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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

MARCH
2006*

FEBRUARY
2006**

MARCH
2005**

MARCH
2006*

FEBRUARY
2006**

MARCH
2005**

MARCH
2006*

FEBRUARY
2006**

MARCH
2005**

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,688,096

2,687,557

2,699,026

2,596,620

2,595,749

2,606,045

326,935

327,530

330,101

91,476

91,808

92,981

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,436,294

2,436,136

2,443,850

2,353,399

2,353,212

2,360,169

315,151

315,631

318,464

82,895

82,924

83,681

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

149,674

149,863

154,903

144,691

144,910

149,730

7,693

7,626

8,197

4,983

4,953

5,173

      INTERMITTENT      

102,128

101,558

100,273

98,530

97,627

96,146

4,091

4,273

3,440

3,598

3,931

4,127

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,498,899

2,500,160

2,497,105

2,417,137

2,418,406

2,414,595

293,654

293,843

295,869

81,762

81,754

82,510

         FULL-TIME   

2,345,880

2,347,642

2,348,874

2,268,099

2,269,837

2,270,515

286,754

287,063

289,453

77,781

77,805

78,359

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

153,019

152,518

148,231

149,038

148,569

144,080

6,900

6,780

6,416

3,981

3,949

4,151

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

189,197

187,397

201,921

179,483

177,343

191,450

33,281

33,687

34,232

9,714

10,054

10,471

         FULL-TIME   

90,414

88,494

94,976

85,300

83,375

89,654

28,397

28,568

29,011

5,114

5,119

5,322

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

98,783

98,903

106,945

94,183

93,968

101,796

4,884

5,119

5,221

4,600

4,935

5,149

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,445,154

2,445,011

2,453,146

2,383,078

2,383,009

2,390,511

287,308

287,508

288,834

62,076

62,002

62,635

         FULL-TIME   

2,309,354

2,308,742

2,315,897

2,249,511

2,248,989

2,255,692

281,433

281,559

282,789

59,843

59,753

60,205

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

126,650

126,936

130,521

125,736

126,052

129,526

5,485

5,485

5,748

914

884

995

         INTERMITTENT   

9,150

9,333

6,728

7,831

7,968

5,293

390

464

297

1,319

1,365

1,435

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

242,942

242,546

245,880

213,542

212,740

215,534

39,627

40,022

41,267

29,400

29,806

30,346

         FULL-TIME   

126,940

127,394

127,953

103,888

104,223

104,477

33,718

34,072

35,675

23,052

23,171

23,476

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

23,024

22,927

24,382

18,955

18,858

20,204

2,208

2,141

2,449

4,069

4,069

4,178

         INTERMITTENT   

92,978

92,225

93,545

90,699

89,659

90,853

3,701

3,809

3,143

2,279

2,566

2,692

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,317,848

1,316,209

1,327,318

1,292,254

1,290,621

1,301,150

210,618

210,804

213,086

25,594

25,588

26,168

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,281,619

1,280,555

1,290,906

1,257,651

1,256,592

1,266,483

207,075

207,245

209,362

23,968

23,963

24,423

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

36,229

35,654

36,412

34,603

34,029

34,667

3,543

3,559

3,724

1,626

1,625

1,745

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,370,248

1,371,348

1,371,708

1,304,366

1,305,128

1,304,895

116,317

116,726

117,015

65,882

66,220

66,813

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,163,535

1,164,456

1,162,240

1,125,427

1,126,417

1,124,028

80,233

80,263

79,472

38,108

38,039

38,212

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

206,713

206,892

209,468

178,939

178,711

180,867

36,084

36,463

37,543

27,774

28,181

28,601

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

209,576

209,820

210,642

203,190

203,407

204,204

11,493

11,550

12,013

6,386

6,413

6,438

         POSTAL   

756,558

756,648

764,029

753,023

753,086

760,365

15,105

15,168

16,862

3,535

3,562

3,664

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,721,962

1,721,089

1,724,355

1,640,407

1,639,256

1,641,476

300,337

300,812

301,226

81,555

81,833

82,879

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,658,156

2,657,543

2,668,404

2,591,298

2,590,440

2,600,652

324,886

325,488

328,151

66,858

67,103

67,752

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

29,940

30,014

30,622

5,322

5,309

5,393

2,049

2,042

1,950

24,618

24,705

25,229

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

36,130

36,186

35,061

33,313

33,102

31,831

5,712

5,508

6,164

2,817

3,084

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

29,935

30,023

30,118

29,928

30,016

30,110

28,957

29,032

29,120

7

7

8

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

29,413

29,507

29,498

29,406

29,500

29,490

28,473

28,554

28,540

7

7

8

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

389

386

426

389

386

426

355

351

393

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

133

130

194

133

130

194

129

127

187

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,399

11,443

11,694

11,392

11,436

11,686

10,436

10,467

10,715

7

7

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,073

11,122

11,315

11,066

11,115

11,307

10,147

10,183

10,375

7

7

8

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

326

321

379

326

321

379

289

284

340

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

18,536

18,580

18,424

18,536

18,580

18,424

18,521

18,565

18,405

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,340

18,385

18,183

18,340

18,385

18,183

18,326

18,371

18,165

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

196

195

241

196

195

241

195

194

240

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,517

11,568

11,817

11,510

11,561

11,809

10,549

10,586

10,830

7

7

8

         FULL-TIME   

11,209

11,264

11,484

11,202

11,257

11,476

10,275

10,316

10,529

7

7

8

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

305

301

330

305

301

330

271

267

298

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

18,418

18,455

18,301

18,418

18,455

18,301

18,408

18,446

18,290

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

18,204

18,243

18,014

18,204

18,243

18,014

18,198

18,238

18,011

...

...

...

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

84

85

96

84

85

96

84

84

95

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

130

127

191

130

127

191

126

124

184

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,297

2,322

2,468

2,297

2,322

2,468

2,162

2,184

2,312

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,263

2,288

2,462

2,263

2,288

2,462

2,128

2,150

2,306

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

34

34

6

34

34

6

34

34

6

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

27,638

27,701

27,650

27,631

27,694

27,642

26,795

26,848

26,808

7

7

8

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

9,254

9,280

9,355

9,247

9,273

9,347

8,421

8,436

8,524

7

7

8

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

18,384

18,421

18,295

18,384

18,421

18,295

18,374

18,412

18,284

...

...

...

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,592

2,604

2,693

2,592

2,604

2,693

2,586

2,599

2,687

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

27,343

27,419

27,425

27,336

27,412

27,417

26,371

26,433

26,433

7

7

8

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

29,865

29,953

30,052

29,858

29,946

30,044

28,887

28,962

29,054

7

7

8

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

70

70

66

70

70

66

70

70

66

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

113

115

116

113

115

116

100

101

100

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,740

33,738

32,724

33,316

33,314

32,319

1,923

1,921

1,914

424

424

405

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

31,952

31,951

30,917

31,540

31,539

30,530

1,846

1,845

1,832

412

412

387

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,727

1,726

1,744

1,715

1,714

1,726

71

70

72

12

12

18

      INTERMITTENT      

61

61

63

61

61

63

6

6

10

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

31,495

31,438

30,541

31,099

31,042

30,175

1,843

1,786

1,829

396

396

366

         FULL-TIME   

30,494

30,458

29,548

30,104

30,068

29,184

1,779

1,743

1,765

390

390

364

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,001

980

993

995

974

991

64

43

64

6

6

2

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

2,245

2,300

2,183

2,217

2,272

2,144

80

135

85

28

28

39

         FULL-TIME   

1,458

1,493

1,369

1,436

1,471

1,346

67

102

67

22

22

23

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

787

807

814

781

801

798

13

33

18

6

6

16

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

31,515

31,513

30,564

31,119

31,117

30,198

1,863

1,861

1,852

396

396

366

         FULL-TIME   

30,511

30,510

29,568

30,121

30,120

29,204

1,796

1,795

1,785

390

390

364

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,004

1,003

996

998

997

994

67

66

67

6

6

2

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

2,225

2,225

2,160

2,197

2,197

2,121

60

60

62

28

28

39

         FULL-TIME   

1,441

1,441

1,349

1,419

1,419

1,326

50

50

47

22

22

23

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

723

723

748

717

717

732

4

4

5

6

6

16

         INTERMITTENT   

61

61

63

61

61

63

6

6

10

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,740

33,738

32,724

33,316

33,314

32,319

1,923

1,921

1,914

424

424

405

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

31,515

31,513

30,564

31,119

31,117

30,198

1,863

1,861

1,852

396

396

366

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

2,225

2,225

2,160

2,197

2,197

2,121

60

60

62

28

28

39

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,740

33,738

32,724

33,316

33,314

32,319

1,923

1,921

1,914

424

424

405

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

33,738

33,736

32,724

33,314

33,312

32,319

1,921

1,919

1,914

424

424

405

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

2

2

...

2

2

...

2

2

...

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

19

19

15

19

19

15

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,624,421

2,623,796

2,636,191

2,533,376

2,532,419

2,543,623

296,055

296,577

299,071

91,045

91,377

92,568

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,374,929

2,374,678

2,383,439

2,292,453

2,292,173

2,300,153

284,832

285,232

288,096

82,476

82,505

83,286

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

147,558

147,751

152,733

142,587

142,810

147,578

7,267

7,205

7,732

4,971

4,941

5,155

      INTERMITTENT      

101,934

101,367

100,019

98,336

97,436

95,892

3,956

4,140

3,243

3,598

3,931

4,127

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,456,005

2,457,279

2,454,877

2,374,646

2,375,928

2,372,741

281,375

281,590

283,329

81,359

81,351

82,136

         FULL-TIME   

2,304,313

2,306,062

2,308,015

2,226,929

2,228,654

2,230,028

274,828

275,137

277,317

77,384

77,408

77,987

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

151,692

151,217

146,862

147,717

147,274

142,713

6,547

6,453

6,012

3,975

3,943

4,149

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

168,416

166,517

181,314

158,730

156,491

170,882

14,680

14,987

15,742

9,686

10,026

10,432

         FULL-TIME   

70,616

68,616

75,424

65,524

63,519

70,125

10,004

10,095

10,779

5,092

5,097

5,299

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

97,800

97,901

105,890

93,206

92,972

100,757

4,676

4,892

4,963

4,594

4,929

5,133

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,402,122

2,401,930

2,410,765

2,340,449

2,340,331

2,348,504

274,896

275,061

276,152

61,673

61,599

62,261

         FULL-TIME   

2,267,634

2,266,968

2,274,845

2,208,188

2,207,612

2,215,012

269,362

269,448

270,475

59,446

59,356

59,833

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

125,341

125,632

129,195

124,433

124,754

128,202

5,147

5,152

5,383

908

878

993

         INTERMITTENT   

9,147

9,330

6,725

7,828

7,965

5,290

387

461

294

1,319

1,365

1,435

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

222,299

221,866

225,426

192,927

192,088

195,119

21,159

21,516

22,919

29,372

29,778

30,307

         FULL-TIME   

107,295

107,710

108,594

84,265

84,561

85,141

15,470

15,784

17,621

23,030

23,149

23,453

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

22,217

22,119

23,538

18,154

18,056

19,376

2,120

2,053

2,349

4,063

4,063

4,162

         INTERMITTENT   

92,787

92,037

93,294

90,508

89,471

90,602

3,569

3,679

2,949

2,279

2,566

2,692

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,315,551

1,313,887

1,324,850

1,289,957

1,288,299

1,298,682

208,456

208,620

210,774

25,594

25,588

26,168

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,279,356

1,278,267

1,288,444

1,255,388

1,254,304

1,264,021

204,947

205,095

207,056

23,968

23,963

24,423

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

36,195

35,620

36,406

34,569

33,995

34,661

3,509

3,525

3,718

1,626

1,625

1,745

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,308,870

1,309,909

1,311,341

1,243,419

1,244,120

1,244,941

87,599

87,957

88,297

65,451

65,789

66,400

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,122,766

1,123,663

1,122,321

1,085,061

1,086,027

1,084,483

69,949

69,966

69,096

37,705

37,636

37,838

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

186,104

186,246

189,020

158,358

158,093

160,458

17,650

17,991

19,201

27,746

28,153

28,562

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

206,984

207,216

207,949

200,598

200,803

201,511

8,907

8,951

9,326

6,386

6,413

6,438

         POSTAL   

756,558

756,648

764,029

753,023

753,086

760,365

15,105

15,168

16,862

3,535

3,562

3,664

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,660,879

1,659,932

1,664,213

1,579,755

1,578,530

1,581,747

272,043

272,458

272,883

81,124

81,402

82,466

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,594,553

2,593,854

2,605,635

2,528,126

2,527,182

2,538,296

294,078

294,607

297,187

66,427

66,672

67,339

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

29,868

29,942

30,556

5,250

5,237

5,327

1,977

1,970

1,884

24,618

24,705

25,229

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

35,998

36,052

34,944

33,181

32,968

31,714

5,612

5,407

6,070

2,817

3,084

* 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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