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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT


ALL AREAS

UNITED STATES

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

OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

NOVEMBER
2004*

OCTOBER
2004**

NOVEMBER
2003**

NOVEMBER
2004*

OCTOBER
2004**

NOVEMBER
2003**

NOVEMBER
2004*

OCTOBER
2004**

NOVEMBER
2003**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,692,098

2,708,920

2,714,733

2,599,027

2,616,381

2,621,613

327,056

332,324

333,929

93,071

92,539

93,120

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,432,320

2,451,641

2,458,631

2,348,138

2,367,830

2,374,487

314,873

320,329

321,294

84,182

83,811

84,144

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

153,786

154,850

153,823

149,007

150,035

148,397

8,269

8,370

9,178

4,779

4,815

5,426

      INTERMITTENT      

105,986

102,429

102,279

101,876

98,516

98,729

3,908

3,625

3,457

4,110

3,913

3,550

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,495,441

2,505,928

2,500,521

2,411,722

2,422,579

2,417,246

292,282

297,415

298,692

83,719

83,349

83,275

         FULL-TIME   

2,345,985

2,357,067

2,358,243

2,266,559

2,277,926

2,279,181

285,360

290,983

291,950

79,426

79,141

79,062

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

149,456

148,861

142,278

145,163

144,653

138,065

6,922

6,432

6,742

4,293

4,208

4,213

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

196,657

202,992

214,212

187,305

193,802

204,367

34,774

34,909

35,237

9,352

9,190

9,845

         FULL-TIME   

86,335

94,574

100,388

81,579

89,904

95,306

29,513

29,346

29,344

4,756

4,670

5,082

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

110,322

108,418

113,824

105,726

103,898

109,061

5,261

5,563

5,893

4,596

4,520

4,763

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,436,147

2,454,719

2,443,718

2,374,340

2,392,046

2,381,634

284,460

290,203

291,830

61,807

62,673

62,084

         FULL-TIME   

2,299,983

2,317,364

2,312,035

2,240,400

2,257,221

2,252,478

278,264

284,123

285,266

59,583

60,143

59,557

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

129,574

130,315

124,260

128,577

129,277

123,345

5,840

5,743

6,193

997

1,038

915

         INTERMITTENT   

6,590

7,040

7,423

5,363

5,548

5,811

356

337

371

1,227

1,492

1,612

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

255,951

254,201

271,015

224,687

224,335

239,979

42,596

42,121

42,099

31,264

29,866

31,036

         FULL-TIME   

132,337

134,277

146,596

107,738

110,609

122,009

36,609

36,206

36,028

24,599

23,668

24,587

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

24,212

24,535

29,563

20,430

20,758

25,052

2,429

2,627

2,985

3,782

3,777

4,511

         INTERMITTENT   

99,402

95,389

94,856

96,519

92,968

92,918

3,558

3,288

3,086

2,883

2,421

1,938

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,333,533

1,350,388

1,353,531

1,307,205

1,324,045

1,326,932

209,762

215,015

215,347

26,328

26,343

26,599

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,298,108

1,311,573

1,316,965

1,273,547

1,286,980

1,291,949

205,641

210,730

211,013

24,561

24,593

25,016

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

35,425

38,815

36,566

33,658

37,065

34,983

4,121

4,285

4,334

1,767

1,750

1,583

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,358,559

1,358,532

1,361,202

1,291,816

1,292,336

1,294,681

117,288

117,309

118,582

66,743

66,196

66,521

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,138,039

1,143,146

1,126,753

1,100,793

1,105,066

1,089,685

78,819

79,473

80,817

37,246

38,080

37,068

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

220,520

215,386

234,449

191,023

187,270

204,996

38,469

37,836

37,765

29,497

28,116

29,453

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

210,126

212,981

214,173

203,326

206,294

207,013

11,637

12,600

13,753

6,800

6,687

7,160

         POSTAL   

772,980

769,769

788,141

769,198

766,016

784,322

17,119

17,148

19,384

3,782

3,753

3,819

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,708,992

1,726,170

1,712,419

1,626,503

1,644,071

1,630,278

298,300

302,576

300,792

82,489

82,099

82,141

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,661,127

2,677,690

2,683,406

2,593,670

2,610,896

2,616,419

325,068

330,355

331,855

67,457

66,794

66,987

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,965

31,230

31,327

5,351

5,485

5,194

1,982

1,969

2,074

25,614

25,745

26,133

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

33,888

28,589

28,988

30,716

25,528

26,114

5,247

5,550

5,364

3,172

3,061

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,071

29,728

30,574

30,063

29,720

30,568

29,044

28,677

29,545

8

8

6

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,482

29,133

29,924

29,474

29,125

29,918

28,499

28,136

28,935

8

8

6

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

421

420

458

421

420

458

385

382

426

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

168

175

192

168

175

192

160

159

184

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,777

11,834

12,486

11,769

11,826

12,480

10,769

10,801

11,468

8

8

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,415

11,455

12,089

11,407

11,447

12,083

10,450

10,475

11,111

8

8

6

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

362

379

397

362

379

397

319

326

357

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,294

17,894

18,088

18,294

17,894

18,088

18,275

17,876

18,077

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,067

17,678

17,835

18,067

17,678

17,835

18,049

17,661

17,824

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

227

216

253

227

216

253

226

215

253

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,936

11,967

12,297

11,928

11,959

12,291

10,928

10,955

11,304

8

8

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,592

11,626

11,947

11,584

11,618

11,941

10,619

10,649

10,985

8

8

6

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

341

338

347

341

338

347

306

303

316

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,135

17,761

18,277

18,135

17,761

18,277

18,116

17,722

18,241

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,890

17,507

17,977

17,890

17,507

17,977

17,880

17,487

17,950

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

80

82

111

80

82

111

79

79

110

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

165

172

189

165

172

189

157

156

181

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,465

2,472

2,712

2,465

2,472

2,712

2,305

2,312

2,545

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,454

2,460

2,703

2,454

2,460

2,703

2,294

2,300

2,536

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

11

12

9

11

12

9

11

12

9

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,606

27,256

27,862

27,598

27,248

27,856

26,739

26,365

27,000

8

8

6

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,482

9,507

9,594

9,474

9,499

9,588

8,634

8,655

8,768

8

8

6

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,124

17,749

18,268

18,124

17,749

18,268

18,105

17,710

18,232

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,656

2,648

2,751

2,656

2,648

2,751

2,650

2,642

2,734

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,415

27,080

27,823

27,407

27,072

27,817

26,394

26,035

26,811

8

8

6

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,010

29,664

30,505

30,002

29,656

30,499

28,983

28,613

29,477

8

8

6

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

61

64

69

61

64

69

61

64

68

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

153

138

141

153

138

141

123

117

119

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,569

33,655

34,520

33,142

33,228

34,088

1,919

1,923

1,964

427

427

432

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

31,762

31,783

32,710

31,348

31,372

32,286

1,840

1,843

1,865

414

411

424

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,744

1,805

1,744

1,731

1,789

1,736

71

72

89

13

16

8

      INTERMITTENT      

63

67

66

63

67

66

8

8

10

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

31,316

31,377

32,423

30,922

30,988

32,020

1,834

1,836

1,837

394

389

403

         FULL-TIME   

30,305

30,363

31,303

29,914

29,977

30,904

1,771

1,774

1,767

391

386

399

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,011

1,014

1,120

1,008

1,011

1,116

63

62

70

3

3

4

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,253

2,278

2,097

2,220

2,240

2,068

85

87

127

33

38

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,457

1,420

1,407

1,434

1,395

1,382

69

69

98

23

25

25

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

796

858

690

786

845

686

16

18

29

10

13

4

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

31,336

31,396

32,438

30,942

31,007

32,035

1,854

1,855

1,852

394

389

403

         FULL-TIME   

30,323

30,380

31,316

29,932

29,994

30,917

1,789

1,791

1,780

391

386

399

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,013

1,016

1,122

1,010

1,013

1,118

65

64

72

3

3

4

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,233

2,259

2,082

2,200

2,221

2,053

65

68

112

33

38

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,439

1,403

1,394

1,416

1,378

1,369

51

52

85

23

25

25

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

731

789

622

721

776

618

6

8

17

10

13

4

         INTERMITTENT   

63

67

66

63

67

66

8

8

10

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,569

33,655

34,520

33,142

33,228

34,088

1,919

1,923

1,964

427

427

432

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

31,336

31,396

32,438

30,942

31,007

32,035

1,854

1,855

1,852

394

389

403

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,233

2,259

2,082

2,200

2,221

2,053

65

68

112

33

38

29

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,569

33,655

34,520

33,142

33,228

34,088

1,919

1,923

1,964

427

427

432

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

33,569

33,655

34,520

33,142

33,228

34,088

1,919

1,923

1,964

427

427

432

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

18

20

19

18

20

19

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,628,462

2,645,542

2,649,639

2,535,826

2,553,438

2,556,957

296,095

301,727

302,420

92,636

92,104

92,682

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,371,078

2,390,727

2,395,997

2,287,318

2,307,335

2,312,283

284,536

290,352

290,494

83,760

83,392

83,714

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

151,621

152,625

151,621

146,855

147,826

146,203

7,813

7,916

8,663

4,766

4,799

5,418

      INTERMITTENT      

105,757

102,190

102,021

101,647

98,277

98,471

3,740

3,459

3,263

4,110

3,913

3,550

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,452,352

2,462,722

2,455,612

2,369,035

2,379,770

2,372,746

279,681

284,781

285,387

83,317

82,952

82,866

         FULL-TIME   

2,304,267

2,315,251

2,314,851

2,225,240

2,236,504

2,236,194

273,141

278,736

279,072

79,027

78,747

78,657

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

148,085

147,471

140,761

143,795

143,266

136,552

6,540

6,045

6,315

4,290

4,205

4,209

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

176,110

182,820

194,027

166,791

173,668

184,211

16,414

16,946

17,033

9,319

9,152

9,816

         FULL-TIME   

66,811

75,476

81,146

62,078

70,831

76,089

11,395

11,616

11,422

4,733

4,645

5,057

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

109,299

107,344

112,881

104,713

102,837

108,122

5,019

5,330

5,611

4,586

4,507

4,759

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,392,875

2,411,356

2,398,983

2,331,470

2,349,080

2,337,308

271,678

277,393

278,674

61,405

62,276

61,675

         FULL-TIME   

2,258,068

2,275,358

2,268,772

2,198,884

2,215,609

2,209,620

265,856

271,683

272,501

59,184

59,749

59,152

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

128,220

128,961

122,791

127,226

127,926

121,880

5,469

5,376

5,805

994

1,035

911

         INTERMITTENT   

6,587

7,037

7,420

5,360

5,545

5,808

353

334

368

1,227

1,492

1,612

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

235,587

234,186

250,656

204,356

204,358

219,649

24,417

24,334

23,746

31,231

29,828

31,007

         FULL-TIME   

113,010

115,369

127,225

88,434

91,726

102,663

18,680

18,669

17,993

24,576

23,643

24,562

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

23,401

23,664

28,830

19,629

19,900

24,323

2,344

2,540

2,858

3,772

3,764

4,507

         INTERMITTENT   

99,176

95,153

94,601

96,293

92,732

92,663

3,393

3,125

2,895

2,883

2,421

1,938

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,331,068

1,347,916

1,350,819

1,304,740

1,321,573

1,324,220

207,457

212,703

212,802

26,328

26,343

26,599

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,295,654

1,309,113

1,314,262

1,271,093

1,284,520

1,289,246

203,347

208,430

208,477

24,561

24,593

25,016

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

35,414

38,803

36,557

33,647

37,053

34,974

4,110

4,273

4,325

1,767

1,750

1,583

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,297,388

1,297,626

1,298,820

1,231,080

1,231,865

1,232,737

88,632

89,024

89,618

66,308

65,761

66,083

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,097,221

1,102,243

1,084,721

1,060,377

1,064,560

1,048,062

68,331

68,963

70,197

36,844

37,683

36,659

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

200,167

195,383

214,099

170,703

167,305

184,675

20,301

20,061

19,421

29,464

28,078

29,424

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

207,470

210,333

211,422

200,670

203,646

204,262

8,987

9,958

11,019

6,800

6,687

7,160

         POSTAL   

772,980

769,769

788,141

769,198

766,016

784,322

17,119

17,148

19,384

3,782

3,753

3,819

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,648,012

1,665,440

1,650,076

1,565,958

1,583,776

1,568,373

269,989

274,621

272,017

82,054

81,664

81,703

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,597,552

2,614,376

2,618,381

2,530,530

2,548,017

2,551,832

294,168

299,822

300,414

67,022

66,359

66,549

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,904

31,166

31,258

5,290

5,421

5,125

1,921

1,905

2,006

25,614

25,745

26,133

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

33,730

28,443

28,828

30,558

25,382

25,954

5,127

5,436

5,245

3,172

3,061

* 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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