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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

SEPTEMBER
2007*

AUGUST
2007**

SEPTEMBER
2006**

SEPTEMBER
2007*

AUGUST
2007**

SEPTEMBER
2006**

SEPTEMBER
2007*

AUGUST
2007**

SEPTEMBER
2006**

SEPTEMBER
2007*

AUGUST
2007**

SEPTEMBER
2006**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,698,989

2,708,357

2,700,390

2,612,312

2,622,647

2,611,692

333,090

333,468

344,476

86,677

85,710

88,698

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,453,298

2,463,759

2,451,153

2,374,970

2,385,436

2,370,482

321,347

322,483

332,569

78,328

78,323

80,671

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

143,132

142,680

148,234

138,489

138,179

143,576

7,445

6,993

7,381

4,643

4,501

4,658

      INTERMITTENT      

102,559

101,918

101,003

98,853

99,032

97,634

4,298

3,992

4,526

3,706

2,886

3,369

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,507,270

2,506,245

2,509,626

2,429,542

2,428,569

2,429,748

298,645

298,520

309,930

77,728

77,676

79,878

         FULL-TIME   

2,362,288

2,361,214

2,359,177

2,288,472

2,287,272

2,283,027

291,853

292,005

303,322

73,816

73,942

76,150

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

144,982

145,031

150,449

141,070

141,297

146,721

6,792

6,515

6,608

3,912

3,734

3,728

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

191,719

202,112

190,764

182,770

194,078

181,944

34,445

34,948

34,546

8,949

8,034

8,820

         FULL-TIME   

91,010

102,545

91,976

86,498

98,164

87,455

29,494

30,478

29,247

4,512

4,381

4,521

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

100,709

99,567

98,788

96,272

95,914

94,489

4,951

4,470

5,299

4,437

3,653

4,299

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,442,127

2,441,164

2,448,518

2,381,483

2,380,630

2,387,165

291,054

290,462

303,413

60,644

60,534

61,353

         FULL-TIME   

2,311,938

2,309,736

2,312,640

2,253,508

2,251,352

2,253,443

285,231

284,759

297,663

58,430

58,384

59,197

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

122,114

123,783

127,351

120,971

122,384

126,360

5,499

5,380

5,373

1,143

1,399

991

         INTERMITTENT   

8,075

7,645

8,527

7,004

6,894

7,362

324

323

377

1,071

751

1,165

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

256,862

267,193

251,872

230,829

242,017

224,527

42,036

43,006

41,063

26,033

25,176

27,345

         FULL-TIME   

141,360

154,023

138,513

121,462

134,084

117,039

36,116

37,724

34,906

19,898

19,939

21,474

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,018

18,897

20,883

17,518

15,795

17,216

1,946

1,613

2,008

3,500

3,102

3,667

         INTERMITTENT   

94,484

94,273

92,476

91,849

92,138

90,272

3,974

3,669

4,149

2,635

2,135

2,204

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,310,419

1,317,054

1,316,812

1,285,911

1,292,515

1,291,720

210,256

210,406

211,670

24,508

24,539

25,092

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,269,652

1,272,717

1,276,402

1,246,529

1,249,585

1,252,733

206,629

206,764

207,914

23,123

23,132

23,669

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

40,767

44,337

40,410

39,382

42,930

38,987

3,627

3,642

3,756

1,385

1,407

1,423

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,388,570

1,391,303

1,383,578

1,326,401

1,330,132

1,319,972

122,834

123,062

132,806

62,169

61,171

63,606

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,172,475

1,168,447

1,172,116

1,134,954

1,131,045

1,134,432

84,425

83,698

95,499

37,521

37,402

37,684

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

216,095

222,856

211,462

191,447

199,087

185,540

38,409

39,364

37,307

24,648

23,769

25,922

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

208,464

209,442

211,086

202,895

203,893

205,013

11,030

11,032

16,639

5,569

5,549

6,073

         POSTAL   

747,805

748,635

757,415

744,327

745,185

753,915

14,582

14,565

14,841

3,478

3,450

3,500

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,742,720

1,750,280

1,731,889

1,665,090

1,673,569

1,652,764

307,478

307,871

312,996

77,630

76,711

79,125

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,666,809

2,676,387

2,670,065

2,604,694

2,615,238

2,605,905

329,855

330,395

342,201

62,115

61,149

64,160

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

32,180

31,970

30,325

7,618

7,409

5,787

3,235

3,073

2,275

24,562

24,561

24,538

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

32,474

33,033

33,715

29,488

30,949

30,577

4,844

4,230

4,523

2,986

2,084

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

29,660

29,646

29,486

29,655

29,641

29,481

28,615

28,599

28,394

5

5

5

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,205

29,195

28,914

29,200

29,190

28,909

28,197

28,184

27,864

5

5

5

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

320

310

353

320

310

353

287

278

319

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

135

141

219

135

141

219

131

137

211

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,218

11,206

11,498

11,213

11,201

11,493

10,190

10,176

10,424

5

5

5

         FULL-TIME   

10,935

10,927

11,183

10,930

10,922

11,178

9,944

9,933

10,151

5

5

5

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

283

279

315

283

279

315

246

243

273

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,442

18,440

17,988

18,442

18,440

17,988

18,425

18,423

17,970

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,270

18,268

17,731

18,270

18,268

17,731

18,253

18,251

17,713

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

172

172

257

172

172

257

172

172

257

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,236

11,232

11,458

11,231

11,227

11,453

10,228

10,227

10,425

5

5

5

         FULL-TIME   

10,970

10,969

11,165

10,965

10,964

11,160

9,994

9,996

10,165

5

5

5

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

264

261

290

264

261

290

232

229

257

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

2

2

3

2

2

3

2

2

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,424

18,414

18,028

18,424

18,414

18,028

18,387

18,372

17,969

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,235

18,226

17,749

18,235

18,226

17,749

18,203

18,188

17,699

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

56

49

63

56

49

63

55

49

62

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

133

139

216

133

139

216

129

135

208

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,295

2,295

2,292

2,295

2,295

2,292

2,154

2,154

2,154

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,291

2,291

2,270

2,291

2,291

2,270

2,150

2,150

2,132

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

4

4

22

4

4

22

4

4

22

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,365

27,351

27,194

27,360

27,346

27,189

26,461

26,445

26,240

5

5

5

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

8,945

8,941

9,188

8,940

8,936

9,183

8,078

8,077

8,293

5

5

5

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,420

18,410

18,006

18,420

18,410

18,006

18,383

18,368

17,947

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,627

2,627

2,600

2,627

2,627

2,600

2,623

2,623

2,595

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,033

27,019

26,886

27,028

27,014

26,881

25,992

25,976

25,799

5

5

5

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

29,590

29,576

29,410

29,585

29,571

29,405

28,545

28,529

28,318

5

5

5

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

70

70

76

70

70

76

70

70

76

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

110

103

115

110

103

115

105

98

102

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,469

33,472

33,760

33,098

33,101

33,386

2,805

2,808

2,858

371

371

374

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

31,931

31,933

32,055

31,580

31,582

31,711

2,679

2,681

2,725

351

351

344

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,446

1,447

1,595

1,429

1,430

1,569

122

123

124

17

17

26

      INTERMITTENT      

92

92

110

89

89

106

4

4

9

3

3

4

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

31,628

31,630

31,904

31,294

31,296

31,571

2,680

2,682

2,720

334

334

333

         FULL-TIME   

30,368

30,369

30,558

30,043

30,044

30,238

2,586

2,587

2,625

325

325

320

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,260

1,261

1,346

1,251

1,252

1,333

94

95

95

9

9

13

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

1,841

1,842

1,856

1,804

1,805

1,815

125

126

138

37

37

41

         FULL-TIME   

1,563

1,564

1,497

1,537

1,538

1,473

93

94

100

26

26

24

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

278

278

359

267

267

342

32

32

38

11

11

17

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

31,644

31,647

31,925

31,310

31,313

31,592

2,696

2,699

2,741

334

334

333

         FULL-TIME   

30,383

30,385

30,577

30,058

30,060

30,257

2,601

2,603

2,644

325

325

320

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,261

1,262

1,348

1,252

1,253

1,335

95

96

97

9

9

13

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

1,825

1,825

1,835

1,788

1,788

1,794

109

109

117

37

37

41

         FULL-TIME   

1,548

1,548

1,478

1,522

1,522

1,454

78

78

81

26

26

24

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

185

185

247

177

177

234

27

27

27

8

8

13

         INTERMITTENT   

92

92

110

89

89

106

4

4

9

3

3

4

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,469

33,472

33,760

33,098

33,101

33,386

2,805

2,808

2,858

371

371

374

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

31,644

31,647

31,925

31,310

31,313

31,592

2,696

2,699

2,741

334

334

333

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

1,825

1,825

1,835

1,788

1,788

1,794

109

109

117

37

37

41

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,469

33,472

33,760

33,098

33,101

33,386

2,805

2,808

2,858

371

371

374

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

32,612

32,615

33,759

32,247

32,250

33,385

2,587

2,590

2,857

365

365

374

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

857

857

1

851

851

1

218

218

1

6

6

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,635,860

2,645,239

2,637,144

2,549,559

2,559,905

2,548,825

301,670

302,061

313,224

86,301

85,334

88,319

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,392,162

2,402,631

2,390,184

2,314,190

2,324,664

2,309,862

290,471

291,618

301,980

77,972

77,967

80,322

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

141,366

140,923

146,286

136,740

136,439

141,654

7,036

6,592

6,938

4,626

4,484

4,632

      INTERMITTENT      

102,332

101,685

100,674

98,629

98,802

97,309

4,163

3,851

4,306

3,703

2,883

3,365

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,464,424

2,463,409

2,466,224

2,387,035

2,386,072

2,386,684

285,775

285,662

296,786

77,389

77,337

79,540

         FULL-TIME   

2,320,985

2,319,918

2,317,436

2,247,499

2,246,306

2,241,611

279,323

279,485

290,546

73,486

73,612

75,825

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

143,439

143,491

148,788

139,536

139,766

145,073

6,452

6,177

6,240

3,903

3,725

3,715

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

171,436

181,830

170,920

162,524

173,833

162,141

15,895

16,399

16,438

8,912

7,997

8,779

         FULL-TIME   

71,177

82,713

72,748

66,691

78,358

68,251

11,148

12,133

11,434

4,486

4,355

4,497

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

100,259

99,117

98,172

95,833

95,475

93,890

4,747

4,266

5,004

4,426

3,642

4,282

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,399,247

2,398,285

2,405,135

2,338,942

2,338,090

2,344,120

278,130

277,536

290,247

60,305

60,195

61,015

         FULL-TIME   

2,270,585

2,268,382

2,270,898

2,212,485

2,210,328

2,212,026

272,636

272,160

284,854

58,100

58,054

58,872

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

120,589

122,260

125,713

119,455

120,870

124,735

5,172

5,055

5,019

1,134

1,390

978

         INTERMITTENT   

8,073

7,643

8,524

7,002

6,892

7,359

322

321

374

1,071

751

1,165

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

236,613

246,954

232,009

210,617

221,815

204,705

23,540

24,525

22,977

25,996

25,139

27,304

         FULL-TIME   

121,577

134,249

119,286

101,705

114,336

97,836

17,835

19,458

17,126

19,872

19,913

21,450

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

20,777

18,663

20,573

17,285

15,569

16,919

1,864

1,537

1,919

3,492

3,094

3,654

         INTERMITTENT   

94,259

94,042

92,150

91,627

91,910

89,950

3,841

3,530

3,932

2,632

2,132

2,200

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,308,124

1,314,759

1,314,520

1,283,616

1,290,220

1,289,428

208,102

208,252

209,516

24,508

24,539

25,092

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,267,361

1,270,426

1,274,132

1,244,238

1,247,294

1,250,463

204,479

204,614

205,782

23,123

23,132

23,669

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

40,763

44,333

40,388

39,378

42,926

38,965

3,623

3,638

3,734

1,385

1,407

1,423

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,327,736

1,330,480

1,322,624

1,265,943

1,269,685

1,259,397

93,568

93,809

103,708

61,793

60,795

63,227

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,131,886

1,127,859

1,131,003

1,094,704

1,090,796

1,093,657

73,651

72,922

84,465

37,182

37,063

37,346

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

195,850

202,621

191,621

171,239

178,889

165,740

19,917

20,887

19,243

24,611

23,732

25,881

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

205,837

206,815

208,486

200,268

201,266

202,413

8,407

8,409

14,044

5,569

5,549

6,073

         POSTAL   

747,805

748,635

757,415

744,327

745,185

753,915

14,582

14,565

14,841

3,478

3,450

3,500

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,682,218

1,689,789

1,671,243

1,604,964

1,613,454

1,592,497

278,681

279,087

284,339

77,254

76,335

78,746

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,604,607

2,614,196

2,606,896

2,542,862

2,553,417

2,543,115

298,723

299,276

311,026

61,745

60,779

63,781

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,253

31,043

30,248

6,697

6,488

5,710

2,947

2,785

2,198

24,556

24,555

24,538

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

32,364

32,930

33,600

29,378

30,846

30,462

4,739

4,132

4,421

2,986

2,084

* 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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