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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

JANUARY
2007*

DECEMBER
2006**

JANUARY
2006**

JANUARY
2007*

DECEMBER
2006**

JANUARY
2006**

JANUARY
2007*

DECEMBER
2006**

JANUARY
2006**

JANUARY
2007*

DECEMBER
2006**

JANUARY
2006**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,670,857

2,704,705

2,677,234

2,583,277

2,614,017

2,585,416

329,618

332,773

327,199

87,580

90,688

91,818

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,426,411

2,438,878

2,428,254

2,346,859

2,356,880

2,345,009

318,059

320,262

315,868

79,552

81,998

83,245

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

148,666

148,701

149,322

143,897

143,953

144,400

7,484

7,661

7,471

4,769

4,748

4,922

      INTERMITTENT      

95,780

117,126

99,658

92,521

113,184

96,007

4,075

4,850

3,860

3,259

3,942

3,651

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,492,542

2,505,044

2,497,038

2,413,622

2,425,712

2,415,025

295,972

298,417

293,718

78,920

79,332

82,013

         FULL-TIME   

2,343,943

2,355,679

2,345,575

2,268,970

2,280,249

2,267,518

289,343

291,616

287,007

74,973

75,430

78,057

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

148,599

149,365

151,463

144,652

145,463

147,507

6,629

6,801

6,711

3,947

3,902

3,956

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

178,315

199,661

180,196

169,655

188,305

170,391

33,646

34,356

33,481

8,660

11,356

9,805

         FULL-TIME   

82,468

83,199

82,679

77,889

76,631

77,491

28,716

28,646

28,861

4,579

6,568

5,188

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

95,847

116,462

97,517

91,766

111,674

92,900

4,930

5,710

4,620

4,081

4,788

4,617

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,437,207

2,444,844

2,437,569

2,376,039

2,383,542

2,375,290

289,958

291,942

287,088

61,168

61,302

62,279

         FULL-TIME   

2,302,177

2,309,454

2,301,847

2,243,208

2,250,328

2,241,814

284,262

286,205

281,306

58,969

59,126

60,033

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

127,052

127,112

126,883

126,038

126,110

126,008

5,420

5,457

5,405

1,014

1,002

875

         INTERMITTENT   

7,978

8,278

8,839

6,793

7,104

7,468

276

280

377

1,185

1,174

1,371

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

233,650

259,861

239,665

207,238

230,475

210,126

39,660

40,831

40,111

26,412

29,386

29,539

         FULL-TIME   

124,234

129,424

126,407

103,651

106,552

103,195

33,797

34,057

34,562

20,583

22,872

23,212

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,614

21,589

22,439

17,859

17,843

18,392

2,064

2,204

2,066

3,755

3,746

4,047

         INTERMITTENT   

87,802

108,848

90,819

85,728

106,080

88,539

3,799

4,570

3,483

2,074

2,768

2,280

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,300,668

1,309,322

1,306,861

1,275,847

1,282,239

1,281,215

210,443

211,691

210,686

24,821

27,083

25,646

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,269,174

1,275,102

1,273,666

1,245,849

1,251,539

1,249,638

206,937

208,299

207,084

23,325

23,563

24,028

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

31,494

34,220

33,195

29,998

30,700

31,577

3,506

3,392

3,602

1,496

3,520

1,618

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,370,189

1,395,383

1,370,373

1,307,430

1,331,778

1,304,201

119,175

121,082

116,513

62,759

63,605

66,172

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,168,033

1,169,742

1,163,903

1,130,190

1,132,003

1,125,652

83,021

83,643

80,004

37,843

37,739

38,251

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

202,156

225,641

206,470

177,240

199,775

178,549

36,154

37,439

36,509

24,916

25,866

27,921

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

207,383

208,726

209,777

201,618

202,868

203,322

11,278

11,113

11,594

5,765

5,858

6,455

         POSTAL   

751,818

772,073

758,035

748,435

768,418

754,602

14,914

15,405

15,144

3,383

3,655

3,433

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,711,656

1,723,906

1,709,422

1,633,224

1,642,731

1,627,492

303,426

306,255

300,461

78,432

81,175

81,930

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,640,503

2,674,172

2,646,994

2,577,144

2,607,864

2,580,122

327,187

330,364

325,169

63,359

66,308

66,872

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,354

30,533

30,240

6,133

6,153

5,294

2,431

2,409

2,030

24,221

24,380

24,946

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

40,088

39,078

37,777

36,854

36,245

34,559

5,439

5,380

5,933

3,234

2,833

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

29,364

29,408

30,036

29,357

29,401

30,029

28,326

28,346

29,049

7

7

7

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

28,850

28,815

29,523

28,843

28,808

29,516

27,850

27,793

28,574

7

7

7

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

345

380

383

345

380

383

310

343

350

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

169

213

130

169

213

130

166

210

125

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,203

11,349

11,488

11,196

11,342

11,481

10,192

10,314

10,516

7

7

7

         FULL-TIME   

10,911

11,031

11,173

10,904

11,024

11,166

9,938

10,036

10,238

7

7

7

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

292

318

315

292

318

315

254

278

278

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,161

18,059

18,548

18,161

18,059

18,548

18,134

18,032

18,533

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,939

17,784

18,350

17,939

17,784

18,350

17,912

17,757

18,336

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

222

275

198

222

275

198

222

275

197

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,366

11,535

11,627

11,360

11,529

11,620

10,351

10,497

10,647

6

6

7

         FULL-TIME   

11,097

11,244

11,326

11,091

11,238

11,319

10,115

10,240

10,379

6

6

7

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

266

288

298

266

288

298

233

254

265

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

17,998

17,873

18,409

17,997

17,872

18,409

17,975

17,849

18,402

1

1

...

         FULL-TIME   

17,753

17,571

18,197

17,752

17,570

18,197

17,735

17,553

18,195

1

1

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

79

92

85

79

92

85

77

89

85

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

166

210

127

166

210

127

163

207

122

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,405

2,404

2,404

2,405

2,404

2,404

2,254

2,253

2,263

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,383

2,382

2,371

2,383

2,382

2,371

2,232

2,231

2,230

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

22

22

33

22

22

33

22

22

33

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

26,959

27,004

27,632

26,952

26,997

27,625

26,072

26,093

26,786

7

7

7

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

8,983

9,153

9,256

8,977

9,147

9,249

8,119

8,266

8,417

6

6

7

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

17,976

17,851

18,376

17,975

17,850

18,376

17,953

17,827

18,369

1

1

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,667

2,620

2,628

2,667

2,620

2,628

2,662

2,615

2,622

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

26,697

26,788

27,408

26,690

26,781

27,401

25,664

25,731

26,427

7

7

7

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

29,307

29,332

29,966

29,300

29,325

29,959

28,269

28,270

28,979

7

7

7

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

57

76

70

57

76

70

57

76

70

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

129

123

113

129

123

113

113

105

102

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

31,928

31,923

33,722

31,579

31,570

33,297

2,684

2,678

1,934

349

353

425

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

30,368

30,325

31,939

30,042

30,001

31,525

2,556

2,543

1,856

326

324

414

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,450

1,555

1,723

1,432

1,528

1,712

116

125

73

18

27

11

      INTERMITTENT      

110

43

60

105

41

60

12

10

5

5

2

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

30,197

30,217

31,452

29,877

29,896

31,054

2,550

2,548

1,851

320

321

398

         FULL-TIME   

28,937

28,936

30,455

28,630

28,630

30,063

2,460

2,457

1,787

307

306

392

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,260

1,281

997

1,247

1,266

991

90

91

64

13

15

6

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

1,731

1,706

2,270

1,702

1,674

2,243

134

130

83

29

32

27

         FULL-TIME   

1,431

1,389

1,484

1,412

1,371

1,462

96

86

69

19

18

22

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

300

317

786

290

303

781

38

44

14

10

14

5

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

30,211

30,238

31,472

29,898

29,916

31,074

2,571

2,568

1,871

313

322

398

         FULL-TIME   

28,957

28,955

30,473

28,650

28,649

30,081

2,480

2,476

1,805

307

306

392

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,254

1,283

999

1,248

1,267

993

91

92

66

6

16

6

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

1,717

1,685

2,250

1,681

1,654

2,223

113

110

63

36

31

27

         FULL-TIME   

1,411

1,370

1,466

1,392

1,352

1,444

76

67

51

19

18

22

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

196

272

724

184

261

719

25

33

7

12

11

5

         INTERMITTENT   

110

43

60

105

41

60

12

10

5

5

2

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

31,928

31,923

33,722

31,579

31,570

33,297

2,684

2,678

1,934

349

353

425

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

30,211

30,238

31,472

29,898

29,916

31,074

2,571

2,568

1,871

313

322

398

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

1,717

1,685

2,250

1,681

1,654

2,223

113

110

63

36

31

27

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

31,928

31,923

33,722

31,579

31,570

33,297

2,684

2,678

1,934

349

353

425

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

31,845

31,842

33,720

31,496

31,489

33,295

2,680

2,674

1,932

349

353

425

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

83

81

2

83

81

2

4

4

2

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

...

...

24

...

...

24

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,609,565

2,643,374

2,613,476

2,522,341

2,553,046

2,522,090

298,608

301,749

296,216

87,224

90,328

91,386

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,367,193

2,379,738

2,366,792

2,287,974

2,298,071

2,283,968

287,653

289,926

285,438

79,219

81,667

82,824

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

146,871

146,766

147,216

142,120

142,045

142,305

7,058

7,193

7,048

4,751

4,721

4,911

      INTERMITTENT      

95,501

116,870

99,468

92,247

112,930

95,817

3,897

4,630

3,730

3,254

3,940

3,651

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,451,142

2,463,478

2,454,098

2,372,549

2,384,474

2,372,490

283,230

285,555

281,351

78,593

79,004

81,608

         FULL-TIME   

2,304,095

2,315,712

2,303,947

2,229,436

2,240,595

2,226,289

276,945

279,123

274,982

74,659

75,117

77,658

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

147,047

147,766

150,151

143,113

143,879

146,201

6,285

6,432

6,369

3,934

3,887

3,950

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

158,423

179,896

159,378

149,792

168,572

149,600

15,378

16,194

14,865

8,631

11,324

9,778

         FULL-TIME   

63,098

64,026

62,845

58,538

57,476

57,679

10,708

10,803

10,456

4,560

6,550

5,166

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

95,325

115,870

96,533

91,254

111,096

91,921

4,670

5,391

4,409

4,071

4,774

4,612

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,395,630

2,403,071

2,394,470

2,334,781

2,342,097

2,332,596

277,036

278,877

274,570

60,849

60,974

61,874

         FULL-TIME   

2,262,123

2,269,255

2,260,048

2,203,467

2,210,441

2,200,414

271,667

273,489

269,122

58,656

58,814

59,634

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

125,532

125,541

125,586

124,524

124,555

124,717

5,096

5,111

5,074

1,008

986

869

         INTERMITTENT   

7,975

8,275

8,836

6,790

7,101

7,465

273

277

374

1,185

1,174

1,371

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

213,935

240,303

219,006

187,560

210,949

189,494

21,572

22,872

21,646

26,375

29,354

29,512

         FULL-TIME   

105,070

110,483

106,744

84,507

87,630

83,554

15,986

16,437

16,316

20,563

22,853

23,190

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,339

21,225

21,630

17,596

17,490

17,588

1,962

2,082

1,974

3,743

3,735

4,042

         INTERMITTENT   

87,526

108,595

90,632

85,457

105,829

88,352

3,624

4,353

3,356

2,069

2,766

2,280

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,298,263

1,306,918

1,304,457

1,273,442

1,279,835

1,278,811

208,189

209,438

208,423

24,821

27,083

25,646

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,266,791

1,272,720

1,271,295

1,243,466

1,249,157

1,247,267

204,705

206,068

204,854

23,325

23,563

24,028

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

31,472

34,198

33,162

29,976

30,678

31,544

3,484

3,370

3,569

1,496

3,520

1,618

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,311,302

1,336,456

1,309,019

1,248,899

1,273,211

1,243,279

90,419

92,311

87,793

62,403

63,245

65,740

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,128,839

1,130,351

1,123,175

1,091,315

1,092,940

1,085,329

72,331

72,809

69,716

37,524

37,411

37,846

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

182,463

206,105

185,844

157,584

180,271

157,950

18,088

19,502

18,077

24,879

25,834

27,894

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

204,716

206,106

207,149

198,951

200,248

200,694

8,616

8,498

8,972

5,765

5,858

6,455

         POSTAL   

751,818

772,073

758,035

748,435

768,418

754,602

14,914

15,405

15,144

3,383

3,655

3,433

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,653,031

1,665,195

1,648,292

1,574,955

1,584,380

1,566,794

275,078

277,846

272,100

78,076

80,815

81,498

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,579,351

2,612,998

2,583,308

2,516,348

2,547,050

2,516,868

296,238

299,420

294,258

63,003

65,948

66,440

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

30,214

30,376

30,168

5,993

5,996

5,222

2,370

2,329

1,958

24,221

24,380

24,946

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

39,959

38,955

37,640

36,725

36,122

34,422

5,326

5,275

5,831

3,234

2,833

* 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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