Historical Federal Workforce Tables

Executive Branch Civilian Employment Since 1940

(end-of-fiscal-year count, excluding Postal Service, in thousands)

Fiscal Year	Total Executive Branch	Dept. of Defense	Civilian Agencies
			Total	Agri-culture	HHS, Education, Social Sec. 1	Homeland Security	Interior	Justice	Trans-portation	Treasury	Veterans	Other
1940	699	256	443	98	9	18	46	11	…	45	40	176
1941	1,081	556	525	91	10	20	50	15	…	52	43	244
1942	1,934	1,291	643	95	11	20	49	22	…	55	44	348
1943	2,935	2,200	735	109	11	21	43	23	…	69	53	406
1944	2,930	2,246	683	78	11	21	42	21	…	81	51	378
1945	3,370	2,635	736	82	11	20	45	19	…	84	65	409
1946	2,212	1,416	795	97	12	20	51	17	…	95	169	335
1947	1,637	859	777	88	12	20	53	17	…	82	217	288
1948	1,569	871	698	82	13	18	57	20	…	79	196	233
1949	1,573	880	694	87	12	19	59	19	…	77	195	226
1950	1,439	753	686	84	13	20	66	20	…	76	188	219
1951	1,974	1,235	738	81	16	21	65	25	…	79	183	269
1952	2,066	1,337	729	79	15	22	61	25	…	75	175	278
1953	2,026	1,332	694	78	35	22	59	23	…	71	178	226
1954	1,875	1,209	666	76	35	21	56	24	…	67	179	207
1955	1,860	1,187	673	86	40	21	54	24	…	65	178	206
1956	1,864	1,180	684	89	46	20	53	24	…	64	177	210
1957	1,869	1,161	708	96	53	20	55	24	…	65	174	222
1958	1,817	1,097	720	101	55	20	56	24	…	64	172	227
1959	1,805	1,078	727	97	59	20	55	23	…	63	171	238
1960	1,808	1,047	761	99	62	21	56	24	…	62	172	265
1961	1,825	1,042	782	103	70	20	59	25	…	67	175	265
1962	1,896	1,070	827	111	77	20	63	25	…	69	177	284
1963	1,911	1,050	861	116	81	21	73	25	…	73	173	300
1964	1,884	1,030	855	108	83	21	70	26	…	72	172	302
1965	1,901	1,034	867	113	87	21	71	27	…	74	167	307
1966	2,051	1,138	913	119	100	21	75	27	…	76	170	324
1967	2,251	1,303	949	122	106	24	77	27	52	79	173	289
1968	2,289	1,317	972	123	117	23	78	29	56	79	176	292
1969	2,301	1,342	960	125	113	21	75	30	58	79	175	283
1970	2,203	1,219	983	118	112	23	75	33	62	84	169	308
1971	2,144	1,154	989	120	115	25	72	38	66	86	180	288
1972	2,117	1,108	1,009	118	114	29	72	40	65	90	184	295
1973	2,083	1,053	1,030	113	128	29	74	43	66	90	198	289
1974	2,140	1,070	1,070	116	142	30	77	46	68	97	202	292
1975	2,149	1,042	1,107	121	147	31	80	47	69	101	213	297
1976	2,157	1,010	1,147	128	155	32	82	48	71	105	222	303
1977	2,182	1,009	1,173	132	159	32	87	48	70	107	224	313
1978	2,224	1,000	1,225	138	161	37	84	49	70	110	229	348
1979	2,161	960	1,201	128	161	40	78	48	67	102	226	352
1980	2,161	960	1,201	129	163	40	77	48	66	102	228	346
1981	2,143	984	1,159	129	162	38	76	47	54	100	232	321
1982	2,110	990	1,121	121	153	38	79	48	57	98	236	291
1983	2,157	1,026	1,131	124	152	39	80	50	57	104	239	286
1984	2,171	1,044	1,127	119	150	39	79	53	57	109	240	283
1985	2,252	1,107	1,145	122	147	40	80	55	56	110	247	286
1986	2,175	1,068	1,108	113	138	39	74	56	56	114	240	277
1987	2,232	1,090	1,142	117	132	44	74	60	57	125	250	284
1988	2,222	1,050	1,172	121	128	48	78	63	58	135	245	297
1989	2,238	1,075	1,162	122	127	49	78	66	60	126	246	289
1990	2,250	1,034	1,216	123	129	49	78	71	61	132	248	326
1991	2,243	1,013	1,230	126	135	50	82	77	64	139	256	302
1992	2,225	952	1,274	128	136	56	85	82	64	133	260	329
1993	2,157	891	1,266	124	135	56	85	82	63	127	268	326
1994	2,085	850	1,235	120	133	55	81	83	59	128	262	315
1995	2,012	802	1,210	113	132	56	76	87	58	128	264	297
1996	1,934	768	1,166	110	130	62	71	88	58	118	251	279
1997	1,872	723	1,149	107	131	64	71	93	59	112	243	270
1998	1,856	693	1,163	106	130	68	72	95	59	112	240	281
1999	1,820	666	1,155	105	130	69	73	97	58	113	219	290
2000	1,778	651	1,127	104	126	70	74	98	58	113	220	265
2001	1,792	647	1,145	109	129	73	76	99	59	117	226	258
2002	1,818	645	1,173	98	130	76	77	96	96	118	223	258
2003	1,867	636	1,231	100	131	153	72	102	58	132	226	257
2004	1,882	644	1,238	111	130	153	77	104	57	111	236	257
2005	1,872	649	1,224	108	131	147	76	105	56	108	235	258
2006	1,880	653	1,227	105	129	154	72	107	54	107	239	260
2007	1,888	651	1,237	103	129	159	72	107	54	104	254	254
2008	1,960	670	1,289	104	132	172	76	109	55	106	274	261
2009	2,094	737	1,357	104	139	180	75	113	57	109	297	283
2010	2,133	773	1,360	107	144	183	70	118	58	110	305	265
2011	2,146	774	1,372	104	143	194	77	117	58	108	314	257
2012	2,104	730	1,374	99	143	191	77	117	57	112	323	255
2013	2,087	729	1,355	95	139	192	71	116	55	112	323	252
2014	2,079	723	1,356	94	141	186	70	114	55	112	340	244

Data comes from agency 113-A monthy submissions and covers total end-of-year civilian employment of full-time permanent, temporary, part-time, and intermittent employees as of September 30th.

¹ 1940 - 1953 data represent estimates for employment in these activities.

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