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Demographic Profile
Employment & Trends
Employment by Geographic Area (discontinued)
Occupations of White-Blue Collar Workers (discontinued)
Pay Structure of Federal Civil Service (discontinued)
Retirement Statistics
Work Years & Personnel Costs

1998 Demographic Profile of the
Federal Workforce

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This publication presents statistical tables and narrative on race and national origin (RNO), gender, disability status, veterans status, age, and years of service characteristics of the Federal civilian non-postal workforce in the Executive Branch of Government. The data are displayed by agency, major pay plans, general schedule and related grades and occupations. Data sources, coverage, definitions of terms, and highlights of this survey are presented in the narrative.

As of September 30, 1998 publication available in:

Adobe Acrobat PDF Format [1.2MB]
Self-Extracting Zipped Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect 5.1 DOS files [694KB]

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Employment Demographics	Major Statistical Tables
Employment & Trends Narrative / Technical Notes Summary Statistical Trend Tables	Data on Race/National Origin Data on Disability Status Data on Veterans Status Data on Age Groups
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Demographic Profile of the Federal Workforce Publication

Employment and Trends Narrative / Technical Notes
Employment and Trends (Includes Table of Contents and Foreword)		PDF [34KB]	WP 5.1 [32KB]
Technical Notes (Includes Definitions, Data Base and Population Coverage, Agencies Added to or Deleted from the Central Personnel Data File, Data Collection and Editing, and Acknowledgements)		PDF [28KB]	WP 5.1 [28KB]
Summary Statistical Trend Tables Note: Tables 1-1 through 1-9 cover Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies (1986-1998)
Table 1-1 Employment by Gender, Race/National Origin, Disability Status, Veterans Status, and Disabled Veterans		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [7KB]
Table 1-2 Employment Trends by RNO and White-Collar Occupational Category (All Employees)		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [7KB]
Table 1-3 Employment Trends by RNO and White-Collar Occupational Category (Men Only)		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [7KB]
Table 1-4 Employment Trends by RNO and White-Collar Occupational Category (Women Only)		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [11KB]
Table 1-5 Employment Trends by RNO and General Schedule and Related Grade Groupings (All Employees)		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [8KB]
Table 1-6 Employment Trends by RNO and General Schedule and Related Grade Groupings (Men Only)		PDF [11KB]	Lotus [14KB]
Table 1-7 Employment Trends by RNO and General Schedule and Related Grade Groupings (Women Only)		PDF [11KB]	Lotus [14KB]
Table 1-8 White Collar Occupations with 15,000 or more employees ranked by size of workforce by Minority Status		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [8KB]
Table 1-9 White Collar Occupations with 15,000 or more employees ranked by size of workforce by Gender		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [13KB]
Data on Race/National Origin Note: Tables 1 through 3 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998
Table 1 - Race/National Origin by Agency	Men and Women Combined	PDF [43KB]	Lotus [64KB]
Table 1 - Race/National Origin by Agency	Women Only	PDF [42KB]	Lotus [63KB]
Table 2 - Race/National Origin by Pay Plan, Grade, and Selected Agency	Men and Women Combined	PDF [103KB]	Lotus [142KB]
	Women Only	PDF [101KB]	Lotus [142KB]
Table 3 - Race/National Origin by White-Collar Occupation Series and Blue-Collar Occupation Group	Men and Women Combined	PDF [132KB]	Lotus [316KB]
	Men Only	PDF [129KB]	Lotus [316KB]
	Women Only	PDF [128KB]	Lotus [314KB]
Data on Disability Status Note: Tables 4 through 7 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998
Table 4 - Disability Status by Agency	Men and Women Combined	PDF [33KB]	Lotus [48KB]
Table 4 - Disability Status by Agency	Women Only	PDF [32KB]	Lotus [48KB]
Table 5 - Type of Disability	Men and Women Combined	PDF [11KB]	Lotus [10KB]
Table 5 - Type of Disability	Women Only	PDF [11KB]	Lotus [10KB]
Table 6 - Disability Status Within Occupational Category	Men and Women Combined	PDF [6KB]	Lotus [9KB]
Table 6 - Disability Status Within Occupational Category	Women Only	PDF [6KB]	Lotus [8KB]
Table 7 - Disability Status Within White-Collar Occupational Category	Men and Women Combined	PDF [8KB]	Lotus [10KB]
	Women Only	PDF [8KB]	Lotus [10KB]
Data on Veterans Status Note: Tables 8 and 9 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998
Table 8 - Veterans Status by Agency	Men and Women Combined	PDF [46KB]	Lotus [66KB]
Table 8 - Veterans Status by Agency	Women Only	PDF [42KB]	Lotus [65KB]
Table 9 - Veterans Status by Race/National Origin and Gender		PDF [9KB]	Lotus [8KB]
Data on Age Groups Note: Tables 10 and 11 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998
Table 10 - Average Age and Average Years of Service by Minority Status and Gender		PDF [21KB]	Lotus [27KB]
Table 11 - Selected Age Groups by Agency	Men and Women Combined	PDF [20KB]	Lotus [23KB]
Table 11 - Selected Age Groups by Agency	Women Only	PDF [19KB]	Lotus [23KB]

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U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

1998 Demographic Profile of theFederal Workforce

Table of Contents

Employment Demographics

Major Statistical Tables

Demographic Profile of the Federal Workforce Publication

Employment and Trends Narrative / Technical Notes

Summary Statistical Trend Tables Note: Tables 1-1 through 1-9 cover Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies (1986-1998)

Data on Race/National Origin Note: Tables 1 through 3 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998

Data on Disability Status Note: Tables 4 through 7 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998

Data on Veterans Status Note: Tables 8 and 9 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998

Data on Age Groups Note: Tables 10 and 11 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998

1998 Demographic Profile of the
Federal Workforce

Summary Statistical Trend Tables
Note: Tables 1-1 through 1-9 cover Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies (1986-1998)

Data on Race/National Origin
Note: Tables 1 through 3 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998

Data on Disability Status
Note: Tables 4 through 7 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998

Data on Veterans Status
Note: Tables 8 and 9 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998

Data on Age Groups
Note: Tables 10 and 11 cover Federal Civilian Employment in Executive Branch (non-Postal) Agencies, Worldwide, as of September 30, 1998