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Federal Employment Statistics

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT


ALL AREAS

UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA

OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

JANUARY
2008*

DECEMBER
2007**

JANUARY
2007**

JANUARY
2008*

DECEMBER
2007**

JANUARY
2007**

JANUARY
2008*

DECEMBER
2007**

JANUARY
2007**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT            

2,687,894

2,709,589

2,670,275

2,600,706

2,622,028

2,582,696

322,300

324,472

329,464

87,188

87,561

87,579

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,444,198

2,447,933

2,425,862

2,365,529

2,369,283

2,346,311

310,734

312,241

317,913

78,669

78,650

79,551

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

135,884

136,161

148,661

131,050

131,249

143,892

7,463

7,573

7,480

4,834

4,912

4,769

      INTERMITTENT      

107,812

125,495

95,752

104,127

121,496

92,493

4,103

4,658

4,071

3,685

3,999

3,259

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,502,142

2,510,555

2,492,346

2,424,664

2,432,840

2,413,426

298,094

299,665

295,953

77,478

77,715

78,920

         FULL-TIME   

2,366,397

2,373,229

2,343,750

2,292,832

2,299,515

2,268,777

291,305

292,794

289,328

73,565

73,714

74,973

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

135,745

137,326

148,596

131,832

133,325

144,649

6,789

6,871

6,625

3,913

4,001

3,947

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

185,752

199,034

177,929

176,042

189,188

169,270

24,206

24,807

33,511

9,710

9,846

8,659

         FULL-TIME   

77,801

74,704

82,112

72,697

69,768

77,534

19,429

19,447

28,585

5,104

4,936

4,578

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

107,951

124,330

95,817

103,345

119,420

91,736

4,777

5,360

4,926

4,606

4,910

4,081

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,442,997

2,448,785

2,437,065

2,382,344

2,388,103

2,375,893

289,986

291,856

289,827

60,653

60,682

61,172

         FULL-TIME   

2,320,960

2,325,814

2,302,033

2,262,609

2,267,393

2,243,064

284,306

286,126

284,131

58,351

58,421

58,969

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

114,429

114,530

127,050

113,251

113,375

126,036

5,344

5,382

5,420

1,178

1,155

1,014

         INTERMITTENT   

7,608

8,441

7,982

6,484

7,335

6,793

336

348

276

1,124

1,106

1,189

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

244,897

260,804

233,210

218,362

233,925

206,803

32,314

32,616

39,637

26,535

26,879

26,407

         FULL-TIME   

123,238

122,119

123,829

102,920

101,890

103,247

26,428

26,115

33,782

20,318

20,229

20,582

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,455

21,631

21,611

17,799

17,874

17,856

2,119

2,191

2,060

3,656

3,757

3,755

         INTERMITTENT   

100,204

117,054

87,770

97,643

114,161

85,700

3,767

4,310

3,795

2,561

2,893

2,070

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,308,991

1,310,658

1,300,529

1,284,365

1,286,000

1,275,708

209,907

211,001

210,315

24,626

24,658

24,821

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,273,477

1,276,048

1,269,035

1,250,314

1,252,846

1,245,710

206,347

207,412

206,810

23,163

23,202

23,325

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

35,514

34,610

31,494

34,051

33,154

29,998

3,560

3,589

3,505

1,463

1,456

1,496

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,378,903

1,398,931

1,369,746

1,316,341

1,336,028

1,306,988

112,393

113,471

119,149

62,562

62,903

62,758

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,169,520

1,172,737

1,168,030

1,132,030

1,135,257

1,130,183

83,639

84,444

83,017

37,490

37,480

37,847

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

209,383

226,194

201,716

184,311

200,771

176,805

28,754

29,027

36,132

25,072

25,423

24,911

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

206,837

208,827

207,346

200,821

202,815

201,581

10,830

10,972

11,241

6,016

6,012

5,765

         POSTAL   

748,999

767,827

751,818

745,589

764,190

748,435

14,711

15,212

14,914

3,410

3,637

3,383

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,732,058

1,732,935

1,711,111

1,654,296

1,655,023

1,632,680

296,759

298,288

303,309

77,762

77,912

78,431

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,656,215

2,677,732

2,639,921

2,593,384

2,614,777

2,576,563

319,187

321,423

327,033

62,831

62,955

63,358

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,679

31,857

30,354

7,322

7,251

6,133

3,113

3,049

2,431

24,357

24,606

24,221

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

40,568

40,107

40,104

37,408

37,098

36,871

5,736

5,557

5,443

3,160

3,009

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

19,771

19,818

29,203

19,767

19,813

29,196

18,731

18,776

28,177

4

5

7

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

19,315

19,351

28,692

19,311

19,346

28,685

18,313

18,343

27,704

4

5

7

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

320

320

342

320

320

342

286

290

307

...

...

...

      INTERMITTENT      

136

147

169

136

147

169

132

143

166

...

...

...

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

11,179

11,203

11,182

11,175

11,198

11,175

10,155

10,176

10,176

4

5

7

         FULL-TIME   

10,869

10,888

10,890

10,865

10,883

10,883

9,883

9,895

9,922

4

5

7

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

310

315

292

310

315

292

272

281

254

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

8,592

8,615

18,021

8,592

8,615

18,021

8,576

8,600

18,001

...

...

...

         FULL-TIME   

8,446

8,463

17,802

8,446

8,463

17,802

8,430

8,448

17,782

...

...

...

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

146

152

219

146

152

219

146

152

219

...

...

...

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

11,237

11,259

11,216

11,233

11,254

11,210

10,220

10,239

10,213

4

5

6

         FULL-TIME   

10,975

10,996

10,947

10,971

10,991

10,941

9,990

10,006

9,977

4

5

6

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

259

261

266

259

261

266

227

231

233

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

3

2

3

3

2

3

3

2

3

...

...

...

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

8,534

8,559

17,987

8,534

8,559

17,986

8,511

8,537

17,964

...

...

1

         FULL-TIME   

8,340

8,355

17,745

8,340

8,355

17,744

8,323

8,337

17,727

...

...

1

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

61

59

76

61

59

76

59

59

74

...

...

...

         INTERMITTENT   

133

145

166

133

145

166

129

141

163

...

...

...

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

2,360

2,295

2,257

2,360

2,295

2,257

2,222

2,154

2,118

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

2,352

2,291

2,235

2,352

2,291

2,235

2,214

2,150

2,096

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

8

4

22

8

4

22

8

4

22

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

17,411

17,523

26,946

17,407

17,518

26,939

16,509

16,622

26,059

4

5

7

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

8,885

8,968

8,981

8,881

8,963

8,975

8,006

8,089

8,117

4

5

6

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

8,526

8,555

17,965

8,526

8,555

17,964

8,503

8,533

17,942

...

...

1

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

2,678

2,638

2,630

2,678

2,638

2,630

2,671

2,634

2,625

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

17,093

17,180

26,573

17,089

17,175

26,566

16,060

16,142

25,552

4

5

7

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

19,702

19,748

29,146

19,698

19,743

29,139

18,662

18,706

28,120

4

5

7

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

69

70

57

69

70

57

69

70

57

...

...

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

96

92

129

96

92

129

91

88

113

...

...

JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

33,520

33,518

31,928

33,155

33,153

31,579

2,807

2,805

2,684

365

365

349

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

31,986

31,985

30,368

31,642

31,641

30,042

2,665

2,664

2,556

344

344

326

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

1,435

1,434

1,450

1,417

1,416

1,432

133

132

116

18

18

18

      INTERMITTENT      

99

99

110

96

96

105

9

9

12

3

3

5

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

33,201

33,201

30,197

32,847

32,847

29,877

2,737

2,737

2,550

354

354

320

         FULL-TIME   

31,959

31,960

28,937

31,615

31,616

28,630

2,638

2,639

2,460

344

344

307

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

1,242

1,241

1,260

1,232

1,231

1,247

99

98

90

10

10

13

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

319

317

1,731

308

306

1,702

70

68

134

11

11

29

         FULL-TIME   

27

25

1,431

27

25

1,412

27

25

96

...

...

19

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

292

292

300

281

281

290

43

43

38

11

11

10

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

33,220

33,218

30,215

32,866

32,864

29,898

2,756

2,754

2,571

354

354

317

         FULL-TIME   

31,977

31,976

28,957

31,633

31,632

28,650

2,656

2,655

2,480

344

344

307

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

1,243

1,242

1,254

1,233

1,232

1,248

100

99

91

10

10

6

         INTERMITTENT   

...

...

4

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

4

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

300

300

1,713

289

289

1,681

51

51

113

11

11

32

         FULL-TIME   

9

9

1,411

9

9

1,392

9

9

76

...

...

19

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

192

192

196

184

184

184

33

33

25

8

8

12

         INTERMITTENT   

99

99

106

96

96

105

9

9

12

3

3

1

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

33,520

33,518

31,928

33,155

33,153

31,579

2,807

2,805

2,684

365

365

349

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

33,220

33,218

30,215

32,866

32,864

29,898

2,756

2,754

2,571

354

354

317

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

300

300

1,713

289

289

1,681

51

51

113

11

11

32

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

33,520

33,518

31,928

33,155

33,153

31,579

2,807

2,805

2,684

365

365

349

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

32,988

32,986

31,845

32,629

32,627

31,496

2,610

2,608

2,680

359

359

349

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

532

532

83

526

526

83

197

197

4

6

6

...

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT            

2,634,603

2,656,253

2,609,144

2,547,784

2,569,062

2,521,921

300,762

302,891

298,603

86,819

87,191

87,223

   WORK SCHEDULE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      FULL-TIME      

2,392,897

2,396,597

2,366,802

2,314,576

2,318,296

2,287,584

289,756

291,234

287,653

78,321

78,301

79,218

      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)      

134,129

134,407

146,869

129,313

129,513

142,118

7,044

7,151

7,057

4,816

4,894

4,751

      INTERMITTENT      

107,577

125,249

95,473

103,895

121,253

92,219

3,962

4,506

3,893

3,682

3,996

3,254

   POSITION OCCUPIED:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT POSITION      

2,457,762

2,466,151

2,450,967

2,380,642

2,388,795

2,372,374

285,202

286,752

283,227

77,120

77,356

78,593

         FULL-TIME   

2,323,569

2,330,381

2,303,923

2,250,352

2,257,016

2,229,264

278,784

280,260

276,946

73,217

73,365

74,659

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

134,193

135,770

147,044

130,290

131,779

143,110

6,418

6,492

6,281

3,903

3,991

3,934

      TEMPORARY POSITION      

176,841

190,102

158,177

167,142

180,267

149,547

15,560

16,139

15,376

9,699

9,835

8,630

         FULL-TIME   

69,328

66,216

62,879

64,224

61,280

58,320

10,972

10,974

10,707

5,104

4,936

4,559

         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT   

107,513

123,886

95,298

102,918

118,987

91,227

4,588

5,165

4,669

4,595

4,899

4,071

   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      PERMANENT      

2,398,540

2,404,308

2,395,634

2,338,245

2,343,985

2,334,785

277,010

278,863

277,043

60,295

60,323

60,849

         FULL-TIME   

2,278,008

2,282,842

2,262,129

2,220,005

2,224,770

2,203,473

271,660

273,465

271,674

58,003

58,072

58,656

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

112,927

113,027

125,530

111,759

111,882

124,522

5,017

5,052

5,096

1,168

1,145

1,008

         INTERMITTENT   

7,605

8,439

7,975

6,481

7,333

6,790

333

346

273

1,124

1,106

1,185

      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE      

236,063

251,945

213,510

209,539

225,077

187,136

23,752

24,028

21,560

26,524

26,868

26,374

         FULL-TIME   

114,889

113,755

104,673

94,571

93,526

84,111

18,096

17,769

15,979

20,318

20,229

20,562

         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)   

21,202

21,380

21,339

17,554

17,631

17,596

2,027

2,099

1,961

3,648

3,749

3,743

         INTERMITTENT   

99,972

116,810

87,498

97,414

113,920

85,429

3,629

4,160

3,620

2,558

2,890

2,069

   TYPE OF SERVICE:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE      

1,306,631

1,308,363

1,298,272

1,282,005

1,283,705

1,273,451

207,685

208,847

208,197

24,626

24,658

24,821

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,271,125

1,273,757

1,266,800

1,247,962

1,250,555

1,243,475

204,133

205,262

204,714

23,163

23,202

23,325

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

35,506

34,606

31,472

34,043

33,150

29,976

3,552

3,585

3,483

1,463

1,456

1,496

      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES      

1,327,972

1,347,890

1,310,872

1,265,779

1,285,357

1,248,470

93,077

94,044

90,406

62,193

62,533

62,402

         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT   

1,127,415

1,130,551

1,128,834

1,090,283

1,093,430

1,091,310

72,877

73,601

72,329

37,132

37,121

37,524

         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE   

200,557

217,339

182,038

175,496

191,927

157,160

20,200

20,443

18,077

25,061

25,412

24,878

   PAY SYSTEM:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         WAGE   

204,159

206,189

204,716

198,143

200,177

198,951

8,159

8,338

8,616

6,016

6,012

5,765

         POSTAL   

748,999

767,827

751,818

745,589

764,190

748,435

14,711

15,212

14,914

3,410

3,637

3,383

         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER   

1,681,445

1,682,237

1,652,610

1,604,052

1,604,695

1,574,535

277,892

279,341

275,073

77,393

77,542

78,075

   CITIZENSHIP:   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         U.S. CITIZEN   

2,603,525

2,624,998

2,578,930

2,541,057

2,562,407

2,515,928

297,915

300,109

296,233

62,468

62,591

63,002

         NON U.S. CITIZEN   

31,078

31,255

30,214

6,727

6,655

5,993

2,847

2,782

2,370

24,351

24,600

24,221

   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***         

40,472

40,015

39,975

37,312

37,006

36,742

5,645

5,469

5,330

3,160

3,009

* 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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