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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT


ALL AREAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA

OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

SEPTEMBER
2003*

AUGUST
2003**

SEPTEMBER
2002**

SEPTEMBER
2003*

AUGUST
2003**

SEPTEMBER
2002**

SEPTEMBER
2003*

AUGUST
2003**

SEPTEMBER
2002**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT

2,725,948

2,748,070

2,715,487

2,633,246

2,649,929

2,624,703

336,290

336,912

334,143

92,702

98,141

90,784

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORK SCHEDULE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,479,236

2,502,995

2,467,757

2,394,714

2,412,612

2,383,411

324,165

325,244

322,667

84,522

90,383

84,346

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

151,613

149,050

153,685

146,552

143,991

149,022

8,828

8,253

9,068

5,061

5,059

4,663

      INTERMITTENT      

95,099

96,025

94,045

91,980

93,326

92,270

3,297

3,415

2,408

3,119

2,699

1,775

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION OCCUPIED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,510,981

2,513,364

2,521,296

2,427,509

2,424,432

2,434,791

300,385

299,298

300,720

83,472

88,932

86,505

         FULL-TIME   

2,368,774

2,372,725

2,372,153

2,289,256

2,288,019

2,290,024

293,472

292,977

293,978

79,518

84,706

82,129

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

142,207

140,639

149,143

138,253

136,413

144,767

6,913

6,321

6,742

3,954

4,226

4,376

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

214,967

234,706

194,191

205,737

225,497

189,912

35,905

37,614

33,423

9,230

9,209

4,279

         FULL-TIME   

110,462

130,270

95,604

105,458

124,593

93,387

30,693

32,267

28,689

5,004

5,677

2,217

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

104,505

104,436

98,587

100,279

100,904

96,525

5,212

5,347

4,734

4,226

3,532

2,062

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,447,264

2,450,175

2,466,710

2,385,217

2,388,233

2,405,407

292,685

292,106

293,410

62,047

61,942

61,303

         FULL-TIME   

2,314,919

2,317,649

2,330,651

2,255,227

2,258,130

2,270,571

286,086

285,572

286,997

59,692

59,519

60,080

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

125,140

125,638

130,277

124,223

124,183

129,196

6,202

6,118

6,285

917

1,455

1,081

         INTERMITTENT   

7,205

6,888

5,782

5,767

5,920

5,640

397

416

128

1,438

968

142

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

278,684

297,895

248,777

248,029

261,696

219,296

43,605

44,806

40,733

30,655

36,199

29,481

         FULL-TIME   

164,317

185,346

137,106

139,487

154,482

112,840

38,079

39,672

35,670

24,830

30,864

24,266

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

26,473

23,412

23,408

22,329

19,808

19,826

2,626

2,135

2,783

4,144

3,604

3,582

         INTERMITTENT   

87,894

89,137

88,263

86,213

87,406

86,630

2,900

2,999

2,280

1,681

1,731

1,633

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF SERVICE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,359,821

1,366,459

1,364,886

1,333,116

1,339,564

1,337,574

215,523

215,489

219,185

26,705

26,895

27,312

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,312,574

1,315,621

1,317,415

1,287,421

1,290,764

1,291,990

210,963

210,881

214,882

25,153

24,857

25,425

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

47,247

50,838

47,471

45,695

48,800

45,584

4,560

4,608

4,303

1,552

2,038

1,887

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,366,127

1,381,611

1,350,601

1,300,130

1,310,365

1,287,129

120,767

121,423

114,958

65,997

71,246

63,472

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,134,690

1,134,554

1,149,295

1,097,796

1,097,469

1,113,417

81,722

81,225

78,528

36,894

37,085

35,878

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

231,437

247,057

201,306

202,334

212,896

173,712

39,045

40,198

36,430

29,103

34,161

27,594

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAY SYSTEM:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

214,140

215,900

218,593

208,401

210,299

212,526

13,917

13,636

13,881

5,739

5,601

6,067

         POSTAL   

787,818

789,973

811,643

784,006

786,117

807,721

19,393

19,478

19,488

3,812

3,856

3,922

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,723,990

1,742,197

1,685,251

1,640,839

1,653,513

1,604,456

302,980

303,798

300,774

83,151

88,684

80,795

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITIZENSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,694,520

2,712,510

2,684,455

2,627,943

2,644,628

2,619,662

334,162

334,774

332,135

66,577

67,882

64,793

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,428

35,560

31,032

5,303

5,301

5,041

2,128

2,138

2,008

26,125

30,259

25,991

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

31,304

30,301

30,979

28,349

27,067

28,066

5,520

5,155

5,900

2,955

3,234

2,913

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT

31,564

31,366

30,886

31,558

31,360

30,878

30,472

30,287

29,737

6

6

8

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORK SCHEDULE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         FULL-TIME   

30,906

30,660

30,175

30,900

30,654

30,167

29,864

29,622

29,065

6

6

8

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

441

418

475

441

418

475

409

385

440

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

217

288

236

217

288

236

199

280

232

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION OCCUPIED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   PERMANENT POSITION         

13,084

12,632

12,657

13,078

12,626

12,649

12,004

11,563

11,517

6

6

8

         FULL-TIME   

12,293

12,258

12,236

12,287

12,252

12,228

11,263

11,230

11,135

6

6

8

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

791

374

421

791

374

421

741

333

382

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   TEMPORARY POSITION         

18,480

18,734

18,229

18,480

18,734

18,229

18,468

18,724

18,220

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,613

18,402

17,939

18,613

18,402

17,939

18,601

18,392

17,930

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

133

332

290

133

332

290

133

332

290

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   PERMANENT         

12,418

12,426

12,484

12,412

12,420

12,476

11,392

11,391

11,371

6

6

8

         FULL-TIME   

12,069

12,068

12,097

12,063

12,062

12,089

11,074

11,066

11,019

6

6

8

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

346

355

382

346

355

382

315

322

347

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

5

3

3

5

3

3

5

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE         

19,146

18,940

18,402

19,146

18,940

18,402

19,080

18,896

18,366

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,837

18,592

18,078

18,837

18,592

18,078

18,790

18,556

18,046

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

95

63

93

95

63

93

94

63

93

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

214

285

231

214

285

231

196

277

227

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF SERVICE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,849

2,919

3,473

2,849

2,919

3,473

2,659

2,712

3,219

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,840

2,910

3,028

2,840

2,910

3,028

2,650

2,703

2,775

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

9

9

445

9

9

445

9

9

444

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

28,715

28,447

27,413

28,709

28,441

27,405

27,813

27,575

26,518

6

6

8

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,578

9,516

9,456

9,572

9,510

9,448

8,742

8,688

8,596

6

6

8

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

19,137

18,931

17,957

19,137

18,931

17,957

19,071

18,887

17,922

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAY SYSTEM:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,807

2,859

2,845

2,807

2,859

2,845

2,787

2,838

2,823

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

28,757

28,507

28,041

28,751

28,501

28,033

27,685

27,449

26,914

6

6

8

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITIZENSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

31,495

31,296

30,811

31,489

31,290

30,803

30,404

30,218

29,663

6

6

8

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

69

70

75

69

70

75

68

69

74

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

144

138

149

144

138

149

132

117

119

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT

34,726

34,851

34,699

34,290

34,416

34,257

1,968

1,963

1,930

436

435

442

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORK SCHEDULE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         FULL-TIME   

32,875

33,022

32,835

32,447

32,594

32,402

1,872

1,867

1,832

428

428

433

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,743

1,722

1,770

1,735

1,715

1,761

87

87

86

8

7

9

         INTERMITTENT   

108

107

94

108

107

94

9

9

12

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION OCCUPIED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   PERMANENT POSITION         

33,126

32,561

32,318

32,719

32,156

31,907

1,844

1,838

1,802

407

405

411

         FULL-TIME   

32,026

31,471

31,272

31,623

31,069

30,864

1,773

1,767

1,735

403

402

408

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,100

1,090

1,046

1,096

1,087

1,043

71

71

67

4

3

3

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   TEMPORARY POSITION         

1,600

2,290

2,381

1,571

2,260

2,350

124

125

128

29

30

31

         FULL-TIME   

849

1,551

1,563

824

1,525

1,538

99

100

97

25

26

25

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

751

739

818

747

735

812

25

25

31

4

4

6

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

33,139

32,575

32,334

32,732

32,170

31,923

1,857

1,852

1,818

407

405

411

         FULL-TIME   

32,037

31,483

31,286

31,634

31,081

30,878

1,784

1,779

1,749

403

402

408

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,102

1,092

1,048

1,098

1,089

1,045

73

73

69

4

3

3

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

1,587

2,276

2,365

1,558

2,246

2,334

111

111

112

29

30

31

         FULL-TIME   

838

1,539

1,549

813

1,513

1,524

88

88

83

25

26

25

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

641

630

722

637

626

716

14

14

17

4

4

6

         INTERMITTENT   

108

107

94

108

107

94

9

9

12

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF SERVICE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

34,726

34,851

34,699

34,290

34,416

34,257

1,968

1,963

1,930

436

435

442

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

33,139

32,575

32,334

32,732

32,170

31,923

1,857

1,852

1,818

407

405

411

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

1,587

2,276

2,365

1,558

2,246

2,334

111

111

112

29

30

31

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAY SYSTEM:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

34,726

34,851

34,699

34,290

34,416

34,257

1,968

1,963

1,930

436

435

442

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITIZENSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

34,726

34,851

34,699

34,290

34,416

34,257

1,968

1,963

1,930

436

435

442

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

25

13

24

25

13

24

...

...

...

...

...

...

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT

2,659,658

2,681,853

2,649,902

2,567,398

2,584,153

2,559,568

303,850

304,662

302,476

92,260

97,700

90,334

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORK SCHEDULE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         FULL-TIME   

2,415,455

2,439,313

2,404,747

2,331,367

2,349,364

2,320,842

292,429

293,755

291,770

84,088

89,949

83,905

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

149,429

146,910

151,440

144,376

141,858

146,786

8,332

7,781

8,542

5,053

5,052

4,654

         INTERMITTENT   

94,774

95,630

93,715

91,655

92,931

91,940

3,089

3,126

2,164

3,119

2,699

1,775

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION OCCUPIED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   PERMANENT POSITION         

2,464,771

2,468,171

2,476,321

2,381,712

2,379,650

2,390,235

286,537

285,897

287,401

83,059

88,521

86,086

         FULL-TIME   

2,324,455

2,328,996

2,328,645

2,245,346

2,244,698

2,246,932

280,436

279,980

281,108

79,109

84,298

81,713

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

140,316

139,175

147,676

136,366

134,952

143,303

6,101

5,917

6,293

3,950

4,223

4,373

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   TEMPORARY POSITION         

194,887

213,682

173,581

185,686

204,503

169,333

17,313

18,765

15,075

9,201

9,179

4,248

         FULL-TIME   

91,000

110,317

76,102

86,021

104,666

73,910

11,993

13,775

10,662

4,979

5,651

2,192

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

103,887

103,365

97,479

99,665

99,837

95,423

5,320

4,990

4,413

4,222

3,528

2,056

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,401,707

2,405,174

2,421,892

2,340,073

2,343,643

2,361,008

279,436

278,863

280,221

61,634

61,531

60,884

         FULL-TIME   

2,270,813

2,274,098

2,287,268

2,211,530

2,214,987

2,227,604

273,228

272,727

274,229

59,283

59,111

59,664

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

123,692

124,191

128,847

122,779

122,739

127,769

5,814

5,723

5,869

913

1,452

1,078

         INTERMITTENT   

7,202

6,885

5,777

5,764

5,917

5,635

394

413

123

1,438

968

142

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

257,951

276,679

228,010

227,325

240,510

198,560

24,414

25,799

22,255

30,626

36,169

29,450

         FULL-TIME   

144,642

165,215

117,479

119,837

134,377

93,238

19,201

21,028

17,541

24,805

30,838

24,241

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

25,737

22,719

22,593

21,597

19,119

19,017

2,518

2,058

2,673

4,140

3,600

3,576

         INTERMITTENT   

87,572

88,745

87,938

85,891

87,014

86,305

2,695

2,713

2,041

1,681

1,731

1,633

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF SERVICE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,356,972

1,363,540

1,361,413

1,330,267

1,336,645

1,334,101

212,864

212,777

215,966

26,705

26,895

27,312

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,309,734

1,312,711

1,314,387

1,284,581

1,287,854

1,288,962

208,313

208,178

212,107

25,153

24,857

25,425

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

47,238

50,829

47,026

45,686

48,791

45,139

4,551

4,599

3,859

1,552

2,038

1,887

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,302,686

1,318,313

1,288,489

1,237,131

1,247,508

1,225,467

90,986

91,885

86,510

65,555

70,805

63,022

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,091,973

1,092,463

1,107,505

1,055,492

1,055,789

1,072,046

71,123

70,685

68,114

36,481

36,674

35,459

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

210,713

225,850

180,984

181,639

191,719

153,421

19,863

21,200

18,396

29,074

34,131

27,563

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAY SYSTEM:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

211,333

213,041

215,748

205,594

207,440

209,681

11,130

10,798

11,058

5,739

5,601

6,067

         POSTAL   

787,818

789,973

811,643

784,006

786,117

807,721

19,393

19,478

19,488

3,812

3,856

3,922

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,660,507

1,678,839

1,622,511

1,577,798

1,590,596

1,542,166

273,327

274,386

271,930

82,709

88,243

80,345

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITIZENSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,628,299

2,646,363

2,618,945

2,562,164

2,578,922

2,554,602

301,790

302,593

300,542

66,135

67,441

64,343

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,359

35,490

30,957

5,234

5,231

4,966

2,060

2,069

1,934

26,125

30,259

25,991

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***            

31,135

30,150

30,806

28,180

26,916

27,893

5,388

5,038

5,781

2,955

3,234

2,913

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* 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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