	19,084	18,514	19,146	19,084	18,514	19,132	19,070	18,498	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,997	18,938	18,344	18,997	18,938	18,344	18,988	18,929	18,335	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	37	37	46	37	37	46	35	35	44	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	112	109	124	112	109	124	109	106	119	...	...	...
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,233	2,233	2,233	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,227	2,227	2,227	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	28,397	28,335	27,508	28,391	28,329	27,502	27,468	27,406	26,577	6	6	6
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	9,257	9,257	9,000	9,251	9,251	8,994	8,342	8,342	8,085	6	6	6
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	19,140	19,078	18,508	19,140	19,078	18,508	19,126	19,064	18,492	...	...	...
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	2,831	2,831	2,712	2,831	2,831	2,712	2,785	2,785	2,666	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	27,988	27,926	27,218	27,982	27,920	27,212	26,916	26,854	26,144	6	6	6
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	30,760	30,698	29,857	30,754	30,692	29,851	29,642	29,580	28,737	6	6	6
NON U.S. CITIZEN	59	59	73	59	59	73	59	59	73	...	...	...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		145	145	118	145	145	118	144	144	113	...	...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	33,756	33,756	33,754	33,387	33,387	33,385	2,817	2,817	2,815	369	369	369
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	32,251	32,251	32,248	31,903	31,903	31,900	2,677	2,677	2,674	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,408	1,408	1,409	1,390	1,390	1,391	132	132	133	18	18	18
INTERMITTENT	97	97	97	94	94	94	8	8	8	3	3	3
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	33,431	33,431	33,438	33,073	33,073	33,080	2,740	2,740	2,747	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,216	32,216	32,221	31,868	31,868	31,873	2,642	2,642	2,647	348	348	348
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	1,215	1,215	1,217	1,205	1,205	1,207	98	98	100	10	10	10
TEMPORARY POSITION	325	325	316	314	314	305	77	77	68	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	35	35	27	35	35	27	35	35	27	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	290	290	289	279	279	278	42	42	41	11	11	11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	33,458	33,458	33,458	33,100	33,100	33,100	2,767	2,767	2,767	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,241	32,241	32,240	31,893	31,893	31,892	2,667	2,667	2,666	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,217	1,217	1,218	1,207	1,207	1,208	100	100	101	10	10	10
INTERMITTENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	298	298	296	287	287	285	50	50	48	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	10	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	8	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	191	191	191	183	183	183	32	32	32	8	8	8
INTERMITTENT	97	97	97	94	94	94	8	8	8	3	3	3
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	33,756	33,756	33,754	33,387	33,387	33,385	2,817	2,817	2,815	369	369	369
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	33,458	33,458	33,458	33,100	33,100	33,100	2,767	2,767	2,767	358	358	358
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	298	298	296	287	287	285	50	50	48	11	11	11
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	33,756	33,756	33,754	33,387	33,387	33,385	2,817	2,817	2,815	369	369	369
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	33,210	33,210	33,208	32,847	32,847	32,845	2,621	2,621	2,619	363	363	363
NON U.S. CITIZEN	546	546	546	540	540	540	196	196	196	6	6	6
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	2,937,559	2,751,589	2,754,789	2,846,646	2,661,846	2,666,853	337,934	326,928	313,876	90,913	89,743	87,936
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,522,421	2,504,950	2,465,471	2,440,431	2,423,937	2,386,179	315,235	314,634	302,063	81,990	81,013	79,292
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	128,627	126,867	130,586	123,887	122,213	125,868	7,409	7,239	7,317	4,740	4,654	4,718
INTERMITTENT	286,511	119,772	158,732	282,328	115,696	154,806	15,290	5,055	4,496	4,183	4,076	3,926
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,559,704	2,549,915	2,518,864	2,479,098	2,470,412	2,441,008	308,945	307,282	297,951	80,606	79,503	77,856
FULL-TIME	2,431,340	2,422,959	2,385,763	2,354,799	2,347,463	2,311,969	302,520	300,988	291,417	76,541	75,496	73,794
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	128,364	126,956	133,101	124,299	122,949	129,039	6,425	6,294	6,534	4,065	4,007	4,062
TEMPORARY POSITION	377,855	201,674	235,925	367,548	191,434	225,845	28,989	19,646	15,925	10,307	10,240	10,080
FULL-TIME	91,081	81,991	79,708	85,632	76,474	74,210	12,715	13,646	10,646	5,449	5,517	5,498
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	286,774	119,683	156,217	281,916	114,960	151,635	16,274	6,000	5,279	4,858	4,723	4,582
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,504,694	2,481,011	2,459,859	2,440,763	2,417,767	2,398,841	299,898	298,178	289,194	63,931	63,244	61,018
FULL-TIME	2,380,898	2,369,491	2,344,826	2,319,646	2,308,884	2,286,184	284,801	293,145	284,255	61,252	60,607	58,642
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	104,570	103,651	107,080	103,130	102,207	105,853	4,776	4,704	4,742	1,440	1,444	1,227
INTERMITTENT	19,226	7,869	7,953	17,987	6,676	6,804	10,321	329	197	1,239	1,193	1,149
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	432,865	270,578	294,930	405,883	244,079	268,012	38,036	28,750	24,682	26,982	26,499	26,918
FULL-TIME	141,523	135,459	120,645	120,785	115,053	99,995	30,434	21,489	17,808	20,738	20,406	20,650
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	24,057	23,216	23,506	20,757	20,006	20,015	2,633	2,535	2,575	3,300	3,210	3,491
INTERMITTENT	267,285	111,903	150,779	264,341	109,020	148,002	4,969	4,726	4,299	2,944	2,883	2,777
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,428,983	1,405,930	1,362,960	1,401,886	1,378,552	1,337,389	225,227	223,660	216,234	27,097	27,378	25,571
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,384,891	1,363,717	1,324,665	1,359,320	1,337,902	1,300,516	220,482	218,972	212,400	25,571	25,815	24,149
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	44,092	42,213	38,295	42,566	40,650	36,873	4,745	4,688	3,834	1,526	1,563	1,422
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,508,576	1,345,659	1,391,829	1,444,760	1,283,294	1,329,464	112,707	103,268	97,642	63,816	62,365	62,365
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,119,803	1,117,294	1,135,194	1,081,443	1,079,865	1,098,325	79,416	79,206	76,794	38,360	37,429	36,869
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	388,773	228,365	256,635	363,317	203,429	231,139	33,291	24,062	20,848	25,456	24,936	25,496
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	207,898	209,138	206,042	201,897	203,028	199,631	7,825	7,909	8,233	6,001	6,110	6,411
POSTAL	657,964	667,080	703,809	654,837	663,904	700,446	13,102	13,295	13,597	3,127	3,176	3,363
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	2,071,697	1,875,371	1,844,938	1,989,912	1,794,914	1,766,776	317,007	305,724	292,046	81,785	80,457	78,162
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,903,625	2,718,480	2,721,614	2,838,813	2,654,562	2,659,455	334,738	323,708	310,759	64,812	63,918	62,159
NON U.S. CITIZEN	33,934	33,109	33,175	7,833	7,284	7,398	3,196	3,220	3,117	26,101	25,825	25,777
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		33,712	33,912	46,539	32,246	32,359	42,308	4,763	4,970	5,531	1,466	1,553

* PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS QUARTER'S EMPLOYMENT TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT QUARTER.
** REVISED.
*** NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT.

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Employment and Trends - March 2010