Charts

Employment

Year Number of
employees
  Year Number of
employees
  Year Number of
employees
  Year Number of
employees
1930 140   1950 2,888   1970 13,243   1990 16,181
1931 150   1951 3,012   1971 14,002   1991 16,947
1932 165   1952 3,277   1972 13,789   1992 17,405
1933 139   1953 3,888   1973 12,931   1993 18,664
1934 160   1954 4,621   1974 13,318   1994 17,210
1935 159   1955 5,412   1975 13,897   1995 16,537
1936 183   1956 6,334   1976 14,495   1996 16,440
1937 695   1957 7,215   1977 14,658   1997 16,551
1938 912   1958 7,145   1978 14,610   1998 16,565
1939 1,048   1959 8,484   1979 14,439   1999 16,993
1940 1,137   1960 9,109   1980 14,634   2000 17,615
1941 1,367   1961 10,175   1981 14,984   2001 18,250
1942 1,456   1962 11,037   1982 14,869   2002 18,923  
1943 1,352   1963 11,511   1983 15,449   2003 18,837
1944 1,144   1964 11,822   1984 15,212   2004 18,363
1945 1,090   1965 12,194   1985 14,799   2005 18,056
1946 1,436   1966 12,643   1986 14,479   2006 18,179
1947 1,505   1967 11,730   1987 15,243   2007 18,442
1948 2,245   1968 13,105   1988 15,486    
1949 2,937   1969 13,350   1989 15,206    
 
Source: Office of Human Resources, NIH.

Full-Time Civil Service Employees by GS, ST, SES2, and Wage Grade

Year GS ST SES Wage
Grade
1948 1,397
---
---
---
1949 1,760
---
---
---
1950 1,603 1
---
7
1951 1,712 4
---
8
1952 1,848 7
---
9
1953 2,248 8
---
9
1954 2,735 13
---
9
1955 3,513 19
---
890
1956 4,164 30
---
995
1957 4,682 44
---
1,080
1958 4,989 45
---
1,147
1959 5,324 53
---
1,184
1960 5,570 58
---
1,445
1961 6,226 82
---
1,597
1962 6,976 90
---
1,736
1963 7,294 96
---
1,780
1964 7,690 92
---
1,764
19653 7,979 95
---
1,777
19664 8,037 92
---
1,828
1967 7,315 79
---
1,847
1968 8,365 81
---
1,864
19694 8,081 80
---
1,781
1970 8,063 86
---
1,665
1971 8,474 90
---
1,935
19724 8,376 89
---
1,487
1973 8,047 84
---
1,489
1974 8,257 72
---
1,598
1975 8,398 71
---
1,622
1976 8,490 77
---
1,650
1977 8,331 79
---
1,526
1978 8,552 80
---
1,510
1979 8,447 5 190 1,538
1980 8,492 5 183 1,614
1981 8,800 5 179 1,598
1982 8,614 4 170 1,544
1983 8,873 3 167 1,559
1984 8,815 3 169 1,442
1985 8,650 3 170 1,397
1986 8,734 2 171 1,329
1987 9,354 1 172 1,313
1988 9,654 2 175 1,234
1989 9,635 2 177 1,197
1990 10,295 6 189 1,240
1991 10,908 7 190 1,188
1992 11,193 10 195 1,114
1993 12,172 15 226 1,094
1994 11,538 15 219 986
1995 10,007 13 208 873
1996 10,282 13 190 839
1997 10,611 13 180 793
1998 10,839 11 170 767
1999 11,205 8 172 733
2000 11,562 8 150 685
2001 11,888 8 134 641
2002 12,961 8 116 608
2003 12,092 8 116 598
2004 11,633 7 86 467
2005 11,444 7 70 414
2006 12,002 5 61 314
2007 11,844 4 60 333
2 As of Sept. 1.
3 As of Oct. 1.
4 Civil Service Reform Act of 1978.
Source: Office of Human Resources, NIH.
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