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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

NOVEMBER
2008*
OCTOBER
2008**
NOVEMBER
2007**
NOVEMBER
2008*
OCTOBER
2008**
NOVEMBER
2007**
NOVEMBER
2008*
OCTOBER
2008**
NOVEMBER
2007**

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
2,716,978
2,759,482
2,704,130
2,628,888
2,670,832
2,616,824
333,499
342,420
333,672
88,090
88,650
87,306
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
2,479,636
2,521,589
2,454,842
2,400,498
2,441,856
2,376,118
321,892
330,891
321,876
79,138
79,733
78,724
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
131,470
132,619
141,351
126,711
127,914
136,538
7,539
7,623
7,775
4,759
4,705
4,813
      INTERMITTENT
105,872
105,274
107,937
101,679
101,062
104,168
4,068
3,906
4,021
4,193
4,212
3,769
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
2,525,666
2,557,312
2,513,798
2,447,684
2,478,914
2,435,785
299,264
307,968
299,844
77,982
78,398
78,013
         FULL-TIME
2,391,101
2,421,734
2,370,783
2,317,431
2,347,622
2,296,752
292,491
301,116
292,659
73,670
74,112
74,031
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
134,565
135,578
143,015
130,253
131,292
139,033
6,773
6,852
7,185
4,312
4,286
3,982
      TEMPORARY POSITION
191,312
202,170
190,332
181,204
191,918
181,039
34,235
34,452
33,828
10,108
10,252
9,293
         FULL-TIME
88,535
99,855
84,059
83,067
94,234
79,366
29,401
29,775
29,217
5,468
5,621
4,693
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
102,777
102,315
106,273
98,137
97,684
101,673
4,834
4,677
4,611
4,640
4,631
4,600
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
2,455,158
2,492,010
2,451,391
2,393,901
2,430,375
2,390,693
290,603
299,588
292,441
61,257
61,635
60,698
         FULL-TIME
2,338,166
2,373,944
2,323,622
2,279,809
2,315,157
2,265,177
285,286
293,965
286,568
58,357
58,787
58,445
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
108,832
110,126
119,394
107,112
108,382
118,240
5,009
5,300
5,506
1,720
1,744
1,154
         INTERMITTENT
8,160
7,940
8,375
6,980
6,836
7,276
308
323
367
1,180
1,104
1,099
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
261,820
267,472
252,739
234,987
240,457
226,131
42,896
42,832
41,231
26,833
27,015
26,608
         FULL-TIME
141,470
147,645
131,220
120,689
126,699
110,941
36,606
36,926
35,308
20,781
20,946
20,279
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
22,638
22,493
21,957
19,599
19,532
18,298
2,530
2,323
2,269
3,039
2,961
3,659
         INTERMITTENT
97,712
97,334
99,562
94,699
94,226
96,892
3,760
3,583
3,654
3,013
3,108
2,670
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
1,309,190
1,348,903
1,314,074
1,284,013
1,323,599
1,289,376
207,295
215,719
211,219
25,177
25,304
24,698
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,271,425
1,306,879
1,279,182
1,247,676
1,283,015
1,255,915
203,590
211,961
207,531
23,749
23,864
23,267
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
37,765
42,024
34,892
36,337
40,584
33,461
3,705
3,758
3,688
1,428
1,440
1,431
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
1,407,788
1,410,579
1,390,056
1,344,875
1,347,233
1,327,448
126,204
126,701
122,453
62,913
63,346
62,608
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,183,733
1,185,131
1,172,209
1,146,225
1,147,360
1,134,778
87,013
87,627
84,910
37,508
37,771
37,431
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
224,055
225,448
217,847
198,650
199,873
192,670
39,191
39,074
37,543
25,405
25,575
25,177
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
207,791
210,785
207,752
201,277
204,273
201,905
10,081
10,977
10,842
6,514
6,512
5,847
         POSTAL
723,171
724,771
750,929
719,737
721,335
747,449
13,959
14,012
14,643
3,434
3,436
3,480
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
1,786,016
1,823,926
1,745,449
1,707,874
1,745,224
1,667,470
309,459
317,431
308,187
78,142
78,702
77,979
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
2,684,124
2,726,483
2,672,247
2,620,981
2,662,873
2,609,584
330,132
339,031
330,630
63,143
63,610
62,663
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
32,854
32,999
31,883
7,907
7,959
7,240
3,367
3,389
3,042
24,947
25,040
24,643
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
29,836
33,388
37,394
28,457
30,170
34,297
5,525
5,615
5,536
1,379
3,218
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT
29,871
29,918
29,835
29,865
29,912
29,828
28,761
28,793
28,792
6
6
7
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
29,453
29,494
29,374
29,447
29,488
29,367
28,390
28,417
28,371
6
6
7
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
304
304
318
304
304
318
261
260
282
...
...
...
      INTERMITTENT
114
120
143
114
120
143
110
116
139
...
...
...
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
11,322
11,372
11,217
11,316
11,366
11,210
10,231
10,266
10,188
6
6
7
         FULL-TIME
11,039
11,082
10,809
11,033
11,076
10,802
9,995
10,024
9,820
6
6
7
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
283
290
408
283
290
408
236
242
368
...
...
...
      TEMPORARY POSITION
18,549
18,546
18,618
18,549
18,546
18,618
18,530
18,527
18,604
...
...
...
         FULL-TIME
18,414
18,412
18,565
18,414
18,412
18,565
18,395
18,393
18,551
...
...
...
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
135
134
53
135
134
53
135
134
53
...
...
...
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
11,367
11,405
11,271
11,361
11,399
11,265
10,272
10,296
10,253
6
6
6
         FULL-TIME
11,105
11,144
11,010
11,099
11,138
11,004
10,051
10,076
10,025
6
6
6
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
259
258
259
259
258
259
218
217
226
...
...
...
         INTERMITTENT
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
...
...
...
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
18,504
18,513
18,564
18,504
18,513
18,563
18,489
18,497
18,539
...
...
1
         FULL-TIME
18,348
18,350
18,364
18,348
18,350
18,363
18,339
18,341
18,346
...
...
1
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
45
46
59
45
46
59
43
43
56
...
...
...
         INTERMITTENT
111
117
141
111
117
141
107
113
137
...
...
...
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
2,427
2,426
2,295
2,427
2,426
2,295
2,238
2,237
2,154
...
...
...
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
2,421
2,420
2,291
2,421
2,420
2,291
2,232
2,231
2,150
...
...
...
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
6
6
4
6
6
4
6
6
4
...
...
...
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
27,444
27,492
27,540
27,438
27,486
27,533
26,523
26,556
26,638
6
6
7
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
8,946
8,985
8,980
8,940
8,979
8,974
8,040
8,065
8,103
6
6
6
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
18,498
18,507
18,560
18,498
18,507
18,559
18,483
18,491
18,535
...
...
1
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
2,712
2,712
2,635
2,712
2,712
2,635
2,666
2,666
2,631
...
...
...
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
27,159
27,206
27,200
27,153
27,200
27,193
26,095
26,127
26,161
6
6
7
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
29,799
29,846
29,766
29,793
29,840
29,759
28,689
28,721
28,723
6
6
7
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
72
72
69
72
72
69
72
72
69
...
...
...
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
116
117
114
116
117
114
111
112
110
...
...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT
33,754
33,754
33,518
33,385
33,385
33,153
2,815
2,815
2,805
369
369
365
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
32,248
32,248
31,985
31,900
31,900
31,641
2,674
2,674
2,664
348
348
344
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
1,409
1,409
1,434
1,391
1,391
1,416
133
133
132
18
18
18
      INTERMITTENT
97
97
99
94
94
96
8
8
9
3
3
3
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
33,438
33,438
33,201
33,080
33,080
32,847
2,747
2,747
2,737
358
358
354
         FULL-TIME
32,221
32,221
31,960
31,873
31,873
31,616
2,647
2,647
2,639
348
348
344
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
1,217
1,217
1,241
1,207
1,207
1,231
100
100
98
10
10
10
      TEMPORARY POSITION
316
316
317
305
305
306
68
68
68
11
11
11
         FULL-TIME
27
27
25
27
27
25
27
27
25
...
...
...
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
289
289
292
278
278
281
41
41
43
11
11
11
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
33,458
33,458
33,218
33,100
33,100
32,864
2,767
2,767
2,754
358
358
354
         FULL-TIME
32,240
32,240
31,976
31,892
31,892
31,632
2,666
2,666
2,655
348
348
344
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
1,218
1,218
1,242
1,208
1,208
1,232
101
101
99
10
10
10
         INTERMITTENT
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
296
296
300
285
285
289
48
48
51
11
11
11
         FULL-TIME
8
8
9
8
8
9
8
8
9
...
...
...
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
191
191
192
183
183
184
32
32
33
8
8
8
         INTERMITTENT
97
97
99
94
94
96
8
8
9
3
3
3
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
33,754
33,754
33,518
33,385
33,385
33,153
2,815
2,815
2,805
369
369
365
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
33,458
33,458
33,218
33,100
33,100
32,864
2,767
2,767
2,754
358
358
354
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
296
296
300
285
285
289
48
48
51
11
11
11
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
33,754
33,754
33,518
33,385
33,385
33,153
2,815
2,815
2,805
369
369
365
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
33,208
33,208
32,986
32,845
32,845
32,627
2,619
2,619
2,608
363
363
359
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
546
546
532
540
540
526
196
196
197
6
6
6
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT
2,653,353
2,695,810
2,640,777
2,565,638
2,607,535
2,553,843
301,923
310,812
302,075
87,715
88,275
86,934
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
2,417,935
2,459,847
2,393,483
2,339,151
2,380,468
2,315,110
290,828
299,800
290,841
78,784
79,379
78,373
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
129,757
130,906
139,599
125,016
126,219
134,804
7,145
7,230
7,361
4,741
4,687
4,795
      INTERMITTENT
105,661
105,057
107,695
101,471
100,848
103,929
3,950
3,782
3,873
4,190
4,209
3,766
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
2,480,906
2,512,502
2,469,380
2,403,288
2,434,468
2,391,728
286,286
294,955
286,919
77,618
78,034
77,652
         FULL-TIME
2,347,841
2,378,431
2,328,014
2,274,525
2,304,673
2,254,334
279,849
288,445
280,200
73,316
73,758
73,680
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
133,065
134,071
141,366
128,763
129,795
137,394
6,437
6,510
6,719
4,302
4,276
3,972
      TEMPORARY POSITION
172,447
183,308
171,397
162,350
173,067
162,115
15,637
15,857
15,156
10,097
10,241
9,282
         FULL-TIME
70,094
81,416
65,469
64,626
75,795
60,776
10,979
11,355
10,641
5,468
5,621
4,693
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
102,353
101,892
105,928
97,724
97,272
101,339
4,658
4,502
4,515
4,629
4,620
4,589
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
2,410,333
2,447,147
2,406,902
2,349,440
2,385,876
2,346,564
277,564
286,525
279,434
60,893
61,271
60,338
         FULL-TIME
2,294,821
2,330,560
2,280,636
2,236,818
2,272,127
2,222,541
272,569
281,223
273,888
58,003
58,433
58,095
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
107,355
108,650
117,893
105,645
106,916
116,749
4,690
4,982
5,181
1,710
1,734
1,144
         INTERMITTENT
8,157
7,937
8,373
6,977
6,833
7,274
305
320
365
1,180
1,104
1,099
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
243,020
248,663
233,875
216,198
221,659
207,279
24,359
24,287
22,641
26,822
27,004
26,596
         FULL-TIME
123,114
129,287
112,847
102,333
108,341
92,569
18,259
18,577
16,953
20,781
20,946
20,278
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
22,402
22,256
21,706
19,371
19,303
18,055
2,455
2,248
2,180
3,031
2,953
3,651
         INTERMITTENT
97,504
97,120
99,322
94,494
94,015
96,655
3,645
3,462
3,508
3,010
3,105
2,667
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
1,306,763
1,346,477
1,311,779
1,281,586
1,321,173
1,287,081
205,057
213,482
209,065
25,177
25,304
24,698
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,269,004
1,304,459
1,276,891
1,245,255
1,280,595
1,253,624
201,358
209,730
205,381
23,749
23,864
23,267
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
37,759
42,018
34,888
36,331
40,578
33,457
3,699
3,752
3,684
1,428
1,440
1,431
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
1,346,590
1,349,333
1,328,998
1,284,052
1,286,362
1,266,762
96,866
97,330
93,010
62,538
62,971
62,236
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,141,329
1,142,688
1,130,011
1,104,185
1,105,281
1,092,940
76,206
76,795
74,053
37,144
37,407
37,071
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
205,261
206,645
198,987
179,867
181,081
173,822
20,660
20,535
18,957
25,394
25,564
25,165
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
205,079
208,073
205,117
198,565
201,561
199,270
7,415
8,311
8,211
6,514
6,512
5,847
         POSTAL
723,171
724,771
750,929
719,737
721,335
747,449
13,959
14,012
14,643
3,434
3,436
3,480
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
1,725,103
1,762,966
1,684,731
1,647,336
1,684,639
1,607,124
280,549
288,489
279,221
77,767
78,327
77,607
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
2,621,117
2,663,429
2,609,495
2,558,343
2,600,188
2,547,198
298,824
307,691
299,299
62,774
63,241
62,297
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
32,236
32,381
31,282
7,295
7,347
6,645
3,099
3,121
2,776
24,941
25,034
24,637
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
29,720
33,271
37,280
28,341
30,053
34,183
5,414
5,503
5,426
1,379
3,218

	ALL AREAS		UNITED STATES	WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA		OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES	NOVEMBER 2008*	OCTOBER 2008**	NOVEMBER 2007**	NOVEMBER 2008*	OCTOBER 2008**	NOVEMBER 2007**	NOVEMBER 2008*	OCTOBER 2008**	NOVEMBER 2007**

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT	2,716,978	2,759,482	2,704,130	2,628,888	2,670,832	2,616,824	333,499	342,420	333,672	88,090	88,650	87,306
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,479,636	2,521,589	2,454,842	2,400,498	2,441,856	2,376,118	321,892	330,891	321,876	79,138	79,733	78,724
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	131,470	132,619	141,351	126,711	127,914	136,538	7,539	7,623	7,775	4,759	4,705	4,813
INTERMITTENT	105,872	105,274	107,937	101,679	101,062	104,168	4,068	3,906	4,021	4,193	4,212	3,769
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,525,666	2,557,312	2,513,798	2,447,684	2,478,914	2,435,785	299,264	307,968	299,844	77,982	78,398	78,013
FULL-TIME	2,391,101	2,421,734	2,370,783	2,317,431	2,347,622	2,296,752	292,491	301,116	292,659	73,670	74,112	74,031
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	134,565	135,578	143,015	130,253	131,292	139,033	6,773	6,852	7,185	4,312	4,286	3,982
TEMPORARY POSITION	191,312	202,170	190,332	181,204	191,918	181,039	34,235	34,452	33,828	10,108	10,252	9,293
FULL-TIME	88,535	99,855	84,059	83,067	94,234	79,366	29,401	29,775	29,217	5,468	5,621	4,693
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	102,777	102,315	106,273	98,137	97,684	101,673	4,834	4,677	4,611	4,640	4,631	4,600
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,455,158	2,492,010	2,451,391	2,393,901	2,430,375	2,390,693	290,603	299,588	292,441	61,257	61,635	60,698
FULL-TIME	2,338,166	2,373,944	2,323,622	2,279,809	2,315,157	2,265,177	285,286	293,965	286,568	58,357	58,787	58,445
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	108,832	110,126	119,394	107,112	108,382	118,240	5,009	5,300	5,506	1,720	1,744	1,154
INTERMITTENT	8,160	7,940	8,375	6,980	6,836	7,276	308	323	367	1,180	1,104	1,099
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	261,820	267,472	252,739	234,987	240,457	226,131	42,896	42,832	41,231	26,833	27,015	26,608
FULL-TIME	141,470	147,645	131,220	120,689	126,699	110,941	36,606	36,926	35,308	20,781	20,946	20,279
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	22,638	22,493	21,957	19,599	19,532	18,298	2,530	2,323	2,269	3,039	2,961	3,659
INTERMITTENT	97,712	97,334	99,562	94,699	94,226	96,892	3,760	3,583	3,654	3,013	3,108	2,670
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,309,190	1,348,903	1,314,074	1,284,013	1,323,599	1,289,376	207,295	215,719	211,219	25,177	25,304	24,698
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,271,425	1,306,879	1,279,182	1,247,676	1,283,015	1,255,915	203,590	211,961	207,531	23,749	23,864	23,267
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	37,765	42,024	34,892	36,337	40,584	33,461	3,705	3,758	3,688	1,428	1,440	1,431
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,407,788	1,410,579	1,390,056	1,344,875	1,347,233	1,327,448	126,204	126,701	122,453	62,913	63,346	62,608
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,183,733	1,185,131	1,172,209	1,146,225	1,147,360	1,134,778	87,013	87,627	84,910	37,508	37,771	37,431
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	224,055	225,448	217,847	198,650	199,873	192,670	39,191	39,074	37,543	25,405	25,575	25,177
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	207,791	210,785	207,752	201,277	204,273	201,905	10,081	10,977	10,842	6,514	6,512	5,847
POSTAL	723,171	724,771	750,929	719,737	721,335	747,449	13,959	14,012	14,643	3,434	3,436	3,480
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,786,016	1,823,926	1,745,449	1,707,874	1,745,224	1,667,470	309,459	317,431	308,187	78,142	78,702	77,979
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,684,124	2,726,483	2,672,247	2,620,981	2,662,873	2,609,584	330,132	339,031	330,630	63,143	63,610	62,663
NON U.S. CITIZEN	32,854	32,999	31,883	7,907	7,959	7,240	3,367	3,389	3,042	24,947	25,040	24,643
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		29,836	33,388	37,394	28,457	30,170	34,297	5,525	5,615	5,536	1,379	3,218
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	29,871	29,918	29,835	29,865	29,912	29,828	28,761	28,793	28,792	6	6	7
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	29,453	29,494	29,374	29,447	29,488	29,367	28,390	28,417	28,371	6	6	7
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	304	304	318	304	304	318	261	260	282	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	114	120	143	114	120	143	110	116	139	...	...	...
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	11,322	11,372	11,217	11,316	11,366	11,210	10,231	10,266	10,188	6	6	7
FULL-TIME	11,039	11,082	10,809	11,033	11,076	10,802	9,995	10,024	9,820	6	6	7
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	283	290	408	283	290	408	236	242	368	...	...	...
TEMPORARY POSITION	18,549	18,546	18,618	18,549	18,546	18,618	18,530	18,527	18,604	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,414	18,412	18,565	18,414	18,412	18,565	18,395	18,393	18,551	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	135	134	53	135	134	53	135	134	53	...	...	...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	11,367	11,405	11,271	11,361	11,399	11,265	10,272	10,296	10,253	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	11,105	11,144	11,010	11,099	11,138	11,004	10,051	10,076	10,025	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	259	258	259	259	258	259	218	217	226	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,504	18,513	18,564	18,504	18,513	18,563	18,489	18,497	18,539	...	...	1
FULL-TIME	18,348	18,350	18,364	18,348	18,350	18,363	18,339	18,341	18,346	...	...	1
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	45	46	59	45	46	59	43	43	56	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	111	117	141	111	117	141	107	113	137	...	...	...
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	2,427	2,426	2,295	2,427	2,426	2,295	2,238	2,237	2,154	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	2,421	2,420	2,291	2,421	2,420	2,291	2,232	2,231	2,150	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	6	6	4	6	6	4	6	6	4	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	27,444	27,492	27,540	27,438	27,486	27,533	26,523	26,556	26,638	6	6	7
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	8,946	8,985	8,980	8,940	8,979	8,974	8,040	8,065	8,103	6	6	6
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,498	18,507	18,560	18,498	18,507	18,559	18,483	18,491	18,535	...	...	1
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	2,712	2,712	2,635	2,712	2,712	2,635	2,666	2,666	2,631	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	27,159	27,206	27,200	27,153	27,200	27,193	26,095	26,127	26,161	6	6	7
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	29,799	29,846	29,766	29,793	29,840	29,759	28,689	28,721	28,723	6	6	7
NON U.S. CITIZEN	72	72	69	72	72	69	72	72	69	...	...	...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		116	117	114	116	117	114	111	112	110	...	...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	33,754	33,754	33,518	33,385	33,385	33,153	2,815	2,815	2,805	369	369	365
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	32,248	32,248	31,985	31,900	31,900	31,641	2,674	2,674	2,664	348	348	344
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,409	1,409	1,434	1,391	1,391	1,416	133	133	132	18	18	18
INTERMITTENT	97	97	99	94	94	96	8	8	9	3	3	3
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	33,438	33,438	33,201	33,080	33,080	32,847	2,747	2,747	2,737	358	358	354
FULL-TIME	32,221	32,221	31,960	31,873	31,873	31,616	2,647	2,647	2,639	348	348	344
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	1,217	1,217	1,241	1,207	1,207	1,231	100	100	98	10	10	10
TEMPORARY POSITION	316	316	317	305	305	306	68	68	68	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	27	27	25	27	27	25	27	27	25	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	289	289	292	278	278	281	41	41	43	11	11	11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	33,458	33,458	33,218	33,100	33,100	32,864	2,767	2,767	2,754	358	358	354
FULL-TIME	32,240	32,240	31,976	31,892	31,892	31,632	2,666	2,666	2,655	348	348	344
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,218	1,218	1,242	1,208	1,208	1,232	101	101	99	10	10	10
INTERMITTENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	296	296	300	285	285	289	48	48	51	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	191	191	192	183	183	184	32	32	33	8	8	8
INTERMITTENT	97	97	99	94	94	96	8	8	9	3	3	3
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	33,754	33,754	33,518	33,385	33,385	33,153	2,815	2,815	2,805	369	369	365
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	33,458	33,458	33,218	33,100	33,100	32,864	2,767	2,767	2,754	358	358	354
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	296	296	300	285	285	289	48	48	51	11	11	11
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	33,754	33,754	33,518	33,385	33,385	33,153	2,815	2,815	2,805	369	369	365
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	33,208	33,208	32,986	32,845	32,845	32,627	2,619	2,619	2,608	363	363	359
NON U.S. CITIZEN	546	546	532	540	540	526	196	196	197	6	6	6
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	2,653,353	2,695,810	2,640,777	2,565,638	2,607,535	2,553,843	301,923	310,812	302,075	87,715	88,275	86,934
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,417,935	2,459,847	2,393,483	2,339,151	2,380,468	2,315,110	290,828	299,800	290,841	78,784	79,379	78,373
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	129,757	130,906	139,599	125,016	126,219	134,804	7,145	7,230	7,361	4,741	4,687	4,795
INTERMITTENT	105,661	105,057	107,695	101,471	100,848	103,929	3,950	3,782	3,873	4,190	4,209	3,766
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,480,906	2,512,502	2,469,380	2,403,288	2,434,468	2,391,728	286,286	294,955	286,919	77,618	78,034	77,652
FULL-TIME	2,347,841	2,378,431	2,328,014	2,274,525	2,304,673	2,254,334	279,849	288,445	280,200	73,316	73,758	73,680
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	133,065	134,071	141,366	128,763	129,795	137,394	6,437	6,510	6,719	4,302	4,276	3,972
TEMPORARY POSITION	172,447	183,308	171,397	162,350	173,067	162,115	15,637	15,857	15,156	10,097	10,241	9,282
FULL-TIME	70,094	81,416	65,469	64,626	75,795	60,776	10,979	11,355	10,641	5,468	5,621	4,693
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	102,353	101,892	105,928	97,724	97,272	101,339	4,658	4,502	4,515	4,629	4,620	4,589
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,410,333	2,447,147	2,406,902	2,349,440	2,385,876	2,346,564	277,564	286,525	279,434	60,893	61,271	60,338
FULL-TIME	2,294,821	2,330,560	2,280,636	2,236,818	2,272,127	2,222,541	272,569	281,223	273,888	58,003	58,433	58,095
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	107,355	108,650	117,893	105,645	106,916	116,749	4,690	4,982	5,181	1,710	1,734	1,144
INTERMITTENT	8,157	7,937	8,373	6,977	6,833	7,274	305	320	365	1,180	1,104	1,099
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	243,020	248,663	233,875	216,198	221,659	207,279	24,359	24,287	22,641	26,822	27,004	26,596
FULL-TIME	123,114	129,287	112,847	102,333	108,341	92,569	18,259	18,577	16,953	20,781	20,946	20,278
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	22,402	22,256	21,706	19,371	19,303	18,055	2,455	2,248	2,180	3,031	2,953	3,651
INTERMITTENT	97,504	97,120	99,322	94,494	94,015	96,655	3,645	3,462	3,508	3,010	3,105	2,667
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,306,763	1,346,477	1,311,779	1,281,586	1,321,173	1,287,081	205,057	213,482	209,065	25,177	25,304	24,698
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,269,004	1,304,459	1,276,891	1,245,255	1,280,595	1,253,624	201,358	209,730	205,381	23,749	23,864	23,267
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	37,759	42,018	34,888	36,331	40,578	33,457	3,699	3,752	3,684	1,428	1,440	1,431
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,346,590	1,349,333	1,328,998	1,284,052	1,286,362	1,266,762	96,866	97,330	93,010	62,538	62,971	62,236
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,141,329	1,142,688	1,130,011	1,104,185	1,105,281	1,092,940	76,206	76,795	74,053	37,144	37,407	37,071
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	205,261	206,645	198,987	179,867	181,081	173,822	20,660	20,535	18,957	25,394	25,564	25,165
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	205,079	208,073	205,117	198,565	201,561	199,270	7,415	8,311	8,211	6,514	6,512	5,847
POSTAL	723,171	724,771	750,929	719,737	721,335	747,449	13,959	14,012	14,643	3,434	3,436	3,480
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,725,103	1,762,966	1,684,731	1,647,336	1,684,639	1,607,124	280,549	288,489	279,221	77,767	78,327	77,607
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,621,117	2,663,429	2,609,495	2,558,343	2,600,188	2,547,198	298,824	307,691	299,299	62,774	63,241	62,297
NON U.S. CITIZEN	32,236	32,381	31,282	7,295	7,347	6,645	3,099	3,121	2,776	24,941	25,034	24,637
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		29,720	33,271	37,280	28,341	30,053	34,183	5,414	5,503	5,426	1,379	3,218

* 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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