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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

MARCH
2008*

FEBRUARY
2008**

MARCH
2007**

MARCH
2008*

FEBRUARY
2008**

MARCH
2007**

MARCH
2008*

FEBRUARY
2008**

MARCH
2007**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,720,155

2,698,464

2,683,488

2,632,278

2,611,126

2,595,484

333,952

323,491

341,942

87,877

87,338

88,004

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,473,939

2,454,459

2,435,582

2,394,817

2,375,743

2,356,104

321,966

311,532

329,922

79,122

78,716

79,478

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

136,895

136,853

147,150

131,961

131,987

142,339

7,684

7,629

7,784

4,934

4,866

4,811

      INTERMITTENT      

109,321

107,152

100,756

105,500

103,396

97,041

4,302

4,330

4,236

3,821

3,756

3,715

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,516,362

2,508,997

2,492,443

2,438,509

2,431,517

2,413,736

299,707

299,149

308,069

77,853

77,480

78,707

         FULL-TIME   

2,379,070

2,372,365

2,343,690

2,305,255

2,298,840

2,269,605

292,817

292,135

301,206

73,815

73,525

74,085

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

137,292

136,632

148,753

133,254

132,677

144,131

6,890

7,014

6,863

4,038

3,955

4,622

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

203,793

189,467

191,045

193,769

179,609

181,748

34,245

24,342

33,873

10,024

9,858

9,297

         FULL-TIME   

94,869

82,094

91,892

89,562

76,903

86,499

29,149

19,397

28,716

5,307

5,191

5,393

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

108,924

107,373

99,153

104,207

102,706

95,249

5,096

4,945

5,157

4,717

4,667

3,904

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,463,709

2,455,322

2,443,644

2,402,820

2,394,561

2,382,502

291,809

291,154

302,088

60,889

60,761

61,142

         FULL-TIME   

2,341,485

2,332,647

2,310,459

2,282,958

2,274,205

2,251,471

286,190

285,468

296,246

58,527

58,442

58,988

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

114,060

114,554

125,011

112,852

113,369

123,972

5,265

5,334

5,541

1,208

1,185

1,039

         INTERMITTENT   

8,164

8,121

8,174

7,010

6,987

7,059

354

352

301

1,154

1,134

1,115

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

256,446

243,142

239,844

229,458

216,565

212,982

42,143

32,337

39,854

26,988

26,577

26,862

         FULL-TIME   

132,454

121,812

125,123

111,859

101,538

104,633

35,776

26,064

33,676

20,595

20,274

20,490

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

22,835

22,299

22,139

19,109

18,618

18,367

2,419

2,295

2,243

3,726

3,681

3,772

         INTERMITTENT   

101,157

99,031

92,582

98,490

96,409

89,982

3,948

3,978

3,935

2,667

2,622

2,600

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,325,502

1,319,689

1,314,009

1,300,766

1,294,587

1,289,045

210,924

210,671

210,311

24,736

25,102

24,964

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,288,476

1,283,383

1,278,472

1,265,212

1,259,777

1,255,034

207,453

207,093

206,868

23,264

23,606

23,438

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

37,026

36,306

35,537

35,554

34,810

34,011

3,471

3,578

3,443

1,472

1,496

1,526

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,394,653

1,378,775

1,369,479

1,331,512

1,316,539

1,306,439

123,028

112,820

131,631

63,141

62,236

63,040

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,175,233

1,171,939

1,165,172

1,137,608

1,134,784

1,127,468

84,356

84,061

95,220

37,625

37,155

37,704

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

219,420

206,836

204,307

193,904

181,755

178,971

38,672

28,759

36,411

25,516

25,081

25,336

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

207,010

206,019

206,843

200,736

199,955

201,149

10,828

10,833

16,346

6,274

6,064

5,694

         POSTAL   

747,437

747,165

752,042

744,011

743,758

748,548

14,695

14,633

14,713

3,426

3,407

3,494

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,765,708

1,745,280

1,724,603

1,687,531

1,667,413

1,645,787

308,429

298,025

310,883

78,177

77,867

78,816

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,687,953

2,666,616

2,653,090

2,624,785

2,603,708

2,589,314

330,726

320,342

339,391

63,168

62,908

63,776

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

32,202

31,848

30,398

7,493

7,418

6,170

3,226

3,149

2,551

24,709

24,430

24,228

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

36,265

37,167

34,399

33,144

35,688

32,952

5,445

4,551

4,355

3,121

1,479

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

29,617

19,794

29,345

29,610

19,790

29,338

28,554

18,747

28,325

7

4

7

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,173

19,351

28,834

29,166

19,347

28,827

28,147

18,341

27,855

7

4

7

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

328

330

335

328

330

335

296

298

300

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

116

113

176

116

113

176

111

108

170

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,190

11,204

11,164

11,183

11,200

11,157

10,143

10,173

10,163

7

4

7

         FULL-TIME   

10,902

10,916

10,870

10,895

10,912

10,863

9,892

9,922

9,909

7

4

7

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

288

288

294

288

288

294

251

251

254

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,427

8,590

18,181

18,427

8,590

18,181

18,411

8,574

18,162

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,271

8,435

17,964

18,271

8,435

17,964

18,255

8,419

17,946

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

156

155

217

156

155

217

156

155

216

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,274

11,283

11,190

11,267

11,279

11,184

10,232

10,257

10,195

7

4

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,019

11,018

10,923

11,012

11,014

10,917

10,009

10,024

9,962

7

4

6

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

252

262

264

252

262

264

220

230

230

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,343

8,511

18,155

18,343

8,511

18,154

18,322

8,490

18,130

...

...

1

         FULL-TIME   

18,154

8,333

17,911

18,154

8,333

17,910

18,138

8,317

17,893

...

...

1

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

76

68

71

76

68

71

76

68

70

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

113

110

173

113

110

173

108

105

167

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,370

2,356

2,274

2,370

2,356

2,274

2,217

2,216

2,137

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,362

2,348

2,254

2,362

2,348

2,254

2,209

2,208

2,117

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

8

8

20

8

8

20

8

8

20

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,247

17,438

27,071

27,240

17,434

27,064

26,337

16,531

26,188

7

4

7

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

8,912

8,935

8,936

8,905

8,931

8,930

8,023

8,049

8,078

7

4

6

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,335

8,503

18,135

18,335

8,503

18,134

18,314

8,482

18,110

...

...

1

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,676

2,669

2,652

2,676

2,669

2,652

2,656

2,660

2,647

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

26,941

17,125

26,693

26,934

17,121

26,686

25,898

16,087

25,678

7

4

7

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

29,546

19,724

29,288

29,539

19,720

29,281

28,483

18,677

28,268

7

4

7

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

71

70

57

71

70

57

71

70

57

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

114

117

121

114

117

121

108

111

107

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,752

33,752

31,963

33,383

33,383

31,609

2,813

2,813

2,666

369

369

354

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,247

32,247

30,446

31,899

31,899

30,114

2,673

2,673

2,538

348

348

332

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,408

1,408

1,431

1,390

1,390

1,413

132

132

117

18

18

18

      INTERMITTENT      

97

97

86

94

94

82

8

8

11

3

3

4

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

33,436

33,436

30,318

33,078

33,078

29,991

2,745

2,745

2,548

358

358

327

         FULL-TIME   

32,220

32,220

29,060

31,872

31,872

28,749

2,646

2,646

2,448

348

348

311

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,216

1,216

1,258

1,206

1,206

1,242

99

99

100

10

10

16

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

316

316

1,645

305

305

1,618

68

68

118

11

11

27

         FULL-TIME   

27

27

1,386

27

27

1,365

27

27

90

...

...

21

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

289

289

259

278

278

253

41

41

28

11

11

6

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

33,455

33,455

30,343

33,097

33,097

30,016

2,764

2,764

2,570

358

358

327

         FULL-TIME   

32,238

32,238

29,081

31,890

31,890

28,770

2,664

2,664

2,469

348

348

311

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,217

1,217

1,247

1,207

1,207

1,235

100

100

90

10

10

12

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

15

...

...

11

...

...

11

...

...

4

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

297

297

1,620

286

286

1,593

49

49

96

11

11

27

         FULL-TIME   

9

9

1,365

9

9

1,344

9

9

69

...

...

21

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

191

191

184

183

183

178

32

32

27

8

8

6

         INTERMITTENT   

97

97

71

94

94

71

8

8

...

3

3

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,752

33,752

31,963

33,383

33,383

31,609

2,813

2,813

2,666

369

369

354

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

33,455

33,455

30,343

33,097

33,097

30,016

2,764

2,764

2,570

358

358

327

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

297

297

1,620

286

286

1,593

49

49

96

11

11

27

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,752

33,752

31,963

33,383

33,383

31,609

2,813

2,813

2,666

369

369

354

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

33,206

33,206

31,889

32,843

32,843

31,535

2,617

2,617

2,662

363

363

354

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

546

546

74

540

540

74

196

196

4

6

6

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,656,786

2,644,918

2,622,180

2,569,285

2,557,953

2,534,537

302,585

301,931

310,951

87,501

86,965

87,643

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,412,519

2,402,861

2,376,302

2,333,752

2,324,497

2,297,163

291,146

290,518

299,529

78,767

78,364

79,139

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

135,159

135,115

145,384

130,243

130,267

140,591

7,256

7,199

7,367

4,916

4,848

4,793

      INTERMITTENT      

109,108

106,942

100,494

105,290

103,189

96,783

4,183

4,214

4,055

3,818

3,753

3,711

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,471,736

2,464,357

2,450,961

2,394,248

2,387,239

2,372,588

286,819

286,231

295,358

77,488

77,118

78,373

         FULL-TIME   

2,335,948

2,329,229

2,303,760

2,262,488

2,256,056

2,229,993

280,279

279,567

288,849

73,460

73,173

73,767

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

135,788

135,128

147,201

131,760

131,183

142,595

6,540

6,664

6,509

4,028

3,945

4,606

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

185,050

180,561

171,219

175,037

170,714

161,949

15,766

15,700

15,593

10,013

9,847

9,270

         FULL-TIME   

76,571

73,632

72,542

71,264

68,441

67,170

10,867

10,951

10,680

5,307

5,191

5,372

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

108,479

106,929

98,677

103,773

102,273

94,779

4,899

4,749

4,913

4,706

4,656

3,898

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,418,980

2,410,584

2,402,111

2,358,456

2,350,185

2,341,302

278,813

278,133

289,323

60,524

60,399

60,809

         FULL-TIME   

2,298,228

2,289,391

2,270,455

2,240,056

2,231,301

2,211,784

273,517

272,780

283,815

58,172

58,090

58,671

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

112,591

113,075

123,500

111,393

111,900

122,473

4,945

5,004

5,221

1,198

1,175

1,027

         INTERMITTENT   

8,161

8,118

8,156

7,007

6,984

7,045

351

349

287

1,154

1,134

1,111

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

237,806

234,334

220,069

210,829

207,768

193,235

23,772

23,798

21,628

26,977

26,566

26,834

         FULL-TIME   

114,291

113,470

105,847

93,696

93,196

85,379

17,629

17,738

15,714

20,595

20,274

20,468

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

22,568

22,040

21,884

18,850

18,367

18,118

2,311

2,195

2,146

3,718

3,673

3,766

         INTERMITTENT   

100,947

98,824

92,338

98,283

96,205

89,738

3,832

3,865

3,768

2,664

2,619

2,600

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,323,132

1,317,333

1,311,735

1,298,396

1,292,231

1,286,771

208,707

208,455

208,174

24,736

25,102

24,964

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,286,114

1,281,035

1,276,218

1,262,850

1,257,429

1,252,780

205,244

204,885

204,751

23,264

23,606

23,438

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

37,018

36,298

35,517

35,546

34,802

33,991

3,463

3,570

3,423

1,472

1,496

1,526

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,333,654

1,327,585

1,310,445

1,270,889

1,265,722

1,247,766

93,878

93,476

102,777

62,765

61,863

62,679

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,132,866

1,129,549

1,125,893

1,095,606

1,092,756

1,088,522

73,569

73,248

84,572

37,260

36,793

37,371

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

200,788

198,036

184,552

175,283

172,966

159,244

20,309

20,228

18,205

25,505

25,070

25,308

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

204,334

203,350

204,191

198,060

197,286

198,497

8,172

8,173

13,699

6,274

6,064

5,694

         POSTAL   

747,437

747,165

752,042

744,011

743,758

748,548

14,695

14,633

14,713

3,426

3,407

3,494

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,705,015

1,694,403

1,665,947

1,627,214

1,616,909

1,587,492

279,718

279,125

282,539

77,801

77,494

78,455

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,625,201

2,613,686

2,591,913

2,562,403

2,551,145

2,528,498

299,626

299,048

308,461

62,798

62,541

63,415

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,585

31,232

30,267

6,882

6,808

6,039

2,959

2,883

2,490

24,703

24,424

24,228

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

36,151

37,050

34,278

33,030

35,571

32,831

5,337

4,440

4,248

3,121

1,479

* 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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