U.S. Office of Personnel Management

The Fact Book

Federal Civilian Workforce Statistics 1997 Edition

Trend of Federal Civilian Employment

Trend of Federal Civilian Employment, 1982-1996

  1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1994 1995 1996
Total, Federal Civilian 2,824.8 2,934.3 3,022.2 3,112.8 3,128.3 2,971.6 2,920.3 2,847.0
% change   3.9 3.0 3.0 0.5 -5.0 -1.7 -2.5
DC Metro 343.8 353.0 342.4 350.6 358.4 366.4 353.4 340.0
% change   2.7 -3.0 2.4 2.2 2.2 -3.5 -3.8
Overseas 124.2 133.6 141.3 145.0 141.0 108.5 108.1 108.6
% change   7.6 5.8 2.6 -2.8 -23.0 -0.4 0.5
Legislative Branch 38.8 38.8 36.5 37.5 37.5 35.4 33.4 31.5
% change   0.0 -5.9 2.7 0.0 -5.6 -5.6 -5.7
Judicial Branch 16.0 17.2 19.0 21.5 23.6 28.0 29.0 29.6
% change   7.5 10.5 13.2 9.8 18.6 3.6 2.1
Executive Branch 2,770.0 2,878.2 2,966.7 3,053.8 3,067.2 2,908.2 2,857.9 2,786.3
% change   3.9 3.1 2.9 0.4 -5.2 -1.7 -2.5
Defense 989.6 1,043.8 1,068.0 1,049.6 1,034.2 879.9 832.4 795.9
% change   5.5 2.3 -1.7 -1.5 -14.9 -5.4 -4.4
Non-DoD 1,120.4 1,127.6 1,107.7 1,172.2 1,216.1 1,205.6 1,180.1 1,138.1
% change   0.6 -1.8 5.8 3.7 -0.9 -2.1 -3.6
USPS 660.0 706.8 791.0 832.0 816.9 822.7 845.4 852.3
% change   7.1 11.9 5.2 -1.8 0.7 2.8 0.8

Note: All data are as of September 30th.


Source: Monthly Report of Federal Civilian Employment (SF 113-A); Office of Workforce Information. (202) 606-2684 OWI@OPM.GOV



Updated September 04, 1997