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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

MAY
2005*

APRIL
2005**

MAY
2004**

MAY
2005*

APRIL
2005**

MAY
2004**

MAY
2005*

APRIL
2005**

MAY
2004**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,715,111

2,706,375

2,721,306

2,622,363

2,613,591

2,628,011

331,275

330,172

331,543

92,748

92,784

93,295

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,460,448

2,448,980

2,469,822

2,376,901

2,365,334

2,385,597

319,240

318,028

319,259

83,547

83,646

84,225

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

153,187

155,056

153,581

148,117

149,973

148,186

7,901

8,149

8,546

5,070

5,083

5,395

      INTERMITTENT      

101,476

102,339

97,903

97,345

98,284

94,228

4,134

3,995

3,738

4,131

4,055

3,675

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,502,364

2,502,207

2,487,507

2,419,979

2,419,791

2,404,203

296,351

296,297

295,183

82,385

82,416

83,304

         FULL-TIME   

2,353,651

2,351,841

2,347,907

2,275,297

2,273,521

2,268,786

289,566

289,357

288,552

78,354

78,320

79,121

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

148,713

150,366

139,600

144,682

146,270

135,417

6,785

6,940

6,631

4,031

4,096

4,183

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

212,747

204,168

233,799

202,384

193,800

223,808

34,924

33,875

36,360

10,363

10,368

9,991

         FULL-TIME   

106,797

97,139

121,915

101,604

91,813

116,811

29,674

28,671

30,707

5,193

5,326

5,104

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

105,950

107,029

111,884

100,780

101,987

106,997

5,250

5,204

5,653

5,170

5,042

4,887

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,455,599

2,456,831

2,440,612

2,392,900

2,394,208

2,378,411

288,395

288,660

287,716

62,699

62,623

62,201

         FULL-TIME   

2,316,727

2,318,765

2,309,623

2,256,386

2,258,526

2,249,843

282,269

282,589

281,684

60,341

60,239

59,780

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

130,751

130,824

123,597

129,744

129,846

122,723

5,718

5,737

5,631

1,007

978

874

         INTERMITTENT   

8,121

7,242

7,392

6,770

5,836

5,845

408

334

401

1,351

1,406

1,547

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

259,512

249,544

280,694

229,463

219,383

249,600

42,880

41,512

43,827

30,049

30,161

31,094

         FULL-TIME   

143,721

130,215

160,199

120,515

106,808

135,754

36,971

35,439

37,575

23,206

23,407

24,445

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

22,436

24,232

29,984

18,373

20,127

25,463

2,183

2,412

2,915

4,063

4,105

4,521

         INTERMITTENT   

93,355

95,097

90,511

90,575

92,448

88,383

3,726

3,661

3,337

2,780

2,649

2,128

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,333,795

1,331,541

1,367,425

1,307,795

1,305,430

1,340,904

212,653

212,775

214,163

26,000

26,111

26,521

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,288,114

1,290,998

1,322,234

1,263,795

1,266,660

1,297,380

208,831

208,982

209,804

24,319

24,338

24,854

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

45,681

40,543

45,191

44,000

38,770

43,524

3,822

3,793

4,359

1,681

1,773

1,667

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,381,316

1,374,834

1,353,881

1,314,568

1,308,161

1,287,107

118,622

117,397

117,380

66,748

66,673

66,774

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,167,485

1,165,833

1,118,378

1,129,105

1,127,548

1,081,031

79,564

79,678

77,912

38,380

38,285

37,347

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

213,831

209,001

235,503

185,463

180,613

206,076

39,058

37,719

39,468

28,368

28,388

29,427

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

213,421

211,270

214,914

206,996

204,814

207,847

11,783

11,793

12,759

6,425

6,456

7,067

         POSTAL   

765,469

765,363

771,241

761,796

761,694

767,464

16,834

16,820

16,992

3,673

3,669

3,777

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,736,221

1,729,742

1,735,151

1,653,571

1,647,083

1,652,700

302,658

301,559

301,792

82,650

82,659

82,451

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,683,374

2,674,419

2,690,197

2,615,947

2,606,940

2,622,885

328,842

327,653

329,571

67,427

67,479

67,312

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,737

31,956

31,109

6,416

6,651

5,126

2,433

2,519

1,972

25,321

25,305

25,983

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

32,878

32,336

28,499

29,493

28,914

26,831

5,647

5,606

5,372

3,385

3,422

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

30,348

30,154

30,307

30,340

30,146

30,299

29,327

29,154

29,267

8

8

8

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,737

29,533

29,694

29,729

29,525

29,686

28,762

28,578

28,706

8

8

8

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

420

431

401

420

431

401

384

397

370

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

191

190

212

191

190

212

181

179

191

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,670

11,676

11,883

11,662

11,668

11,875

10,669

10,696

10,864

8

8

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,300

11,299

11,483

11,292

11,291

11,475

10,343

10,362

10,516

8

8

8

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

370

377

400

370

377

400

326

334

348

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,678

18,478

18,424

18,678

18,478

18,424

18,658

18,458

18,403

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,437

18,234

18,211

18,437

18,234

18,211

18,419

18,216

18,190

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

241

244

213

241

244

213

239

242

213

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,737

11,801

11,810

11,729

11,793

11,802

10,748

10,814

10,836

8

8

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,410

11,465

11,493

11,402

11,457

11,485

10,454

10,510

10,549

8

8

8

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

324

333

314

324

333

314

291

301

284

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,611

18,353

18,497

18,611

18,353

18,497

18,579

18,340

18,431

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,327

18,068

18,201

18,327

18,068

18,201

18,308

18,068

18,157

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

96

98

87

96

98

87

93

96

86

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

188

187

209

188

187

209

178

176

188

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,458

2,472

2,481

2,458

2,472

2,481

2,302

2,314

2,319

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,441

2,456

2,471

2,441

2,456

2,471

2,286

2,299

2,309

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

17

16

10

17

16

10

16

15

10

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,890

27,682

27,826

27,882

27,674

27,818

27,025

26,840

26,948

8

8

8

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,296

9,345

9,339

9,288

9,337

9,331

8,462

8,515

8,527

8

8

8

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,594

18,337

18,487

18,594

18,337

18,487

18,563

18,325

18,421

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,688

2,691

2,643

2,688

2,691

2,643

2,682

2,685

2,635

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,660

27,463

27,664

27,652

27,455

27,656

26,645

26,469

26,632

8

8

8

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

30,283

30,088

30,258

30,275

30,080

30,250

29,262

29,088

29,219

8

8

8

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

65

66

49

65

66

49

65

66

48

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

113

116

105

113

116

105

100

104

93

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

34,077

34,033

34,303

33,648

33,604

33,870

1,950

1,911

2,001

429

429

433

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

32,243

32,239

32,507

31,826

31,822

32,086

1,833

1,834

1,914

417

417

421

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,761

1,729

1,721

1,749

1,717

1,709

102

70

73

12

12

12

      INTERMITTENT      

73

65

75

73

65

75

15

7

14

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

31,775

31,752

32,145

31,376

31,353

31,741

1,849

1,832

1,860

399

399

404

         FULL-TIME   

30,753

30,731

31,073

30,358

30,336

30,673

1,785

1,769

1,795

395

395

400

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,022

1,021

1,072

1,018

1,017

1,068

64

63

65

4

4

4

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,302

2,281

2,158

2,272

2,251

2,129

101

79

141

30

30

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,490

1,508

1,434

1,468

1,486

1,413

48

65

119

22

22

21

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

812

773

724

804

765

716

53

14

22

8

8

8

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

31,800

31,775

32,154

31,401

31,376

31,750

1,874

1,855

1,869

399

399

404

         FULL-TIME   

30,776

30,751

31,079

30,381

30,356

30,679

1,808

1,789

1,801

395

395

400

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,024

1,024

1,075

1,020

1,020

1,071

66

66

68

4

4

4

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,277

2,258

2,149

2,247

2,228

2,120

76

56

132

30

30

29

         FULL-TIME   

1,467

1,488

1,428

1,445

1,466

1,407

25

45

113

22

22

21

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

737

705

646

729

697

638

36

4

5

8

8

8

         INTERMITTENT   

73

65

75

73

65

75

15

7

14

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

34,077

34,033

34,303

33,648

33,604

33,870

1,950

1,911

2,001

429

429

433

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

31,800

31,775

32,154

31,401

31,376

31,750

1,874

1,855

1,869

399

399

404

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,277

2,258

2,149

2,247

2,228

2,120

76

56

132

30

30

29

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

34,077

34,033

34,303

33,648

33,604

33,870

1,950

1,911

2,001

429

429

433

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

34,077

34,033

34,301

33,648

33,604

33,868

1,950

1,911

1,999

429

429

433

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

...

...

2

...

...

2

...

...

2

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

19

19

13

19

19

13

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,650,686

2,642,188

2,656,696

2,558,375

2,549,841

2,563,842

299,998

299,107

300,275

92,311

92,347

92,854

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,398,468

2,387,208

2,407,621

2,315,346

2,303,987

2,323,825

288,645

287,616

288,639

83,122

83,221

83,796

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

151,006

152,896

151,459

145,948

147,825

146,076

7,415

7,682

8,103

5,058

5,071

5,383

      INTERMITTENT      

101,212

102,084

97,616

97,081

98,029

93,941

3,938

3,809

3,533

4,131

4,055

3,675

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,458,919

2,458,779

2,443,479

2,376,941

2,376,770

2,360,587

283,833

283,769

282,459

81,978

82,009

82,892

         FULL-TIME   

2,311,598

2,309,811

2,305,351

2,233,647

2,231,894

2,226,638

277,438

277,226

276,241

77,951

77,917

78,713

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

147,321

148,968

138,128

143,294

144,876

133,949

6,395

6,543

6,218

4,027

4,092

4,179

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

191,767

183,409

213,217

181,434

173,071

203,255

16,165

15,338

17,816

10,333

10,338

9,962

         FULL-TIME   

86,870

77,397

102,270

81,699

72,093

97,187

11,207

10,390

12,398

5,171

5,304

5,083

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

104,897

106,012

110,947

99,735

100,978

106,068

4,958

4,948

5,418

5,162

5,034

4,879

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,412,062

2,413,255

2,396,648

2,349,770

2,351,039

2,334,859

275,773

275,991

275,011

62,292

62,216

61,789

         FULL-TIME   

2,274,541

2,276,549

2,267,051

2,214,603

2,216,713

2,207,679

270,007

270,290

269,334

59,938

59,836

59,372

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

129,403

129,467

122,208

128,400

128,493

121,338

5,361

5,370

5,279

1,003

974

870

         INTERMITTENT   

8,118

7,239

7,389

6,767

5,833

5,842

405

331

398

1,351

1,406

1,547

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

238,624

228,933

260,048

208,605

198,802

228,983

24,225

23,116

25,264

30,019

30,131

31,065

         FULL-TIME   

123,927

110,659

140,570

100,743

87,274

116,146

18,638

17,326

19,305

23,184

23,385

24,424

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,603

23,429

29,251

17,548

19,332

24,738

2,054

2,312

2,824

4,055

4,097

4,513

         INTERMITTENT   

93,094

94,845

90,227

90,314

92,196

88,099

3,533

3,478

3,135

2,780

2,649

2,128

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,331,337

1,329,069

1,364,944

1,305,337

1,302,958

1,338,423

210,351

210,461

211,844

26,000

26,111

26,521

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,285,673

1,288,542

1,319,763

1,261,354

1,264,204

1,294,909

206,545

206,683

207,495

24,319

24,338

24,854

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

45,664

40,527

45,181

43,983

38,754

43,514

3,806

3,778

4,349

1,681

1,773

1,667

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,319,349

1,313,119

1,291,752

1,253,038

1,246,883

1,225,419

89,647

88,646

88,431

66,311

66,236

66,333

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,126,389

1,124,713

1,076,885

1,088,416

1,086,835

1,039,950

69,228

69,308

67,516

37,973

37,878

36,935

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

192,960

188,406

214,867

164,622

160,048

185,469

20,419

19,338

20,915

28,338

28,358

29,398

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

210,733

208,579

212,271

204,308

202,123

205,204

9,101

9,108

10,124

6,425

6,456

7,067

         POSTAL   

765,469

765,363

771,241

761,796

761,694

767,464

16,834

16,820

16,992

3,673

3,669

3,777

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,674,484

1,668,246

1,673,184

1,592,271

1,586,024

1,591,174

274,063

273,179

273,159

82,213

82,222

82,010

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,619,014

2,610,298

2,625,638

2,552,024

2,543,256

2,558,767

297,630

296,654

298,353

66,990

67,042

66,871

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,672

31,890

31,058

6,351

6,585

5,075

2,368

2,453

1,922

25,321

25,305

25,983

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

32,746

32,201

28,381

29,361

28,779

26,713

5,547

5,502

5,279

3,385

3,422

* 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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