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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT


ALL AREAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA

OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

MAY
2008*

APRIL
2008*

MAY
2007**

MAY
2008*

APRIL
2008*

MAY
2007**

MAY
2008*

APRIL
2008*

MAY
2007**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,738,812

2,724,877

2,702,006

2,650,990

2,636,812

2,614,605

335,860

333,939

330,859

87,822

88,065

87,401

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,495,100

2,478,786

2,452,726

2,416,145

2,399,395

2,373,950

324,258

322,166

319,072

78,955

79,391

78,776

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

135,383

137,232

145,544

130,477

132,323

140,792

7,444

7,719

7,488

4,906

4,909

4,752

      INTERMITTENT      

108,329

108,859

103,736

104,368

105,094

99,863

4,158

4,054

4,299

3,961

3,765

3,873

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,526,593

2,516,841

2,497,244

2,448,738

2,440,900

2,419,139

301,085

299,964

296,668

77,855

75,941

78,105

         FULL-TIME   

2,390,993

2,379,371

2,350,584

2,317,207

2,307,423

2,276,385

294,397

293,067

290,071

73,786

71,948

74,199

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

135,600

137,470

146,660

131,531

133,477

142,754

6,688

6,897

6,597

4,069

3,993

3,906

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

212,219

208,036

204,762

202,252

195,912

195,466

34,775

33,975

34,191

9,967

12,124

9,296

         FULL-TIME   

104,107

99,415

102,142

98,938

91,972

97,565

29,861

29,099

29,001

5,169

7,443

4,577

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

108,112

108,621

102,620

103,314

103,940

97,901

4,914

4,876

5,190

4,798

4,681

4,719

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,470,438

2,466,181

2,443,774

2,409,797

2,405,287

2,383,187

292,545

292,004

290,159

60,641

60,894

60,587

         FULL-TIME   

2,349,006

2,343,626

2,310,819

2,290,791

2,285,113

2,252,494

287,013

286,409

284,349

58,215

58,513

58,325

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

113,534

114,352

124,846

112,267

113,121

123,779

5,191

5,268

5,483

1,267

1,231

1,067

         INTERMITTENT   

7,898

8,203

8,109

6,739

7,053

6,914

341

327

327

1,159

1,150

1,195

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

268,374

258,696

258,232

241,193

231,525

231,418

43,315

41,935

40,700

27,181

27,171

26,814

         FULL-TIME   

146,094

135,160

141,907

125,354

114,282

121,456

37,245

35,757

34,723

20,740

20,878

20,451

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,849

22,880

20,698

18,210

19,202

17,013

2,253

2,451

2,005

3,639

3,678

3,685

         INTERMITTENT   

100,431

100,656

95,627

97,629

98,041

92,949

3,817

3,727

3,972

2,802

2,615

2,678

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,335,334

1,330,146

1,320,763

1,310,396

1,305,281

1,295,926

211,655

211,256

210,163

24,938

24,865

24,837

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,293,326

1,291,105

1,278,000

1,269,935

1,267,747

1,254,594

207,946

207,641

206,789

23,391

23,358

23,406

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

42,008

39,041

42,763

40,461

37,534

41,332

3,709

3,615

3,374

1,547

1,507

1,431

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,403,478

1,394,731

1,381,243

1,340,594

1,331,531

1,318,679

124,205

122,683

120,696

62,884

63,200

62,564

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,177,112

1,175,076

1,165,774

1,139,862

1,137,540

1,128,593

84,599

84,363

83,370

37,250

37,536

37,181

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

226,366

219,655

215,469

200,732

193,991

190,086

39,606

38,320

37,326

25,634

25,664

25,383

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

210,451

208,126

209,545

204,265

201,746

203,889

10,959

10,895

11,085

6,186

6,380

5,656

         POSTAL   

741,461

743,737

751,572

738,048

740,327

748,104

14,442

14,570

14,683

3,413

3,410

3,468

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,786,900

1,773,014

1,740,889

1,708,677

1,694,739

1,662,612

310,459

308,474

305,091

78,223

78,275

78,277

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,706,428

2,692,532

2,671,025

2,643,084

2,629,309

2,607,530

332,569

330,696

328,014

63,344

63,223

63,495

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

32,384

32,345

30,981

7,906

7,503

7,075

3,291

3,243

2,845

24,478

24,842

23,906

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

36,609

35,025

35,726

33,585

33,522

32,954

5,327

4,823

4,998

3,024

1,503

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

29,982

29,597

29,521

29,975

29,590

29,515

28,888

28,522

28,495

7

7

6

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,533

29,158

29,032

29,526

29,151

29,026

28,486

28,120

28,046

7

7

6

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

328

324

358

328

324

358

287

292

320

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

121

115

131

121

115

131

115

110

129

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,229

11,178

11,214

11,222

11,171

11,208

10,153

10,119

10,206

7

7

6

         FULL-TIME   

10,931

10,893

10,925

10,924

10,886

10,919

9,902

9,871

9,956

7

7

6

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

298

285

289

298

285

289

251

248

250

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,753

18,419

18,307

18,753

18,419

18,307

18,735

18,403

18,289

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,602

18,265

18,107

18,602

18,265

18,107

18,584

18,249

18,090

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

151

154

200

151

154

200

151

154

199

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,294

11,266

11,250

11,287

11,259

11,244

10,236

10,212

10,253

7

7

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,031

11,012

10,969

11,024

11,005

10,963

10,012

9,990

10,009

7

7

6

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

260

251

278

260

251

278

221

219

241

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,688

18,331

18,271

18,688

18,331

18,271

18,652

18,310

18,242

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,502

18,146

18,063

18,502

18,146

18,063

18,474

18,130

18,037

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

68

73

80

68

73

80

66

73

79

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

118

112

128

118

112

128

112

107

126

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,408

2,384

2,283

2,408

2,384

2,283

2,235

2,218

2,143

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,401

2,377

2,274

2,401

2,377

2,274

2,228

2,211

2,134

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

7

7

9

7

7

9

7

7

9

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,574

27,213

27,238

27,567

27,206

27,232

26,653

26,304

26,352

7

7

6

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

8,893

8,889

8,976

8,886

8,882

8,970

8,008

8,001

8,119

7

7

6

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,681

18,324

18,262

18,681

18,324

18,262

18,645

18,303

18,233

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,709

2,684

2,625

2,709

2,684

2,625

2,675

2,656

2,620

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,273

26,913

26,896

27,266

26,906

26,890

26,213

25,866

25,875

7

7

6

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

29,911

29,526

29,446

29,904

29,519

29,440

28,817

28,451

28,420

7

7

6

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

71

71

75

71

71

75

71

71

75

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

113

115

115

113

115

115

107

109

105

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,771

33,752

33,571

33,402

33,383

33,200

2,832

2,813

2,844

369

369

371

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,265

32,247

32,014

31,917

31,899

31,665

2,691

2,673

2,711

348

348

349

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,409

1,408

1,449

1,391

1,390

1,429

133

132

123

18

18

20

      INTERMITTENT      

97

97

108

94

94

106

8

8

10

3

3

2

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

33,447

33,437

31,711

33,089

33,079

31,376

2,756

2,746

2,707

358

358

335

         FULL-TIME   

32,230

32,221

30,449

31,882

31,873

30,125

2,656

2,647

2,608

348

348

324

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,217

1,216

1,262

1,207

1,206

1,251

100

99

99

10

10

11

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

324

315

1,860

313

304

1,824

76

67

137

11

11

36

         FULL-TIME   

35

26

1,565

35

26

1,540

35

26

103

...

...

25

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

289

289

295

278

278

284

41

41

34

11

11

11

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

33,473

33,454

31,730

33,115

33,096

31,395

2,782

2,763

2,726

358

358

335

         FULL-TIME   

32,255

32,237

30,467

31,907

31,889

30,143

2,681

2,663

2,626

348

348

324

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,218

1,217

1,263

1,208

1,207

1,252

101

100

100

10

10

11

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

298

298

1,841

287

287

1,805

50

50

118

11

11

36

         FULL-TIME   

10

10

1,547

10

10

1,522

10

10

85

...

...

25

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

191

191

186

183

183

177

32

32

23

8

8

9

         INTERMITTENT   

97

97

108

94

94

106

8

8

10

3

3

2

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,771

33,752

33,571

33,402

33,383

33,200

2,832

2,813

2,844

369

369

371

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

33,473

33,454

31,730

33,115

33,096

31,395

2,782

2,763

2,726

358

358

335

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

298

298

1,841

287

287

1,805

50

50

118

11

11

36

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,771

33,752

33,571

33,402

33,383

33,200

2,832

2,813

2,844

369

369

371

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

33,225

33,206

32,600

32,862

32,843

32,236

2,636

2,617

2,596

363

363

364

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

546

546

971

540

540

964

196

196

248

6

6

7

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,675,059

2,661,528

2,638,914

2,587,613

2,573,839

2,551,890

304,140

302,604

299,520

87,446

87,689

87,024

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,433,302

2,417,381

2,391,680

2,354,702

2,338,345

2,313,259

293,081

291,373

288,315

78,600

79,036

78,421

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

133,646

135,500

143,737

128,758

130,609

139,005

7,024

7,295

7,045

4,888

4,891

4,732

      INTERMITTENT      

108,111

108,647

103,497

104,153

104,885

99,626

4,035

3,936

4,160

3,958

3,762

3,871

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,481,917

2,472,226

2,454,319

2,404,427

2,396,650

2,376,555

288,176

287,099

283,755

77,490

75,576

77,764

         FULL-TIME   

2,347,832

2,336,257

2,309,210

2,274,401

2,264,664

2,235,341

281,839

280,549

277,507

73,431

71,593

73,869

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

134,085

135,969

145,109

130,026

131,986

141,214

6,337

6,550

6,248

4,059

3,983

3,895

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

193,142

189,302

184,595

183,186

177,189

175,335

15,964

15,505

15,765

9,956

12,113

9,260

         FULL-TIME   

85,470

81,124

82,470

80,301

73,681

77,918

11,242

10,824

10,808

5,169

7,443

4,552

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

107,672

108,178

102,125

102,885

103,508

97,417

4,722

4,681

4,957

4,787

4,670

4,708

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,425,671

2,421,461

2,400,794

2,365,395

2,360,932

2,340,548

279,527

279,029

277,180

60,276

60,529

60,246

         FULL-TIME   

2,305,720

2,300,377

2,269,383

2,247,860

2,242,219

2,211,388

274,320

273,756

271,714

57,860

58,158

57,995

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

112,056

112,884

123,305

110,799

111,663

122,249

4,869

4,949

5,142

1,257

1,221

1,056

         INTERMITTENT   

7,895

8,200

8,106

6,736

7,050

6,911

338

324

324

1,159

1,150

1,195

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

249,388

240,067

238,120

222,218

212,907

211,342

24,613

23,575

22,340

27,170

27,160

26,778

         FULL-TIME   

127,582

117,004

122,297

106,842

96,126

101,871

18,761

17,617

16,601

20,740

20,878

20,426

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,590

22,616

20,432

17,959

18,946

16,756

2,155

2,346

1,903

3,631

3,670

3,676

         INTERMITTENT   

100,216

100,447

95,391

97,417

97,835

92,715

3,697

3,612

3,836

2,799

2,612

2,676

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,332,926

1,327,762

1,318,480

1,307,988

1,302,897

1,293,643

209,420

209,038

208,020

24,938

24,865

24,837

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,290,925

1,288,728

1,275,726

1,267,534

1,265,370

1,252,320

205,718

205,430

204,655

23,391

23,358

23,406

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

42,001

39,034

42,754

40,454

37,527

41,323

3,702

3,608

3,365

1,547

1,507

1,431

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,342,133

1,333,766

1,320,434

1,279,625

1,270,942

1,258,247

94,720

93,566

91,500

62,508

62,824

62,187

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,134,746

1,132,733

1,125,068

1,097,861

1,095,562

1,088,228

73,809

73,599

72,525

36,885

37,171

36,840

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

207,387

201,033

195,366

181,764

175,380

170,019

20,911

19,967

18,975

25,623

25,653

25,347

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

207,742

205,442

206,920

201,556

199,062

201,264

8,284

8,239

8,465

6,186

6,380

5,656

         POSTAL   

741,461

743,737

751,572

738,048

740,327

748,104

14,442

14,570

14,683

3,413

3,410

3,468

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,725,856

1,712,349

1,680,422

1,648,009

1,634,450

1,602,522

281,414

279,795

276,372

77,847

77,899

77,900

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,643,292

2,629,800

2,608,979

2,580,318

2,566,947

2,545,854

301,116

299,628

296,998

62,974

62,853

63,125

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,767

31,728

29,935

7,295

6,892

6,036

3,024

2,976

2,522

24,472

24,836

23,899

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

36,496

34,910

35,611

33,472

33,407

32,839

5,220

4,714

4,893

3,024

1,503

* 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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