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Table 8

Employment and Trends - March 2011

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 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**	MARCH 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**	MARCH 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**	MARCH 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT	2,843,179	2,843,461	3,002,135	2,750,167	2,750,695	2,910,847	368,706	371,312	370,453	93,012	92,766	91,288
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,617,002	2,621,214	2,585,095	2,533,283	2,537,960	2,502,751	356,900	359,526	347,264	83,719	83,254	82,344
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	127,621	128,249	130,318	122,921	123,492	125,560	7,701	7,774	7,780	4,700	4,757	4,758
INTERMITTENT	98,556	93,998	286,722	93,963	89,243	282,536	4,105	4,012	15,409	4,593	4,755	4,186
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,651,197	2,658,397	2,604,795	2,568,412	2,576,189	2,523,825	334,472	335,143	322,247	82,785	82,208	80,970
FULL-TIME	2,520,978	2,529,382	2,474,937	2,442,341	2,451,314	2,398,042	327,770	328,390	315,492	78,637	78,068	76,895
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	130,219	129,015	129,858	126,071	124,875	125,783	6,702	6,753	6,755	4,148	4,140	4,075
TEMPORARY POSITION	191,982	185,064	397,340	181,755	174,506	387,022	34,234	36,169	48,206	10,227	10,558	10,318
FULL-TIME	96,024	91,832	110,158	90,942	86,646	104,709	29,130	31,136	31,772	5,082	5,186	5,449
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	95,958	93,232	287,182	90,813	87,860	282,313	5,104	5,033	16,434	5,145	5,372	4,869
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,597,838	2,591,121	2,549,825	2,531,733	2,525,479	2,485,530	330,584	323,864	313,234	66,105	65,642	64,295
FULL-TIME	2,484,041	2,476,149	2,424,564	2,420,630	2,413,241	2,362,958	325,319	318,493	297,831	63,411	62,908	61,606
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	103,648	104,755	106,033	102,284	103,276	104,583	4,951	5,054	5,080	1,364	1,479	1,450
INTERMITTENT	10,149	10,217	19,228	8,819	8,962	17,989	314	317	10,323	1,330	1,255	1,239
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	245,341	252,340	452,310	218,434	225,216	425,317	38,122	47,448	57,219	26,907	27,124	26,993
FULL-TIME	132,961	145,065	160,531	112,653	124,719	139,793	31,581	41,033	49,433	20,308	20,346	20,738
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	23,973	23,494	24,285	20,637	20,216	20,977	2,750	2,720	2,700	3,336	3,278	3,308
INTERMITTENT	88,407	83,781	267,494	85,144	80,281	264,547	3,791	3,695	5,086	3,263	3,500	2,947
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,509,659	1,468,847	1,431,405	1,480,413	1,440,120	1,404,308	238,466	234,953	227,460	29,246	28,727	27,097
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,468,601	1,428,088	1,387,307	1,440,989	1,400,953	1,361,736	233,837	230,174	222,709	27,612	27,135	25,571
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	41,058	40,759	44,098	39,424	39,167	42,572	4,629	4,779	4,751	1,634	1,592	1,526
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,333,520	1,374,614	1,570,730	1,269,754	1,310,575	1,506,539	130,240	136,359	142,993	63,766	64,039	64,191
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,129,237	1,163,033	1,162,518	1,090,744	1,124,526	1,123,794	96,747	93,690	90,525	38,493	38,507	38,724
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	204,283	211,581	408,212	179,010	186,049	382,745	33,493	42,669	52,468	25,273	25,532	25,467
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	210,520	211,532	210,729	205,137	205,679	204,728	10,493	10,680	10,610	5,383	5,853	6,001
POSTAL	632,419	643,420	657,964	629,470	640,377	654,837	12,828	12,985	13,102	2,949	3,043	3,127
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	2,000,240	1,988,509	2,133,442	1,915,560	1,904,639	2,051,282	345,385	347,647	346,741	84,680	83,870	82,160
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,808,697	2,809,011	2,967,596	2,742,277	2,742,824	2,902,415	365,089	367,728	367,002	66,420	66,187	65,181
NON U.S. CITIZEN	34,482	34,450	34,539	7,890	7,871	8,432	3,617	3,584	3,451	26,592	26,579	26,107
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		24,773	36,510	33,857	20,997	32,757	32,391	2,245	5,490	4,907	3,776	3,753
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	28,980	30,620	30,820	28,974	30,614	30,814	27,862	29,502	29,702	6	6	6
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	28,603	30,247	30,423	28,597	30,241	30,417	27,532	29,176	29,352	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	289	288	283	289	288	283	245	244	239	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	88	85	114	88	85	114	85	82	111	...	...	...
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	11,741	11,744	11,660	11,735	11,738	11,654	10,643	10,646	10,562	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	11,457	11,465	11,381	11,451	11,459	11,375	10,406	10,414	10,330	6	6	6
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	284	279	279	284	279	279	237	232	232	...	...	...
TEMPORARY POSITION	17,239	18,876	19,160	17,239	18,876	19,160	17,219	18,856	19,140	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	17,146	18,782	19,042	17,146	18,782	19,042	17,126	18,762	19,022	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	93	94	118	93	94	118	93	94	118	...	...	...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	18,735	11,708	11,673	18,729	11,702	11,667	17,631	10,604	10,569	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	18,488	11,462	11,425	18,482	11,456	11,419	17,426	10,400	10,363	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	244	244	246	244	244	246	202	202	204	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	10,245	18,912	19,147	10,245	18,912	19,147	10,231	18,898	19,133	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	10,115	18,785	18,998	10,115	18,785	18,998	10,106	18,776	18,989	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	45	44	37	45	44	37	43	42	35	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	85	83	112	85	83	112	82	80	109	...	...	...
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	2,424	2,430	2,422	2,424	2,430	2,422	2,234	2,240	2,233	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	2,418	2,423	2,416	2,418	2,423	2,416	2,228	2,233	2,227	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	6	7	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	26,556	28,190	28,398	26,550	28,184	28,392	25,628	27,262	27,469	6	6	6
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	16,317	9,285	9,257	16,311	9,279	9,251	15,403	8,371	8,342	6	6	6
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	10,239	18,905	19,141	10,239	18,905	19,141	10,225	18,891	19,127	...	...	...
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	2,938	2,938	2,831	2,938	2,938	2,831	2,892	2,892	2,785	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	26,042	27,682	27,989	26,036	27,676	27,983	24,970	26,610	26,917	6	6	6
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	28,921	30,561	30,761	28,915	30,555	30,755	27,803	29,443	29,643	6	6	6
NON U.S. CITIZEN	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	...	...	...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		106	106	145	106	106	145	105	105	144	...	...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	33,765	33,762	33,756	33,396	33,393	33,387	2,826	2,823	2,817	369	369	369
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	32,255	32,252	32,251	31,907	31,904	31,903	2,681	2,678	2,677	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,413	1,413	1,408	1,395	1,395	1,390	137	137	132	18	18	18
INTERMITTENT	97	97	97	94	94	94	8	8	8	3	3	3
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	33,439	33,437	33,431	33,081	33,079	33,073	2,748	2,746	2,740	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,218	32,215	32,216	31,870	31,867	31,868	2,644	2,641	2,642	348	348	348
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	1,221	1,222	1,215	1,211	1,212	1,205	104	105	98	10	10	10
TEMPORARY POSITION	326	325	325	315	314	314	78	77	77	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	37	37	35	37	37	35	37	37	35	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	289	288	290	278	277	279	41	40	42	11	11	11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	33,471	33,468	33,458	33,113	33,110	33,100	2,780	2,777	2,767	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,248	32,245	32,241	31,900	31,897	31,893	2,674	2,671	2,667	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,223	1,223	1,217	1,213	1,213	1,207	106	106	100	10	10	10
INTERMITTENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	294	294	298	283	283	287	46	46	50	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	7	7	10	7	7	10	7	7	10	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	190	190	191	182	182	183	31	31	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	33,765	33,762	33,756	33,396	33,393	33,387	2,826	2,823	2,817	369	369	369
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	33,471	33,468	33,458	33,113	33,110	33,100	2,780	2,777	2,767	358	358	358
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	294	294	298	283	283	287	46	46	50	11	11	11
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	33,765	33,762	33,756	33,396	33,393	33,387	2,826	2,823	2,817	369	369	369
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	33,220	33,217	33,210	32,857	32,854	32,847	2,631	2,628	2,621	363	363	363
NON U.S. CITIZEN	545	545	546	539	539	540	195	195	196	6	6	6
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	2,780,434	2,779,079	2,937,559	2,687,797	2,686,688	2,846,646	338,018	338,987	337,934	92,637	92,391	90,913
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,556,144	2,558,715	2,522,421	2,472,779	2,475,815	2,440,431	326,687	327,672	315,235	83,365	82,900	81,990
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	125,919	126,548	128,627	121,237	121,809	123,887	7,319	7,393	7,409	4,682	4,739	4,740
INTERMITTENT	98,371	93,816	286,511	93,781	89,064	282,328	4,012	3,922	15,290	4,590	4,752	4,183
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,606,017	2,613,216	2,559,704	2,523,596	2,531,372	2,479,098	321,081	321,751	308,945	82,421	81,844	80,606
FULL-TIME	2,477,303	2,485,702	2,431,340	2,399,020	2,407,988	2,354,799	314,720	315,335	302,520	78,283	77,714	76,541
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	128,714	127,514	128,364	124,576	123,384	124,299	6,361	6,416	6,425	4,138	4,130	4,065
TEMPORARY POSITION	174,417	165,863	377,855	164,201	155,316	367,548	16,937	17,236	28,989	10,216	10,547	10,307
FULL-TIME	78,841	73,013	91,081	73,759	67,827	85,632	11,967	12,337	12,715	5,082	5,186	5,449
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	95,576	92,850	286,774	90,442	87,489	281,916	4,970	4,899	16,274	5,134	5,361	4,858
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,545,632	2,545,945	2,504,694	2,479,891	2,480,667	2,440,763	310,173	310,483	299,898	65,741	65,278	63,931
FULL-TIME	2,433,305	2,432,442	2,380,898	2,370,248	2,369,888	2,319,646	305,219	305,422	284,801	63,057	62,554	61,252
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	102,181	103,288	104,570	100,827	101,819	103,130	4,643	4,746	4,776	1,354	1,469	1,440
INTERMITTENT	10,146	10,215	19,226	8,816	8,960	17,987	311	315	10,321	1,330	1,255	1,239
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	234,802	233,134	432,865	207,906	206,021	405,883	27,845	28,504	38,036	26,896	27,113	26,982
FULL-TIME	122,839	126,273	141,523	102,531	105,927	120,785	21,468	22,250	30,434	20,308	20,346	20,738
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	23,738	23,260	24,057	20,410	19,990	20,757	2,676	2,647	2,633	3,328	3,270	3,300
INTERMITTENT	88,225	83,601	267,285	84,965	80,104	264,341	3,701	3,607	4,969	3,260	3,497	2,944
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,507,235	1,466,417	1,428,983	1,477,989	1,437,690	1,401,886	236,232	232,713	225,227	29,246	28,727	27,097
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,466,183	1,425,665	1,384,891	1,438,571	1,398,530	1,359,320	231,609	227,941	220,482	27,612	27,135	25,571
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	41,052	40,752	44,092	39,418	39,160	42,566	4,623	4,772	4,745	1,634	1,592	1,526
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,273,199	1,312,662	1,508,576	1,209,808	1,248,998	1,444,760	101,786	106,274	112,707	63,391	63,664	63,816
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,079,449	1,120,280	1,119,803	1,041,320	1,082,137	1,081,443	78,564	82,542	79,416	38,129	38,143	38,360
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	193,750	192,382	388,773	168,488	166,861	363,317	23,222	23,732	33,291	25,262	25,521	25,456
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	207,582	208,594	207,898	202,199	202,741	201,897	7,601	7,788	7,825	5,383	5,853	6,001
POSTAL	632,419	643,420	657,964	629,470	640,377	654,837	12,828	12,985	13,102	2,949	3,043	3,127
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,940,433	1,927,065	2,071,697	1,856,128	1,843,570	1,989,912	317,589	318,214	317,007	84,305	83,495	81,785
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,746,556	2,745,233	2,903,625	2,680,505	2,679,415	2,838,813	334,655	335,657	334,738	66,051	65,818	64,812
NON U.S. CITIZEN	33,878	33,846	33,934	7,292	7,273	7,833	3,363	3,330	3,196	26,586	26,573	26,101
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		24,667	36,404	33,712	20,891	32,651	32,246	2,140	5,385	4,763	3,776	3,753

* 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 2011