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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

SEPTEMBER
2004*

AUGUST
2004**

SEPTEMBER
2003**

SEPTEMBER
2004*

AUGUST
2004**

SEPTEMBER
2003**

SEPTEMBER
2004*

AUGUST
2004**

SEPTEMBER
2003**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,713,229

2,716,117

2,725,950

2,620,556

2,624,902

2,633,248

332,511

332,381

336,292

92,673

91,215

92,702

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,457,785

2,466,664

2,479,239

2,373,978

2,382,862

2,394,717

320,835

321,451

324,168

83,807

83,802

84,522

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

154,129

151,835

151,612

149,316

147,086

146,551

8,095

7,606

8,827

4,813

4,749

5,061

      INTERMITTENT      

101,315

97,618

95,099

97,262

94,954

91,980

3,581

3,324

3,297

4,053

2,664

3,119

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,501,690

2,500,909

2,510,987

2,418,382

2,417,733

2,427,515

296,826

296,542

300,391

83,308

83,176

83,472

         FULL-TIME   

2,353,203

2,354,456

2,368,777

2,274,068

2,275,255

2,289,259

290,420

290,398

293,475

79,135

79,201

79,518

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

148,487

146,453

142,210

144,314

142,478

138,256

6,406

6,144

6,916

4,173

3,975

3,954

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

211,539

215,208

214,963

202,174

207,169

205,733

35,685

35,839

35,901

9,365

8,039

9,230

         FULL-TIME   

104,582

112,208

110,462

99,910

107,607

105,458

30,415

31,053

30,693

4,672

4,601

5,004

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

106,957

103,000

104,501

102,264

99,562

100,275

5,270

4,786

5,208

4,693

3,438

4,226

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,452,212

2,450,247

2,447,266

2,389,547

2,388,618

2,385,219

290,129

289,219

292,687

62,665

61,629

62,047

         FULL-TIME   

2,314,720

2,313,785

2,314,920

2,254,608

2,253,837

2,255,228

283,856

283,061

286,087

60,112

59,948

59,692

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

130,686

130,323

125,141

129,645

129,298

124,224

5,915

5,802

6,203

1,041

1,025

917

         INTERMITTENT   

6,806

6,139

7,205

5,294

5,483

5,767

358

356

397

1,512

656

1,438

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

261,017

265,870

278,684

231,009

236,284

248,029

42,382

43,162

43,605

30,008

29,586

30,655

         FULL-TIME   

143,065

152,879

164,319

119,370

129,025

139,489

36,979

38,390

38,081

23,695

23,854

24,830

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

23,443

21,512

26,471

19,671

17,788

22,327

2,180

1,804

2,624

3,772

3,724

4,144

         INTERMITTENT   

94,509

91,479

87,894

91,968

89,471

86,213

3,223

2,968

2,900

2,541

2,008

1,681

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,356,126

1,359,247

1,359,821

1,329,953

1,333,001

1,333,116

214,681

214,214

215,523

26,173

26,246

26,705

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,311,940

1,312,045

1,312,574

1,287,371

1,287,397

1,287,421

210,673

209,969

210,963

24,569

24,648

25,153

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

44,186

47,202

47,247

42,582

45,604

45,695

4,008

4,245

4,560

1,604

1,598

1,552

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,357,103

1,356,870

1,366,129

1,290,603

1,291,901

1,300,132

117,830

118,167

120,769

66,500

64,969

65,997

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,140,272

1,138,202

1,134,692

1,102,176

1,101,221

1,097,798

79,456

79,250

81,724

38,096

36,981

36,894

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

216,831

218,668

231,437

188,427

190,680

202,334

38,374

38,917

39,045

28,404

27,988

29,103

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

214,464

215,399

214,140

207,725

208,561

208,401

12,670

12,746

13,917

6,739

6,838

5,739

         POSTAL   

767,616

768,315

787,818

763,883

764,574

784,006

17,094

17,127

19,393

3,733

3,741

3,812

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,731,149

1,732,403

1,723,992

1,648,948

1,651,767

1,640,841

302,747

302,508

302,982

82,201

80,636

83,151

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,681,999

2,684,697

2,694,522

2,615,159

2,619,546

2,627,945

330,549

330,408

334,164

66,840

65,151

66,577

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,230

31,420

31,428

5,397

5,356

5,303

1,962

1,973

2,128

25,833

26,064

26,125

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

29,664

31,244

31,304

27,242

27,605

28,349

5,308

5,457

5,520

2,422

3,639

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,049

30,003

31,564

30,041

29,995

31,558

28,996

28,957

30,472

8

8

6

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,447

29,381

30,906

29,439

29,373

30,900

28,438

28,383

29,864

8

8

6

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

418

397

441

418

397

441

382

365

409

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

184

225

217

184

225

217

176

209

199

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,935

11,879

13,084

11,927

11,871

13,078

10,901

10,854

12,004

8

8

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,560

11,518

12,293

11,552

11,510

12,287

10,570

10,541

11,263

8

8

6

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

375

361

791

375

361

791

331

313

741

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,114

18,124

18,480

18,114

18,124

18,480

18,095

18,103

18,468

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,887

17,863

18,613

17,887

17,863

18,613

17,868

17,842

18,601

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

227

261

133

227

261

133

227

261

133

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,949

11,938

12,418

11,941

11,930

12,412

10,952

10,943

11,392

8

8

6

         FULL-TIME   

11,614

11,601

12,069

11,606

11,593

12,063

10,650

10,637

11,074

8

8

6

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

332

334

346

332

334

346

299

303

315

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,100

18,065

19,146

18,100

18,065

19,146

18,044

18,014

19,080

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,833

17,780

18,837

17,833

17,780

18,837

17,788

17,746

18,790

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

86

63

95

86

63

95

83

62

94

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

181

222

214

181

222

214

173

206

196

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,468

2,471

2,849

2,468

2,471

2,849

2,308

2,310

2,659

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,457

2,461

2,840

2,457

2,461

2,840

2,297

2,300

2,650

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

11

10

9

11

10

9

11

10

9

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,581

27,532

28,715

27,573

27,524

28,709

26,688

26,647

27,813

8

8

6

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,492

9,477

9,578

9,484

9,469

9,572

8,655

8,643

8,742

8

8

6

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,089

18,055

19,137

18,089

18,055

19,137

18,033

18,004

19,071

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,651

2,658

2,807

2,651

2,658

2,807

2,645

2,652

2,787

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,398

27,345

28,757

27,390

27,337

28,751

26,351

26,305

27,685

8

8

6

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

29,983

29,932

31,495

29,975

29,924

31,489

28,930

28,887

30,404

8

8

6

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

66

71

69

66

71

69

66

70

68

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

133

116

144

133

116

144

115

107

132

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,861

33,588

34,726

33,442

33,173

34,290

1,933

1,900

1,968

419

415

436

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,027

31,753

32,875

31,623

31,356

32,447

1,854

1,827

1,872

404

397

428

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,757

1,754

1,743

1,742

1,736

1,735

67

69

87

15

18

8

      INTERMITTENT      

77

81

108

77

81

108

12

4

9

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

31,528

31,103

33,126

31,146

30,728

32,719

1,836

1,825

1,844

382

375

407

         FULL-TIME   

30,522

30,115

32,026

30,142

29,742

31,623

1,774

1,761

1,773

380

373

403

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,006

988

1,100

1,004

986

1,096

62

64

71

2

2

4

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,333

2,485

1,600

2,296

2,445

1,571

97

75

124

37

40

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,505

1,638

849

1,481

1,614

824

80

66

99

24

24

25

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

828

847

751

815

831

747

17

9

25

13

16

4

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

31,545

31,118

33,139

31,163

30,743

32,732

1,853

1,840

1,857

382

375

407

         FULL-TIME   

30,537

30,128

32,037

30,157

29,755

31,634

1,789

1,774

1,784

380

373

403

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,008

990

1,102

1,006

988

1,098

64

66

73

2

2

4

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,316

2,470

1,587

2,279

2,430

1,558

80

60

111

37

40

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,490

1,625

838

1,466

1,601

813

65

53

88

24

24

25

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

749

764

641

736

748

637

3

3

14

13

16

4

         INTERMITTENT   

77

81

108

77

81

108

12

4

9

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,861

33,588

34,726

33,442

33,173

34,290

1,933

1,900

1,968

419

415

436

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

31,545

31,118

33,139

31,163

30,743

32,732

1,853

1,840

1,857

382

375

407

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,316

2,470

1,587

2,279

2,430

1,558

80

60

111

37

40

29

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,861

33,588

34,726

33,442

33,173

34,290

1,933

1,900

1,968

419

415

436

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

33,861

33,588

34,726

33,442

33,173

34,290

1,933

1,900

1,968

419

415

436

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

...

16

25

...

16

25

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,649,319

2,652,526

2,659,660

2,557,073

2,561,734

2,567,400

301,582

301,524

303,852

92,246

90,792

92,260

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,396,311

2,405,530

2,415,458

2,312,916

2,322,133

2,331,370

290,543

291,241

292,432

83,395

83,397

84,088

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

151,954

149,684

149,428

147,156

144,953

144,375

7,646

7,172

8,331

4,798

4,731

5,053

      INTERMITTENT      

101,054

97,312

94,774

97,001

94,648

91,655

3,393

3,111

3,089

4,053

2,664

3,119

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,458,227

2,457,927

2,464,777

2,375,309

2,375,134

2,381,718

284,089

283,863

286,543

82,918

82,793

83,059

         FULL-TIME   

2,311,121

2,312,823

2,324,458

2,232,374

2,234,003

2,245,349

278,076

278,096

280,439

78,747

78,820

79,109

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

147,106

145,104

140,319

142,935

141,131

136,369

6,013

5,767

6,104

4,171

3,973

3,950

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

191,092

194,599

194,883

181,764

186,600

185,682

17,493

17,661

17,309

9,328

7,999

9,201

         FULL-TIME   

85,190

92,707

91,000

80,542

88,130

86,021

12,467

13,145

11,993

4,648

4,577

4,979

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

105,902

101,892

103,883

101,222

98,470

99,661

5,026

4,516

5,316

4,680

3,422

4,222

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,408,718

2,407,191

2,401,709

2,346,443

2,345,945

2,340,075

277,324

276,436

279,438

62,275

61,246

61,634

         FULL-TIME   

2,272,569

2,272,056

2,270,814

2,212,845

2,212,489

2,211,531

271,417

270,650

273,229

59,724

59,567

59,283

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

129,346

128,999

123,693

128,307

127,976

122,780

5,552

5,433

5,815

1,039

1,023

913

         INTERMITTENT   

6,803

6,136

7,202

5,291

5,480

5,764

355

353

394

1,512

656

1,438

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

240,601

245,335

257,951

210,630

215,789

227,325

24,258

25,088

24,414

29,971

29,546

30,626

         FULL-TIME   

123,742

133,474

144,644

100,071

109,644

119,839

19,126

20,591

19,203

23,671

23,830

24,805

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

22,608

20,685

25,735

18,849

16,977

21,595

2,094

1,739

2,516

3,759

3,708

4,140

         INTERMITTENT   

94,251

91,176

87,572

91,710

89,168

85,891

3,038

2,758

2,695

2,541

2,008

1,681

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,353,658

1,356,776

1,356,972

1,327,485

1,330,530

1,330,267

212,373

211,904

212,864

26,173

26,246

26,705

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,309,483

1,309,584

1,309,734

1,284,914

1,284,936

1,284,581

208,376

207,669

208,313

24,569

24,648

25,153

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

44,175

47,192

47,238

42,571

45,594

45,686

3,997

4,235

4,551

1,604

1,598

1,552

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,295,661

1,295,750

1,302,688

1,229,588

1,231,204

1,237,133

89,209

89,620

90,988

66,073

64,546

65,555

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,099,235

1,097,607

1,091,975

1,061,529

1,061,009

1,055,494

68,948

68,767

71,125

37,706

36,598

36,481

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

196,426

198,143

210,713

168,059

170,195

181,639

20,261

20,853

19,863

28,367

27,948

29,074

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

211,813

212,741

211,333

205,074

205,903

205,594

10,025

10,094

11,130

6,739

6,838

5,739

         POSTAL   

767,616

768,315

787,818

763,883

764,574

784,006

17,094

17,127

19,393

3,733

3,741

3,812

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,669,890

1,671,470

1,660,509

1,588,116

1,591,257

1,577,800

274,463

274,303

273,329

81,774

80,213

82,709

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,618,155

2,621,177

2,628,301

2,551,742

2,556,449

2,562,166

299,686

299,621

301,792

66,413

64,728

66,135

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,164

31,349

31,359

5,331

5,285

5,234

1,896

1,903

2,060

25,833

26,064

26,125

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

29,531

31,112

31,135

27,109

27,473

28,180

5,193

5,350

5,388

2,422

3,639

* 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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