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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 10 -- DISTRIBUTION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT BY ADJUSTED BASIC SALARY INTERVAL AND PAY SYSTEM, ALL AREAS,
AS OF MARCH 31, 2003

ANNUAL EQUIVALENT SALARY INTERVAL	ALL EMPLOYEES		GENERAL SCHEDULE		FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEMS		OTHER ACTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT

TOTALS	1,754,603	100.0	1,242,642	100.0	187,079	100.0	324,882	100.0

AVERAGE SALARY
MEAN	$ 57,480	...	$ 56,874	...	$ 41,259	...	$ 69,138	...
MEDIAN	$ 51,296	...	$ 53,073	...	$ 41,186	...	$ 64,243	...

LESS THAN $18,000	2,538	0.1	322	0.0	1,238	0.7	978	0.3
18,000 - 18,999	2,564	0.1	805	0.1	766	0.4	993	0.3
19,000 - 19,999	1,646	0.1	422	0.0	810	0.4	414	0.1
20,000 - 20,999	5,925	0.3	4,516	0.4	1,028	0.5	381	0.1
21,000 - 21,999	4,213	0.2	2,464	0.2	1,481	0.8	268	0.1
22,000 - 22,999	11,963	0.7	9,611	0.8	1,644	0.9	708	0.2
23,000 - 23,999	13,106	0.7	10,925	0.9	1,708	0.9	473	0.1
24,000 - 24,999	10,172	0.6	5,424	0.4	2,118	1.1	2,630	0.8
25,000 - 25,999	22,884	1.3	19,159	1.5	2,369	1.3	1,356	0.4
26,000 - 26,999	38,224	2.2	16,357	1.3	2,082	1.1	19,785	6.1
27,000 - 27,999	29,840	1.7	11,795	0.9	3,501	1.9	14,544	4.5
28,000 - 28,999	32,661	1.9	17,737	1.4	2,632	1.4	12,292	3.8
29,000 - 29,999	29,684	1.7	23,478	1.9	3,260	1.7	2,946	0.9
30,000 - 30,999	21,991	1.3	16,330	1.3	3,685	2.0	1,976	0.6
31,000 - 31,999	31,506	1.8	26,462	2.1	3,895	2.1	1,149	0.4
32,000 - 32,999	30,313	1.7	24,109	1.9	4,722	2.5	1,482	0.5
33,000 - 33,999	35,121	2.0	28,702	2.3	4,786	2.6	1,633	0.5
34,000 - 34,999	25,426	1.4	17,998	1.4	5,873	3.1	1,555	0.5
35,000 - 35,999	31,846	1.8	23,277	1.9	4,785	2.6	3,784	1.2
36,000 - 36,999	32,445	1.8	21,968	1.8	7,818	4.2	2,659	0.8
37,000 - 37,999	33,562	1.9	24,233	2.0	6,426	3.4	2,903	0.9
38,000 - 38,999	39,610	2.3	29,941	2.4	7,674	4.1	1,995	0.6
39,000 - 39,999	33,533	1.9	22,839	1.8	8,398	4.5	2,296	0.7
40,000 - 40,999	34,951	2.0	24,862	2.0	7,714	4.1	2,375	0.7
41,000 - 41,999	41,244	2.4	28,067	2.3	8,390	4.5	4,787	1.5
42,000 - 42,999	37,225	2.1	24,591	2.0	9,397	5.0	3,237	1.0
43,000 - 43,999	21,336	1.2	10,936	0.9	7,360	3.9	3,040	0.9
44,000 - 44,999	32,950	1.9	18,742	1.5	11,660	6.2	2,548	0.8
45,000 - 45,999	27,471	1.6	18,263	1.5	6,226	3.3	2,982	0.9
46,000 - 46,999	23,692	1.4	14,013	1.1	6,573	3.5	3,106	1.0
47,000 - 47,999	32,089	1.8	23,170	1.9	6,010	3.2	2,909	0.9
48,000 - 48,999	35,698	2.0	28,355	2.3	4,503	2.4	2,840	0.9
49,000 - 49,999	20,722	1.2	12,571	1.0	5,301	2.8	2,850	0.9
50,000 - 50,999	33,670	1.9	26,454	2.1	3,548	1.9	3,668	1.1
51,000 - 51,999	26,118	1.5	19,267	1.6	2,990	1.6	3,861	1.2
52,000 - 52,999	17,932	1.0	10,362	0.8	4,513	2.4	3,057	0.9
53,000 - 53,999	26,279	1.5	19,248	1.5	2,308	1.2	4,723	1.5
54,000 - 54,999	19,984	1.1	15,114	1.2	2,007	1.1	2,863	0.9
55,000 - 55,999	16,224	0.9	9,831	0.8	2,620	1.4	3,773	1.2
56,000 - 56,999	26,391	1.5	21,536	1.7	1,416	0.8	3,439	1.1
57,000 - 57,999	11,233	0.6	6,414	0.5	1,324	0.7	3,495	1.1
58,000 - 58,999	31,797	1.8	26,537	2.1	1,521	0.8	3,739	1.2
59,000 - 59,999	17,335	1.0	12,247	1.0	1,497	0.8	3,591	1.1
60,000 - 60,999	24,598	1.4	19,759	1.6	1,142	0.6	3,697	1.1
61,000 - 61,999	27,229	1.6	22,449	1.8	1,037	0.6	3,743	1.2
62,000 - 62,999	24,508	1.4	19,601	1.6	818	0.4	4,089	1.3
63,000 - 63,999	23,009	1.3	18,827	1.5	811	0.4	3,371	1.0
64,000 - 64,999	13,206	0.8	9,778	0.8	430	0.2	2,998	0.9
65,000 - 65,999	23,474	1.3	19,815	1.6	700	0.4	2,959	0.9
66,000 - 66,999	10,436	0.6	7,124	0.6	390	0.2	2,922	0.9
67,000 - 67,999	24,800	1.4	21,315	1.7	162	0.1	3,323	1.0
68,000 - 68,999	9,664	0.6	6,320	0.5	402	0.2	2,942	0.9
69,000 - 69,999	27,766	1.6	23,722	1.9	329	0.2	3,715	1.1
70,000 - 70,999	9,600	0.5	6,415	0.5	146	0.1	3,039	0.9
71,000 - 71,999	25,414	1.4	21,895	1.8	288	0.2	3,231	1.0
72,000 - 72,999	9,980	0.6	6,771	0.5	99	0.1	3,110	1.0
73,000 - 73,999	33,897	1.9	29,239	2.4	136	0.1	4,522	1.4
74,000 - 74,999	11,999	0.7	8,677	0.7	153	0.1	3,169	1.0
75,000 - 75,999	21,320	1.2	17,691	1.4	107	0.1	3,522	1.1
76,000 - 76,999	16,578	0.9	13,313	1.1	73	0.0	3,192	1.0
77,000 - 77,999	8,404	0.5	5,370	0.4	26	0.0	3,008	0.9
78,000 - 78,999	21,432	1.2	18,454	1.5	29	0.0	2,949	0.9
79,000 - 79,999	8,184	0.5	5,300	0.4	43	0.0	2,841	0.9
80,000 - 89,999	132,892	7.6	104,021	8.4	156	0.1	28,715	8.8
90,000 - 99,999	63,599	3.6	45,221	3.6	23	0.0	18,355	5.6
100,000 - 109,999	47,893	2.7	33,495	2.7	2	0.0	14,396	4.4
110,000 - 119,999	32,733	1.9	14,316	1.2	...	...	18,417	5.7
120,000 - 129,999	26,669	1.5	13,715	1.1	...	...	12,954	4.0
130,000 - 139,999	9,786	0.6	585	0.0	...	...	9,201	2.8
140,000 - 149,999	8,589	0.5	...	...	...	...	8,589	2.6
150,000 AND OVER	1,830	0.1	...	...	...	...	1,830	0.6

NOTE: 0.0 PERCENTAGE INDICATES THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE IS LESS THAN 0.05%.
ALSO, PERCENTAGES ARE ROUNDED INDEPENDENTLY AND NOT FORCED TO ADD TO TOTALS.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM (GM) EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL SCHEDULE.

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