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TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT


ALL AREAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA

OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

NOVEMBER
2005*

OCTOBER
2005**

NOVEMBER
2004**

NOVEMBER
2005*

OCTOBER
2005**

NOVEMBER
2004**

NOVEMBER
2005*

OCTOBER
2005**

NOVEMBER
2004**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,700,583

2,694,272

2,705,682

2,608,523

2,602,987

2,612,579

324,165

323,588

332,862

92,060

91,285

93,103

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,440,719

2,444,074

2,446,147

2,357,489

2,361,302

2,361,933

313,031

312,874

321,086

83,230

82,772

84,214

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

152,415

152,679

154,084

147,456

147,755

149,305

7,596

7,628

8,422

4,959

4,924

4,779

      INTERMITTENT      

107,449

97,519

105,451

103,578

93,930

101,341

3,538

3,086

3,354

3,871

3,589

4,110

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,509,814

2,500,693

2,507,792

2,427,664

2,419,226

2,424,047

290,367

289,498

297,440

82,150

81,467

83,745

         FULL-TIME   

2,356,810

2,350,780

2,358,672

2,278,675

2,273,079

2,279,219

284,357

283,590

290,942

78,135

77,701

79,453

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

153,004

149,913

149,120

148,989

146,147

144,828

6,010

5,908

6,498

4,015

3,766

4,292

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

190,769

193,579

197,890

180,859

183,761

188,532

33,798

34,090

35,422

9,910

9,818

9,358

         FULL-TIME   

83,909

93,294

87,475

78,814

88,223

82,714

28,674

29,284

30,144

5,095

5,071

4,761

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

106,860

100,285

110,415

102,045

95,538

105,818

5,124

4,806

5,278

4,815

4,747

4,597

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,447,635

2,448,139

2,449,878

2,385,323

2,385,864

2,388,042

283,466

282,621

290,482

62,312

62,275

61,836

         FULL-TIME   

2,310,560

2,310,873

2,313,520

2,250,524

2,250,857

2,253,908

277,766

276,920

284,218

60,036

60,016

59,612

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

129,127

129,633

129,753

128,255

128,742

128,756

5,324

5,323

5,908

872

891

997

         INTERMITTENT   

7,948

7,633

6,605

6,544

6,265

5,378

376

378

356

1,404

1,368

1,227

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

252,948

246,133

255,804

223,200

217,123

224,537

40,699

40,967

42,380

29,748

29,010

31,267

         FULL-TIME   

130,159

133,201

132,627

106,965

110,445

108,025

35,265

35,954

36,868

23,194

22,756

24,602

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

23,288

23,046

24,331

19,201

19,013

20,549

2,272

2,305

2,514

4,087

4,033

3,782

         INTERMITTENT   

99,501

89,886

98,846

97,034

87,665

95,963

3,162

2,708

2,998

2,467

2,221

2,883

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,316,413

1,318,260

1,344,983

1,290,694

1,292,717

1,318,629

208,226

207,976

215,278

25,719

25,543

26,354

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,281,758

1,280,498

1,309,482

1,257,656

1,256,435

1,284,895

204,639

204,334

211,113

24,102

24,063

24,587

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

34,655

37,762

35,501

33,038

36,282

33,734

3,587

3,642

4,165

1,617

1,480

1,767

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,384,170

1,376,012

1,360,699

1,317,829

1,310,270

1,293,950

115,939

115,612

117,584

66,341

65,742

66,749

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,165,877

1,167,641

1,140,396

1,127,667

1,129,429

1,103,147

78,827

78,287

79,369

38,210

38,212

37,249

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

218,293

208,371

220,303

190,162

180,841

190,803

37,112

37,325

38,215

28,131

27,530

29,500

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

210,771

210,691

212,533

204,394

204,460

205,733

11,682

11,727

12,574

6,377

6,231

6,800

         POSTAL   

767,020

764,997

772,980

763,412

761,337

769,198

15,251

15,265

17,119

3,608

3,660

3,782

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,722,792

1,718,584

1,720,169

1,640,717

1,637,190

1,637,648

297,232

296,596

303,169

82,075

81,394

82,521

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,670,397

2,664,281

2,674,718

2,603,277

2,597,995

2,607,229

322,220

321,654

330,884

67,120

66,286

67,489

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,186

29,991

30,964

5,246

4,992

5,350

1,945

1,934

1,978

24,940

24,999

25,614

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

33,661

34,259

34,497

30,661

31,076

31,325

5,604

5,825

5,826

3,000

3,183

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,493

30,418

30,071

30,486

30,411

30,063

29,446

29,362

29,044

7

7

8

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,959

29,879

29,482

29,952

29,872

29,474

28,951

28,865

28,499

7

7

8

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

386

387

421

386

387

421

352

352

385

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

148

152

168

148

152

168

143

145

160

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,731

11,745

11,777

11,724

11,738

11,769

10,699

10,707

10,769

7

7

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,397

11,406

11,415

11,390

11,399

11,407

10,403

10,408

10,450

7

7

8

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

334

339

362

334

339

362

296

299

319

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,762

18,673

18,294

18,762

18,673

18,294

18,747

18,655

18,275

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,562

18,473

18,067

18,562

18,473

18,067

18,548

18,457

18,049

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

200

200

227

200

200

227

199

198

226

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,664

11,680

11,936

11,657

11,673

11,928

10,677

10,687

10,928

7

7

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,344

11,359

11,592

11,337

11,352

11,584

10,390

10,399

10,619

7

7

8

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

317

318

341

317

318

341

284

285

306

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,829

18,738

18,135

18,829

18,738

18,135

18,769

18,675

18,116

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,615

18,520

17,890

18,615

18,520

17,890

18,561

18,466

17,880

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

69

69

80

69

69

80

68

67

79

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

145

149

165

145

149

165

140

142

157

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,416

2,428

2,465

2,416

2,428

2,465

2,274

2,280

2,305

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,384

2,402

2,454

2,384

2,402

2,454

2,242

2,255

2,294

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

32

26

11

32

26

11

32

25

11

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

28,077

27,990

27,606

28,070

27,983

27,598

27,172

27,082

26,739

7

7

8

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,280

9,278

9,482

9,273

9,271

9,474

8,435

8,432

8,634

7

7

8

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,797

18,712

18,124

18,797

18,712

18,124

18,737

18,650

18,105

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,627

2,630

2,656

2,627

2,630

2,656

2,621

2,624

2,650

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,866

27,788

27,415

27,859

27,781

27,407

26,825

26,738

26,394

7

7

8

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,426

30,352

30,010

30,419

30,345

30,002

29,379

29,296

28,983

7

7

8

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

67

66

61

67

66

61

67

66

61

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

128

125

153

128

125

153

111

110

123

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

34,064

34,065

33,569

33,635

33,636

33,142

1,937

1,938

1,919

429

429

427

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,229

32,230

31,762

31,812

31,813

31,348

1,819

1,820

1,840

417

417

414

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,762

1,762

1,744

1,750

1,750

1,731

103

103

71

12

12

13

      INTERMITTENT      

73

73

63

73

73

63

15

15

8

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

31,768

31,767

31,316

31,369

31,368

30,922

1,842

1,841

1,834

399

399

394

         FULL-TIME   

30,746

30,745

30,305

30,351

30,350

29,914

1,778

1,777

1,771

395

395

391

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,022

1,022

1,011

1,018

1,018

1,008

64

64

63

4

4

3

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,296

2,298

2,253

2,266

2,268

2,220

95

97

85

30

30

33

         FULL-TIME   

1,483

1,485

1,457

1,461

1,463

1,434

41

43

69

22

22

23

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

813

813

796

805

805

786

54

54

16

8

8

10

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

31,789

31,790

31,336

31,390

31,391

30,942

1,863

1,864

1,854

399

399

394

         FULL-TIME   

30,765

30,766

30,323

30,370

30,371

29,932

1,797

1,798

1,789

395

395

391

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,024

1,024

1,013

1,020

1,020

1,010

66

66

65

4

4

3

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,275

2,275

2,233

2,245

2,245

2,200

74

74

65

30

30

33

         FULL-TIME   

1,464

1,464

1,439

1,442

1,442

1,416

22

22

51

22

22

23

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

738

738

731

730

730

721

37

37

6

8

8

10

         INTERMITTENT   

73

73

63

73

73

63

15

15

8

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

34,064

34,065

33,569

33,635

33,636

33,142

1,937

1,938

1,919

429

429

427

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

31,789

31,790

31,336

31,390

31,391

30,942

1,863

1,864

1,854

399

399

394

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,275

2,275

2,233

2,245

2,245

2,200

74

74

65

30

30

33

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

34,064

34,065

33,569

33,635

33,636

33,142

1,937

1,938

1,919

429

429

427

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

34,062

34,063

33,569

33,633

33,634

33,142

1,935

1,936

1,919

429

429

427

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

2

2

...

2

2

...

2

2

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

19

19

18

19

19

18

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,636,026

2,629,789

2,642,046

2,544,402

2,538,940

2,549,378

292,782

292,288

301,901

91,624

90,849

92,668

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,378,531

2,381,965

2,384,905

2,295,725

2,299,617

2,301,113

282,261

282,189

290,749

82,806

82,348

83,792

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

150,267

150,530

151,919

145,320

145,618

147,153

7,141

7,173

7,966

4,947

4,912

4,766

      INTERMITTENT      

107,228

97,294

105,222

103,357

93,705

101,112

3,380

2,926

3,186

3,871

3,589

4,110

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,466,315

2,457,181

2,464,703

2,384,571

2,376,120

2,381,360

277,826

276,950

284,839

81,744

81,061

83,343

         FULL-TIME   

2,314,667

2,308,629

2,316,954

2,236,934

2,231,330

2,237,900

272,176

271,405

278,723

77,733

77,299

79,054

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

151,648

148,552

147,749

147,637

144,790

143,460

5,650

5,545

6,116

4,011

3,762

4,289

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

169,711

172,608

177,343

159,831

162,820

168,018

14,956

15,338

17,062

9,880

9,788

9,325

         FULL-TIME   

63,864

73,336

67,951

58,791

68,287

63,213

10,085

10,784

12,026

5,073

5,049

4,738

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

105,847

99,272

109,392

101,040

94,533

104,805

4,871

4,554

5,036

4,807

4,739

4,587

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,404,182

2,404,669

2,406,606

2,342,276

2,342,800

2,345,172

270,926

270,070

277,700

61,906

61,869

61,434

         FULL-TIME   

2,268,451

2,268,748

2,271,605

2,208,817

2,209,134

2,212,392

265,579

264,723

271,810

59,634

59,614

59,213

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

127,786

128,291

128,399

126,918

127,404

127,405

4,974

4,972

5,537

868

887

994

         INTERMITTENT   

7,945

7,630

6,602

6,541

6,262

5,375

373

375

353

1,404

1,368

1,227

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

231,844

225,120

235,440

202,126

196,140

204,206

21,856

22,218

24,201

29,718

28,980

31,234

         FULL-TIME   

110,080

113,217

113,300

86,908

90,483

88,721

16,682

17,466

18,939

23,172

22,734

24,579

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

22,481

22,239

23,520

18,402

18,214

19,748

2,167

2,201

2,429

4,079

4,025

3,772

         INTERMITTENT   

99,283

89,664

98,620

96,816

87,443

95,737

3,007

2,551

2,833

2,467

2,221

2,883

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,313,997

1,315,832

1,342,518

1,288,278

1,290,289

1,316,164

205,952

205,696

212,973

25,719

25,543

26,354

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,279,374

1,278,096

1,307,028

1,255,272

1,254,033

1,282,441

202,397

202,079

208,819

24,102

24,063

24,587

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

34,623

37,736

35,490

33,006

36,256

33,723

3,555

3,617

4,154

1,617

1,480

1,767

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,322,029

1,313,957

1,299,528

1,256,124

1,248,651

1,233,214

86,830

86,592

88,928

65,905

65,306

66,314

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,124,808

1,126,573

1,099,578

1,087,004

1,088,767

1,062,731

68,529

67,991

68,881

37,804

37,806

36,847

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

197,221

187,384

199,950

169,120

159,884

170,483

18,301

18,601

20,047

28,101

27,500

29,467

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

208,144

208,061

209,877

201,767

201,830

203,077

9,061

9,103

9,924

6,377

6,231

6,800

         POSTAL   

767,020

764,997

772,980

763,412

761,337

769,198

15,251

15,265

17,119

3,608

3,660

3,782

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,660,862

1,656,731

1,659,189

1,579,223

1,575,773

1,577,103

268,470

267,920

274,858

81,639

80,958

82,086

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,605,909

2,599,866

2,611,143

2,539,225

2,534,016

2,544,089

290,906

290,422

299,984

66,684

65,850

67,054

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,117

29,923

30,903

5,177

4,924

5,289

1,876

1,866

1,917

24,940

24,999

25,614

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

33,514

34,115

34,339

30,514

30,932

31,167

5,493

5,715

5,706

3,000

3,183

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

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