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TABLE 4 -- TREND OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN PAYROLL (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) BY BRANCH, SELECTED AGENCY, AND AREA TO MARCH 2004

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
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	11,671,873	**	+562,643		159,722		157,543		11,354,608	**	2,418,293		368,829		535,738		476,527		348,219		443,342
OCTOBER 2003	11,694,826		+486,546		155,846		156,938		11,382,042		2,408,418		368,472		487,747		438,401		320,468		472,833
NOVEMBER 2003	14,758,043	**	+390,071		186,073		156,267		14,415,703	**	2,389,821		487,284		763,426		636,183		466,545		457,012
DECEMBER 2003	11,722,832	**	+397,544		161,906	**	156,323		11,404,603	**	2,421,287		324,061		499,744		411,281		303,495		462,619
JANUARY 2004	11,663,611	**	+273,410		159,260	*	169,240		11,335,111	**	2,403,260		329,024		508,977		413,757		303,903		469,817
FEBRUARY 2004	11,442,641	**	+264,003		155,353	*	170,429		11,116,859	**	2,394,373		330,284		527,322		407,542		302,252		421,725
MARCH 2004*	11,682,609	*	+320,693		157,216		166,915		11,358,478	*	2,428,836		332,174		532,777		409,047		298,367		461,903
CALENDAR YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	34,788,861	*	+858,106		471,829		506,584		33,810,448	*	7,226,469		991,482		1,569,076		1,230,346		904,522		1,353,445
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	72,964,562	*	+2,132,267		975,654		976,112		71,012,796	*	14,445,995		2,171,299		3,319,993		2,716,211		1,995,030		2,745,909
UNITED STATES
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	11,329,513	**	+544,884		159,672		155,833		11,014,008	**	2,272,512		366,933		533,357		472,490		346,939		440,795
OCTOBER 2003	11,308,882		+425,268		155,795		155,266		10,997,821		2,264,320		366,492		485,613		434,319		319,171		470,112
NOVEMBER 2003	14,386,865	**	+374,801		186,008		154,604		14,046,253	**	2,246,751		485,185		759,923		630,018		464,643		454,405
DECEMBER 2003	11,380,953	**	+386,137		161,853	**	154,660		11,064,440	**	2,277,733		322,650		497,594		407,076		302,221		459,995
JANUARY 2004	11,316,748	**	+259,522		159,199	*	167,360		10,990,189	**	2,260,174		327,628		506,698		409,561		302,686		467,161
FEBRUARY 2004	11,096,623	**	+251,816		155,275	*	168,540		10,772,808	**	2,251,079		328,797		524,934		403,311		301,142		419,344
MARCH 2004*	11,329,888	*	+305,172		157,144		165,064		11,007,680	*	2,282,727		330,693		530,362		404,875		297,270		459,297
CALENDAR YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	33,743,259	*	+816,510		471,618		500,964		32,770,677	*	6,793,980		987,118		1,561,994		1,217,747		901,098		1,345,802
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	70,819,959	*	+2,002,716		975,274		965,494		68,879,191	*	13,582,784		2,161,445		3,305,124		2,689,160		1,987,133		2,730,314
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
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	1,850,790	**	+77,036		153,380		11,251		1,686,159	**	247,539		182,532		100,346		65,483		44,915		65,827
OCTOBER 2003	1,864,436		+97,839		149,487		11,104		1,703,845		246,550		180,921		96,559		65,614		43,587		68,142
NOVEMBER 2003	2,427,516	**	+112,731		176,773		11,089		2,239,654	**	244,015		250,325		153,493		97,855		65,186		65,474
DECEMBER 2003	1,867,498	**	+70,812		155,758	**	11,133		1,700,607	**	250,680		166,577		98,940		68,765		43,629		67,313
JANUARY 2004	1,854,079	**	+96,364		152,311	*	11,824		1,689,944	**	245,786		169,265		98,336		67,183		43,492		67,786
FEBRUARY 2004	1,828,163	**	+73,774		148,968	*	11,333		1,667,862	**	245,835		170,059		99,158		65,543		43,538		63,930
MARCH 2004*	1,842,720	*	+60,850		150,971		11,277		1,680,472	*	245,764		170,077		96,376		66,259		42,650		68,330
CALENDAR YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	5,524,962	*	+230,988		452,250		34,434		5,038,278	*	737,385		509,401		293,870		198,985		129,680		200,046
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	11,684,412	*	+512,370		934,268		67,760		10,682,384	*	1,478,630		1,107,224		642,862		431,219		282,082		400,975

MONTH AND YEAR	JUSTICE ($000)		COMMERCE ($000)		STATE ($000)		ENERGY ($000)		HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ($000)		LABOR ($000)		VETERANS AFFAIRS ($000)		HOMELAND SECURITY ($000)		GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ($000)		NATIONAL AERONAUTICS SPACE ADMINISTRATION ($000)		POSTAL SERVICE ($000)
TOTAL, ALL AREAS
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
OCTOBER 2003	578,616		191,405		252,837		101,376		60,320		85,954		1,090,277		657,745		69,526		126,495		2,816,086
NOVEMBER 2003	744,724		300,039		180,835		142,261		90,097		134,475		958,438		859,827		106,177		182,831		4,272,643
DECEMBER 2003	576,802		200,463		178,076		107,974		60,286		97,950		1,101,566		644,567		68,768		123,262		2,955,203
JANUARY 2004	577,508		194,318		177,035		105,661		60,898		92,677		1,074,346		674,634	**	69,434		123,573		2,886,192
FEBRUARY 2004	562,071		192,282		183,739		100,691		60,771		97,787		975,876		629,661	**	70,285		125,015		2,886,284
MARCH 2004*	580,908		192,338		184,060		99,380		60,692		91,812		1,157,519		629,661	*	71,394		125,230		2,836,334
CALENDAR YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	1,720,487		578,938		544,834		305,732		182,361		282,276		3,207,741		1,933,956	*	211,113		373,818		8,608,810
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	3,620,629		1,270,845		1,156,582		657,343		393,064		600,655		6,358,022		4,096,095	*	455,584		806,406		18,652,742
UNITED STATES
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
OCTOBER 2003	568,030		189,286		100,699		101,291		59,842		85,762		1,077,426		640,832		69,217		126,375		2,800,739
NOVEMBER 2003	730,918		296,628		72,011		142,124		89,386		134,186		947,136		836,143		105,684		182,711		4,249,472
DECEMBER 2003	566,130		198,288		70,528		107,887		59,808		97,731		1,088,484		627,237		68,459		123,142		2,938,908
JANUARY 2004	567,217		189,105		66,470		105,536		60,412		92,478		1,061,495		656,593	**	69,124		123,451		2,870,834
FEBRUARY 2004	552,000		188,604		69,941		100,585		60,274		97,568		964,177		613,030	**	69,975		124,886		2,870,770
MARCH 2004*	570,282		188,513		69,096		99,295		60,200		91,611		1,143,807		613,030	*	71,071		125,101		2,820,886
CALENDAR YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	1,689,499		566,222		205,507		305,416		180,886		281,657		3,169,479		1,882,653	*	210,170		373,438		8,562,490
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	3,554,577		1,250,424		448,745		656,718		389,922		599,336		6,282,525		3,986,865	*	453,530		805,666		18,551,609
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
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
OCTOBER 2003	144,842		122,423		83,354		37,155		21,327		32,123		41,308		101,163		27,871		30,197		81,130
NOVEMBER 2003	175,867		192,844		60,078		56,616		31,549		50,007		36,091		143,601		42,335		42,884		122,384
DECEMBER 2003	140,966		130,998		58,324		42,799		21,423		37,565		41,984		100,520		27,960		28,659		84,505
JANUARY 2004	140,682		121,505		55,308		39,902		21,240		37,845		40,784		101,714	**	27,851		28,845		86,727
FEBRUARY 2004	144,646		119,686		58,211		38,347		21,248		37,570		36,587		99,342	**	27,704		29,263		84,524
MARCH 2004*	152,529		120,222		57,550		37,152		21,068		34,552		44,388		99,342	*	27,660		29,152		82,136
CALENDAR YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	437,857		361,413		171,069		115,401		63,556		109,967		121,759		300,398	*	83,215		87,260		253,387
FISCAL YEAR 2004 TOTAL*	899,532		807,678		372,825		251,971		137,855		229,662		241,142		645,682	*	181,381		189,000		541,406

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