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TABLE 4 -- TREND OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN PAYROLL (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) BY BRANCH, SELECTED AGENCY, AND AREA TO MAY 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
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	11,901,184	**	+458,552		166,935		149,359		11,584,955	**	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
APRIL 2005	15,522,227	**	+3,521,516		194,346	*	163,630		15,164,251	**	2,431,136		533,664		843,554		652,680		472,735		456,155
MAY 2005*	12,148,884	*	-2,942,829		164,212	*	163,591		11,821,081	*	2,444,082		356,043		554,989		449,183		325,008		468,127
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	63,930,986	*	+2,030,526		846,080	*	780,963		62,304,149	*	12,162,097		1,950,770		3,020,479		2,401,018		1,726,233		2,325,741
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	103,025,394	*	+2,949,233		1,376,286	*	1,244,765		100,404,677	*	19,443,062		3,144,500		4,823,526		3,940,014		2,807,841		3,752,975
UNITED STATES
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	11,540,622	**	+444,008		166,864		147,711		11,226,112	**	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
APRIL 2005	15,219,270	**	+3,619,973		194,225	*	161,811		14,863,234	**	2,288,896		531,208		839,730		646,114		471,041		453,544
MAY 2005*	11,777,468	*	-2,927,742		164,131	*	161,772		11,451,565	*	2,301,775		354,383		552,407		444,831		323,872		465,489
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	62,122,883	*	+2,055,806		845,662	*	772,282		60,505,145	*	11,452,816		1,941,860		3,006,381		2,376,966		1,720,092		2,312,679
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	100,138,711	*	+2,994,934		1,375,608	*	1,230,845		97,532,592	*	18,307,588		3,130,079		4,801,207		3,900,799		2,797,894		3,731,859
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
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	1,923,998	**	+95,835		159,797		10,512		1,753,716	**	248,665		180,941		99,183		69,930		45,097		64,876
MARCH 2005	1,974,859	**	+129,867		156,606	*	10,331		1,807,949	**	253,083		181,258		99,708		70,882		44,077		71,387
APRIL 2005	2,572,440	**	+647,781		184,598	*	10,864		2,376,978	**	250,746		272,812		148,853		104,853		66,128		67,768
MAY 2005*	1,940,277	*	-537,285		157,702	*	10,811		1,771,764	*	252,622		182,414		99,381		69,637		44,283		68,665
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	10,324,590	*	+395,135		809,542	*	52,908		9,462,221	*	1,255,078		998,481		547,846		386,407		243,600		344,771
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	16,634,801	*	+545,896		1,317,267	*	85,039		15,232,636	*	2,003,245		1,611,604		902,199		632,196		394,777		554,787

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
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
APRIL 2005	818,461		309,187		107,162		157,259		95,113		133,210		1,100,403		940,386		110,856		198,580		4,459,676
MAY 2005*	617,965		210,767		203,507		104,927		63,400		90,727		1,150,204		721,497		73,983		131,387		2,927,627
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	3,270,866		1,138,675		996,513		582,170		350,417		496,447		5,598,104		3,813,738		410,769		727,321		16,366,890
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	5,305,347		1,863,563		1,563,954		877,775		568,258		825,798		8,745,197		6,007,833		667,611		1,182,915		26,807,631
UNITED STATES
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
APRIL 2005	803,629		304,158		75,406		157,128		94,393		132,898		1,087,191		915,635		110,342		198,347		4,435,599
MAY 2005*	606,888		205,969		76,272		104,839		62,925		90,519		1,136,423		703,764		73,617		131,236		2,911,587
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	3,212,530		1,116,792		412,472		581,659		347,754		495,298		5,530,482		3,716,175		408,816		726,445		16,278,555
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	5,210,427		1,828,092		636,724		877,037		563,920		823,894		8,644,262		5,853,158		664,393		1,181,464		26,662,587
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
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
APRIL 2005	205,318		192,105		62,453		58,405		33,245		50,018		43,079		160,658		44,187		47,618		115,718
MAY 2005*	162,333		129,637		63,045		38,937		22,325		34,173		45,208		118,859		29,052		31,743		75,378
CALENDAR YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	849,520		705,485		343,094		217,764		123,793		186,948		219,867		628,482		162,099		174,086		430,046
FISCAL YEAR 2005 TOTAL*	1,371,221		1,166,023		529,483		329,513		200,222		311,363		339,600		979,754		265,772		280,905		700,596

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