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TABLE 4 -- TREND OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN PAYROLL (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) BY BRANCH, SELECTED AGENCY, AND AREA TO MARCH 2005

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 2004	11,701,793	**	+339,877		157,216	**	166,915		11,377,662	**	2,428,836		332,174		532,777		409,047		298,367		461,903
APRIL 2004	12,000,711	**	+587,585		158,210	**	176,003		11,666,498	**	2,425,210		335,056		580,006		443,287		321,819		505,433
MAY 2004	15,091,713	**	+201,997		194,325	**	154,207		14,743,181	**	2,422,882		530,630		817,116		655,173		477,407		469,127
JUNE 2004	11,917,604	**	+567,215		160,867	**	154,188	**	11,602,549	**	2,456,098		339,684		531,089		468,040		330,927		482,639
JULY 2004	11,971,253	**	+306,621		162,392	*	154,059	**	11,654,802	**	2,466,452	**	341,740		520,847		487,413		338,259		487,128
AUGUST 2004	11,944,624	**	+393,834		161,785	**	154,235		11,628,604		2,469,536		345,265		513,769		488,046		332,961		482,365
SEPTEMBER 2004	12,127,809	**	+455,936		163,371		157,795		11,806,643	**	2,442,014		342,914		557,249		468,325		329,971		471,628
OCTOBER 2004	15,092,599	**	+3,397,773		193,103	**	154,291		14,745,244	**	2,414,263		512,505		757,791		677,334		474,087		485,985
NOVEMBER 2004	12,070,159	**	-2,687,884		167,227	*	154,142		11,748,832	**	2,425,086		340,462		529,094	**	432,592		305,817		469,925
DECEMBER 2004	11,931,650	**	+208,818		169,876	*	155,369		11,606,452	**	2,441,616		340,763		516,162		429,070		301,704		471,324
JANUARY 2005	12,034,211	**	+370,600		157,469	**	154,620		11,722,199	**	2,419,509		351,365		525,387	**	434,653		304,080		483,309	**
FEBRUARY 2005	11,900,925	**	+458,293		166,935		149,359		11,584,696	**	2,420,388		355,734		542,623		430,399		314,390		438,196
MARCH 2005*	12,324,480	*	+622,687		163,118	*	149,763		12,011,663	*	2,446,982		353,964		553,926		434,103		310,020		479,954
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	36,259,616	*	+1,451,580		487,522	*	453,742		35,318,558	*	7,286,879		1,061,063		1,621,936		1,299,155		928,490		1,401,459
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	75,354,024	*	+2,370,287		1,017,728	*	917,544		73,419,086	*	14,567,844		2,254,793		3,424,983		2,838,151		2,010,098		2,828,693
UNITED STATES
MARCH 2004	11,349,208	**	+324,492		157,144	**	165,064		11,027,000	**	2,282,727		330,693		530,362		404,875		297,270		459,297
APRIL 2004	11,599,297	**	+522,292		158,143	**	174,105		11,267,049	**	2,279,858		333,438		577,468		438,924		320,677		502,697
MAY 2004	14,705,210	**	+227,707		194,168	**	152,546		14,358,496	**	2,278,410		528,241		813,580		648,796		475,728		466,468
JUNE 2004	11,549,612	**	+546,182		160,793	**	152,527	**	11,236,292	**	2,302,216		338,115		528,724		463,791		329,755		479,916
JULY 2004	11,598,403	**	+292,232		162,317	*	152,377	**	11,283,709	**	2,310,715	**	340,192		518,493		483,195		337,101		484,403
AUGUST 2004	11,585,584	**	+400,614		161,708	**	152,541		11,271,335		2,326,468		343,659		511,499		483,867		331,868		479,611
SEPTEMBER 2004	11,718,747	**	+389,234		163,294		155,997		11,399,456	**	2,299,850		341,287		554,754		464,081		328,888		468,994
OCTOBER 2004	14,713,293	**	+3,404,411		192,987	**	152,557		14,367,788	**	2,272,785		510,154		754,377		670,892		472,447		483,232
NOVEMBER 2004	11,716,203	**	-2,670,662		167,152	*	152,388		11,396,705	**	2,282,570		338,872		526,720	**	428,220		304,735		467,301
DECEMBER 2004	11,586,332	**	+205,379		169,807	*	153,618		11,262,954	**	2,299,417		339,193		513,729		424,721		300,620		468,647
JANUARY 2005	11,680,532	**	+363,784		157,400	**	152,881		11,370,328	**	2,278,876		349,778		522,906	**	430,327		303,002		480,590	**
FEBRUARY 2005	11,540,363	**	+443,749		166,864		147,711		11,225,853	**	2,278,677		354,132		540,035		425,940		313,273		435,794
MARCH 2005*	11,904,991	*	+555,783		163,042	*	148,107		11,593,906	*	2,304,592		352,359		551,303		429,754		308,904		477,262
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	35,125,886	*	+1,363,316		487,306	*	448,699		34,190,087	*	6,862,145		1,056,269		1,614,244		1,286,021		925,179		1,393,646
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	73,141,714	*	+2,302,444		1,017,252	*	907,262		71,217,534	*	13,716,917		2,244,488		3,409,070		2,809,854		2,002,981		2,812,826
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
MARCH 2004	1,844,992	**	+63,122		150,971	**	11,277		1,682,744	**	245,764		170,077		96,376		66,259		42,650		68,330
APRIL 2004	1,924,659	**	+136,465		151,424	**	11,463		1,761,772	**	244,916		171,642		101,842		70,928		45,756		75,450
MAY 2004	2,477,562	**	+30,759		184,579	**	11,199		2,281,784	**	246,618		274,432		146,934		100,768		65,653		69,803
JUNE 2004	1,884,083	**	+87,131		154,393	**	11,180	**	1,718,510	**	250,083		174,726		97,489		68,045		44,569		68,620
JULY 2004	1,893,421	**	+64,051		155,787	*	11,218	**	1,726,416	**	252,515	**	176,815		98,207		67,954		44,963		70,607
AUGUST 2004	1,903,683	**	+78,782		155,304	**	10,428		1,737,951		250,176		177,869		96,988		68,168		44,192		72,500
SEPTEMBER 2004	1,949,382	**	+98,592		156,936		10,553		1,781,893	**	255,469		177,493		101,436		68,793		43,794		68,501
OCTOBER 2004	2,459,527	**	+595,091		183,381	**	10,425		2,265,738	**	247,841		263,337		145,251		103,935		65,217		70,663
NOVEMBER 2004	1,918,895	**	-508,621		160,876	*	10,448		1,747,586	**	247,067		174,522		107,435	**	68,474		42,992		68,771
DECEMBER 2004	1,931,789	**	+64,291		163,468	*	11,258		1,757,091	**	253,259		175,264		101,667		73,380		42,968		70,582
JANUARY 2005	1,913,016	**	+58,937		150,839	**	10,390		1,751,814	**	249,962		181,056		100,721	**	71,105		44,015		72,075	**
FEBRUARY 2005	1,923,739	**	+95,576		159,797		10,512		1,753,457	**	248,665		180,941		99,183		69,930		45,097		64,876
MARCH 2005*	1,974,855	*	+129,863		156,606	*	10,331		1,807,945	*	253,083		181,258		99,708		70,882		44,077		71,387
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	5,811,610	*	+284,376		467,242	*	31,233		5,313,216	*	751,710		543,255		299,612		211,917		133,189		208,338
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	12,121,821	*	+435,137		974,967	*	63,364		11,083,631	*	1,499,877		1,156,378		653,965		457,706		284,366		418,354

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 2004	580,908		192,338		184,060		99,380		60,692		91,812		1,157,519		648,850	**	71,394		125,230		2,836,334
APRIL 2004	599,458		205,335		269,005		105,112		65,585		88,695		1,097,422		684,869	**	75,470		128,219		2,839,841
MAY 2004	803,883		300,196		189,876		152,421		93,944		133,251		1,046,877		874,040	**	110,710		202,824		4,219,779
JUNE 2004	601,986		203,830		192,636		101,909		65,225		88,996		1,128,681		711,057		73,134		131,115		2,818,513
JULY 2004	599,783		201,819		193,080		102,171		64,908		88,686		1,118,406		713,064	**	72,000		130,932		2,849,157
AUGUST 2004	598,833		199,729		201,528		103,264		67,153		88,786		1,120,327		689,841		72,530		130,932		2,837,038
SEPTEMBER 2004	609,456		201,083		276,741		105,524		62,509		88,370		1,142,491		728,425		79,616		131,012		2,867,170
OCTOBER 2004	811,949		299,142		191,336		118,969		93,673		132,359		1,070,547		728,425	*	109,137		195,066		4,388,940
NOVEMBER 2004	609,759		211,457		193,702		104,331		62,355		95,375		1,132,660		722,030		75,466		130,166		2,970,178
DECEMBER 2004	612,773		214,289		182,403		72,305		61,813		101,617		943,886		743,640		72,239		130,362		3,081,623
JANUARY 2005	608,833		202,363		191,912		109,322		64,883	**	90,744		1,112,712		728,767		75,270		131,334		3,022,220
FEBRUARY 2005	598,882		208,931		201,123		105,708		63,776		91,543		1,027,529		696,809		75,539		132,831		2,971,914
MARCH 2005*	626,725		207,427		292,809		104,954		63,245		90,223		1,207,256		726,279		75,121		133,189		2,985,453
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	1,834,440		618,721		685,844		319,984		191,904		272,510		3,347,497		2,151,855		225,930		397,354		8,979,587
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	3,868,921		1,343,609		1,253,285		615,589		409,745		601,861		6,494,590		4,345,950		482,772		852,948		19,420,328
UNITED STATES
MARCH 2004	570,282		188,513		69,096		99,295		60,200		91,611		1,143,807		632,355	**	71,071		125,101		2,820,886
APRIL 2004	588,771		201,299		105,250		105,025		65,073		88,497		1,084,406		667,951	**	75,149		128,082		2,824,556
MAY 2004	789,601		295,130		71,733		152,284		93,189		132,955		1,034,329		850,548	**	110,184		202,618		4,196,719
JUNE 2004	591,166		197,126		74,523		101,823		64,719		88,798		1,115,032		693,638		72,789		130,978		2,803,008
JULY 2004	588,646		195,142		73,319		102,104		64,400		88,485		1,104,762		695,418	**	71,649		130,800		2,833,432
AUGUST 2004	588,212		196,214		78,525		103,200		66,632		88,581		1,106,898		672,143		72,181		130,800		2,821,430
SEPTEMBER 2004	598,023		197,702		107,535		105,455		62,027		88,165		1,128,687		710,094		79,268		130,834		2,852,060
OCTOBER 2004	797,255		294,694		73,245		118,885		92,957		132,041		1,057,580		710,094	*	108,607		194,815		4,365,352
NOVEMBER 2004	599,014		206,299		76,152		104,241		61,875		95,147		1,123,653		702,492		75,075		130,004		2,954,204
DECEMBER 2004	601,628		210,307		74,855		72,252		61,334		101,408		932,547		724,397		71,895		130,200		3,064,476
JANUARY 2005	597,974		198,435		70,908		109,211		64,373	**	90,526		1,099,413		710,267		74,907		131,167		3,006,214
FEBRUARY 2005	588,294		204,949		76,636		105,621		63,298		91,338		1,014,867		678,760		75,191		132,669		2,955,794
MARCH 2005*	615,745		203,281		113,250		104,860		62,765		90,017		1,192,588		707,749		74,759		133,026		2,969,361
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	1,802,013		606,665		260,794		319,692		190,436		271,881		3,306,868		2,096,776		224,857		396,862		8,931,369
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	3,799,910		1,317,965		485,046		615,070		406,602		600,477		6,420,648		4,233,759		480,434		851,881		19,315,401
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
MARCH 2004	152,529		120,222		57,550		37,152		21,068		34,552		44,388		101,614	**	27,660		29,152		82,136
APRIL 2004	156,722		128,406		87,001		39,903		22,710		33,302		41,904		110,938	**	29,561		30,032		73,433
MAY 2004	201,292		185,485		59,128		56,565		32,658		49,969		39,494		132,509	**	44,052		47,388		109,080
JUNE 2004	156,618		123,884		61,770		37,939		22,721		33,698		42,308		109,761		30,650		30,182		72,661
JULY 2004	156,889		123,647		60,824		38,055		23,239		33,555		42,904		110,570	**	29,282		30,193		73,139
AUGUST 2004	157,458		123,504		65,411		38,115		23,990		33,464		42,479		110,177		29,322		30,193		74,144
SEPTEMBER 2004	158,933		125,208		88,807		38,902		22,060		33,326		42,961		117,192		31,620		30,526		74,821
OCTOBER 2004	203,712		188,420		60,322		42,882		32,956		49,919		39,914		117,192	*	44,084		45,667		114,293
NOVEMBER 2004	157,131		132,324		63,656		39,978		21,745		35,848		42,657		115,668		30,162		30,534		76,348
DECEMBER 2004	160,858		139,794		62,411		28,889		21,728		38,648		37,162		118,412		29,427		30,618		79,909
JANUARY 2005	159,086		126,141		59,285		41,741		23,587	**	33,990		43,097		117,261		30,337		31,102		83,599
FEBRUARY 2005	156,545		129,910		64,180		39,836		22,469		34,856		41,201		114,264		29,506		31,749		77,459
MARCH 2005*	166,238		127,692		94,131		38,845		22,167		33,911		47,282		117,440		29,017		31,874		77,892
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	481,869		383,743		217,596		120,422		68,223		102,757		131,580		348,965		88,860		94,725		238,950
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	1,003,570		844,281		403,985		232,171		144,652		227,172		251,313		700,237		192,533		201,544		509,500

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