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TABLE 4 -- TREND OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN PAYROLL (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) BY BRANCH, SELECTED AGENCY, AND AREA TO SEPTEMBER 2003

MONTH AND YEAR	TOTAL ($000)		CHANGE FROM YEAR AGO ($000)		LEGISLATIVE ($000)		JUDICIAL ($000)		EXECUTIVE TOTAL ($000)		DEFENSE ($000)		HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ($000)		TREASURY ($000)		AGRICULTURE ($000)		INTERIOR ($000)		TRANSPORTATION ($000)
TOTAL, ALL AREAS
SEPTEMBER 2002	11,109,230	**	+456,790		149,572		169,203		10,790,455	**	2,408,722	**	344,790		701,635	**	445,363	**	320,127		556,419
OCTOBER 2002	11,208,280	**	+496,305		145,278		166,083		10,896,919	**	2,424,960		346,318		657,711		421,697	**	297,802		647,612
NOVEMBER 2002	14,367,972	**	+3,715,593		184,939	**	165,964		14,017,069	**	2,418,578		497,366		1,001,948		612,177		431,661		664,131
DECEMBER 2002	11,325,288	**	-2,527,185		160,608	**	166,770		10,997,910	**	2,425,003		345,141		658,514		399,891		286,042		678,038
JANUARY 2003	11,397,391	**	+421,666		149,595	**	169,016		11,078,780	**	2,423,926	**	354,082		679,024		405,594		288,464	**	708,135
FEBRUARY 2003	11,178,638	**	+513,757		148,917		170,399		10,859,322	**	2,404,946	**	359,224		673,085		408,125		298,843		627,334
MARCH 2003	11,361,916	**	+617,205		150,255		170,977		11,040,684	**	2,397,998		362,160		604,134	**	408,017	**	295,256		454,814
APRIL 2003	11,413,126	**	+539,707		149,483		175,989		11,087,654	**	2,396,924		361,205		529,191	**	402,289		302,059		464,899
MAY 2003	14,889,716	**	+3,970,642		190,253		154,173		14,545,290	**	2,410,774		534,209		818,802		640,931		475,785		455,061
JUNE 2003	11,350,389	**	-2,599,854		155,746	*	154,680		11,039,963	**	2,418,122		364,922		512,846		447,531		318,166		438,815
JULY 2003	11,664,632	**	+571,611		155,913	**	154,697		11,354,022	**	2,446,208		368,148		499,358		476,988		333,447		467,751
AUGUST 2003	11,550,790	**	+486,596		157,645		159,317		11,233,828	**	2,442,814		369,436		501,506		485,441		342,198		459,378
SEPTEMBER 2003*	11,671,879		+562,649		159,722		157,543		11,354,614		2,418,293		368,829		535,738		476,527		348,219		443,342
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	106,478,477		+5,083,979		1,417,529		1,466,791		103,594,157		21,760,005		3,442,215		5,353,684		4,151,443		3,002,437		4,519,529
FISCAL YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	143,380,017		+6,768,692		1,908,354		1,965,608		139,506,055		29,028,546		4,631,040		7,671,857		5,585,208		4,017,942		6,509,310
UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 2002	10,784,629	**	+448,995		149,507		167,225		10,467,897	**	2,261,741	**	343,054		693,844	**	440,956	**	318,286		553,179
OCTOBER 2002	10,883,614	**	+486,374		145,212		164,204		10,574,198	**	2,278,502		344,628		650,117		417,392	**	295,940		642,388
NOVEMBER 2002	14,012,064	**	+3,671,870		184,863	**	164,088		13,663,113	**	2,270,674		495,012		990,594		605,523		428,929		658,385
DECEMBER 2002	10,994,816	**	-2,483,689		160,553	**	164,919		10,669,344	**	2,277,503		343,396		651,158		395,512		284,188		672,326
JANUARY 2003	11,064,367	**	+407,290		149,546	**	167,136		10,747,685	**	2,276,041	**	352,291		671,278		401,081		287,210	**	701,242
FEBRUARY 2003	10,844,807	**	+499,307		148,850		168,510		10,527,447	**	2,257,092	**	357,388		665,315		403,542		297,572		621,737
MARCH 2003	11,024,716	**	+600,680		150,198		169,093		10,705,425	**	2,250,371		360,323		599,158	**	403,718	**	294,018		451,865
APRIL 2003	11,077,005	**	+525,278		149,427		174,091		10,753,487	**	2,249,309		359,387		526,843	**	398,248		300,712		462,335
MAY 2003	14,477,503	**	+3,879,834		190,165		152,512		14,134,826	**	2,260,877		531,707		815,336		634,940		473,869		452,394
JUNE 2003	11,003,430	**	-2,554,629		155,695	*	153,013		10,694,722	**	2,261,380		363,088		510,584		443,521		316,880		436,258
JULY 2003	11,306,171	**	+540,555		155,860	**	153,030		10,997,281	**	2,286,086		366,311		497,057		472,998		332,171		465,093
AUGUST 2003	11,184,970	**	+444,740		157,590		157,580		10,869,800	**	2,273,258		367,525		499,282		481,367		340,909		456,776
SEPTEMBER 2003*	11,329,519		+544,890		159,672		155,833		11,014,014		2,272,512		366,933		533,357		472,490		346,939		440,795
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	103,312,488		+4,887,945		1,417,003		1,450,798		100,444,687		20,386,926		3,424,953		5,318,210		4,111,905		2,990,280		4,488,495
FISCAL YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	139,202,982		+6,562,500		1,907,631		1,944,009		135,351,342		27,213,605		4,607,989		7,610,079		5,530,332		3,999,337		6,461,594
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
SEPTEMBER 2002	1,773,754	**	+126,046		143,294		11,120		1,619,340	**	240,248	**	168,951		140,982	**	62,000	**	52,305		82,303
OCTOBER 2002	1,766,597	**	+134,398		139,044		10,972		1,616,581	**	241,643		169,636		137,344		61,883	**	50,447		87,718
NOVEMBER 2002	2,314,785	**	+681,039		175,585	**	10,994		2,128,206	**	236,813		247,570		206,628		92,719		75,538		85,348
DECEMBER 2002	1,796,686	**	-425,952		154,372	**	11,132		1,631,182	**	243,411		169,940		140,130		64,184		50,956		89,314
JANUARY 2003	1,764,846	**	+56,445		143,120	**	11,637		1,610,089	**	240,299	**	174,065		140,105		63,599		41,339	**	87,381
FEBRUARY 2003	1,754,389	**	+83,782		142,642		11,303		1,600,444	**	243,740	**	177,429		132,038		63,439		42,704		81,564
MARCH 2003	1,781,870	**	+98,703		143,922		11,411		1,626,537	**	239,932		176,534		114,893	**	63,634	**	41,754		67,870
APRIL 2003	1,788,194	**	+69,486		143,327		11,449		1,633,418	**	242,356		177,079		94,973	**	63,416		42,056		69,157
MAY 2003	2,446,803	**	+738,688		180,071		11,165		2,255,567	**	243,435		267,548		146,815		98,591		65,402		69,382
JUNE 2003	1,796,952	**	-487,088		149,156	*	11,028		1,636,768	**	244,542		180,627		95,472		64,889		42,841		65,049
JULY 2003	1,829,370	**	+112,291		149,387	**	11,045		1,668,938	**	248,898		182,312		96,054		65,028		44,020		67,539
AUGUST 2003	1,824,901	**	+64,252		151,131		12,183		1,661,587	**	245,879		182,867		97,539		65,099		43,862		69,379
SEPTEMBER 2003*	1,850,796		+77,042		153,380		11,251		1,686,165		247,539		182,532		100,346		65,483		44,915		65,827
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	16,838,121		+813,601		1,356,136		102,472		15,379,513		2,196,620		1,700,993		1,018,235		613,178		408,893		643,148
FISCAL YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	22,716,189		+1,203,086		1,825,137		135,570		20,755,482		2,918,487		2,288,139		1,502,337		831,964		585,834		905,528
TOTAL, ALL AREAS
SEPTEMBER 2002	661,470		187,113	**	160,665	**	102,429		58,141		85,020		934,829				77,036		120,679		2,771,930
OCTOBER 2002	679,132		183,877	**	161,571	**	102,110		57,140		84,481		1,009,763	**			72,631		119,172		2,790,444
NOVEMBER 2002	914,574		278,134	**	164,169	**	147,946		86,692		128,632		931,252				111,195		173,027		4,242,337
DECEMBER 2002	668,790		183,121	**	163,216		103,948		58,330		93,674		979,676				75,733		116,282		2,930,222
JANUARY 2003	699,050		184,741		161,421		102,904		59,452		84,174		1,047,254				73,656		116,856		2,848,000
FEBRUARY 2003	706,222		185,449		169,207		101,000		59,285		85,572		910,843				76,035		119,177		2,833,159
MARCH 2003	622,644		183,919		170,295		99,205		59,435		84,353		950,276		514,759		75,550		119,494	**	2,816,457
APRIL 2003	547,081		185,627		170,580		104,144		59,467		87,471		1,013,802		621,692		68,750		120,587	*	2,809,361
MAY 2003	765,240		288,740		249,713		142,869		93,393		127,497		1,014,811		829,486		106,901		185,952	*	4,181,785
JUNE 2003	549,770		190,516		176,242		91,164		63,412		85,670		971,652		620,802		71,000		125,904	**	2,753,304
JULY 2003	569,068		192,766		176,579		101,510		60,962		85,480		1,081,129		660,176		69,554		124,012	**	2,791,580
AUGUST 2003	550,910		191,866		178,733		103,459		63,056		85,673		995,908		626,822		78,505		127,869	*	2,778,233
SEPTEMBER 2003*	568,507		194,186		174,346		104,309		63,302		86,530		1,062,870		629,883		71,401		128,527		2,804,127
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	5,578,492		1,797,810		1,627,116		950,564		581,764		812,420		9,048,545		4,503,620		691,352		1,168,378		26,616,006
FISCAL YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	7,840,988		2,442,942		2,116,072		1,304,568		783,926		1,119,207		11,969,236		4,503,620		950,911		1,576,859		36,579,009
UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 2002	647,941		183,589	**	61,521	**	102,366		57,657		84,809		924,076				76,643		120,551		2,757,069
OCTOBER 2002	665,427		180,900	**	63,569	**	102,047		56,663		84,268		998,035	**			72,258		119,052		2,775,524
NOVEMBER 2002	895,623		273,689	**	64,788	**	147,850		85,946		128,277		920,450				110,608		172,847		4,219,498
DECEMBER 2002	654,804		179,270	**	62,511		103,885		57,833		93,464		968,288				75,371		116,175		2,914,263
JANUARY 2003	684,821		180,363		60,947		102,798		58,946		83,964		1,034,980				73,324		116,738		2,832,575
FEBRUARY 2003	692,070		181,397		64,431		100,934		58,782		85,364		900,106				75,677		119,057		2,817,618
MARCH 2003	610,823		180,524		64,628		99,139		58,938		84,145		939,068		502,892		75,194		119,374	**	2,800,872
APRIL 2003	536,933		181,745		64,626		104,068		58,988		87,257		1,002,096		607,443		68,448		120,463	*	2,794,198
MAY 2003	751,467		283,758		99,571		142,768		92,661		127,198		1,002,929		809,194		106,406		185,769	*	4,159,026
JUNE 2003	539,788		186,397		68,317		91,087		62,913		85,472		960,292		606,253		70,695		125,775	**	2,738,148
JULY 2003	558,546		188,643		68,207		101,425		60,479		85,283		1,068,565		644,583		69,255		123,882	**	2,776,452
AUGUST 2003	540,944		187,338		70,072		103,374		62,573		85,473		984,369		611,823		78,201		127,744	*	2,763,034
SEPTEMBER 2003*	558,134		190,624		66,391		104,224		62,798		86,331		1,050,706		614,286		71,085		128,407		2,789,085
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	5,473,526		1,760,789		627,190		949,817		577,078		810,487		8,943,111		4,396,474		688,285		1,167,209		26,471,008
FISCAL YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	7,689,380		2,394,648		818,058		1,303,599		777,520		1,116,496		11,829,884		4,396,474		946,522		1,575,283		36,380,293
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
SEPTEMBER 2002	137,162		117,775	**	51,038	**	37,282		20,170		32,332		36,303				30,605		26,885		76,791
OCTOBER 2002	144,150		117,778	**	52,938	**	37,487		19,946		31,698		38,431	**			28,232		27,454		79,255
NOVEMBER 2002	178,578		181,756	**	53,968	**	54,825		30,119		46,358		35,215				43,142		39,430		120,831
DECEMBER 2002	137,343		116,223	**	52,026		42,395		20,403		37,192		38,843				29,932		26,426		83,462
JANUARY 2003	140,029		116,056		50,892		39,321		20,559		31,019		40,222				28,809		26,868		81,543
FEBRUARY 2003	141,377		116,139		53,540		38,130		20,623		32,044		34,590				28,881		27,417		80,389
MARCH 2003	137,540		116,058		53,609		36,955		20,776		31,618		36,181		79,689		28,043		27,564	**	80,591
APRIL 2003	134,170		117,179		53,429		38,449		20,686		32,729		38,864		91,365		27,255		27,949	*	79,626
MAY 2003	183,607		182,149		81,609		56,509		32,492		47,563		38,443		127,736		42,012		43,133	*	118,197
JUNE 2003	133,979		118,930		56,189		37,161		22,015		32,032		36,841		92,628		29,745		28,399	**	78,060
JULY 2003	139,037		120,074		56,214		37,778		21,503		32,085		41,009		101,657		28,202		28,733	**	79,108
AUGUST 2003	134,461		119,509		57,630		37,442		22,277		32,014		37,957		94,455		28,996		30,340	*	78,965
SEPTEMBER 2003*	139,513		121,197		54,872		39,206		22,374		32,215		40,536		97,572		28,839		29,640		79,923
CALENDAR YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	1,283,713		1,127,291		517,984		360,951		203,305		303,319		344,643		685,102		270,782		270,043		756,402
FISCAL YEAR 2003 TOTAL*	1,743,784		1,543,048		676,916		495,658		273,773		418,567		457,132		685,102		372,088		363,353		1,039,950

*PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS MONTH'S PAYROLL TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT MONTH. **REVISED.