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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

SEPTEMBER
2008*
AUGUST
2008*
SEPTEMBER
2007**
SEPTEMBER
2008*
AUGUST
2008*
SEPTEMBER
2007**
SEPTEMBER
2008*
AUGUST
2008*
SEPTEMBER
2007**

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
2,757,872
2,757,080
2,702,941
2,669,588
2,670,575
2,616,241
342,611
342,230
333,727
88,284
86,505
86,700
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
2,519,051
2,522,552
2,457,186
2,439,314
2,443,579
2,378,835
331,001
331,230
321,979
79,737
78,973
78,351
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
132,048
129,812
143,196
127,405
125,214
138,553
7,367
6,879
7,450
4,643
4,598
4,643
      INTERMITTENT
106,773
104,716
102,559
102,869
101,782
98,853
4,243
4,121
4,298
3,904
2,934
3,706
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
2,552,497
2,546,886
2,511,075
2,474,253
2,469,596
2,433,324
307,207
306,583
299,269
78,244
77,290
77,751
         FULL-TIME
2,417,714
2,414,302
2,366,042
2,343,511
2,340,900
2,292,203
300,413
300,082
292,471
74,203
73,402
73,839
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
134,783
132,584
145,033
130,742
128,696
141,121
6,794
6,501
6,798
4,041
3,888
3,912
      TEMPORARY POSITION
205,375
210,194
191,866
195,335
200,979
182,917
35,404
35,647
34,458
10,040
9,215
8,949
         FULL-TIME
101,337
108,250
91,144
95,803
102,679
86,632
30,588
31,148
29,508
5,534
5,571
4,512
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
104,038
101,944
100,722
99,532
98,300
96,285
4,816
4,499
4,950
4,506
3,644
4,437
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
2,484,057
2,476,390
2,445,858
2,422,786
2,415,560
2,385,191
298,268
296,503
291,659
61,271
60,830
60,667
         FULL-TIME
2,366,382
2,358,919
2,315,638
2,307,466
2,300,443
2,257,185
292,794
291,158
285,835
58,916
58,476
58,453
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
109,524
109,875
122,145
108,260
108,315
121,002
5,101
5,015
5,500
1,264
1,560
1,143
         INTERMITTENT
8,151
7,596
8,075
7,060
6,802
7,004
373
330
324
1,091
794
1,071
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
273,815
280,690
257,083
246,802
255,015
231,050
44,343
45,727
42,068
27,013
25,675
26,033
         FULL-TIME
152,669
163,633
141,548
131,848
143,136
121,650
38,207
40,072
36,144
20,821
20,497
19,898
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
22,524
19,937
21,051
19,145
16,899
17,551
2,266
1,864
1,950
3,379
3,038
3,500
         INTERMITTENT
98,622
97,120
94,484
95,809
94,980
91,849
3,870
3,791
3,974
2,813
2,140
2,635
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
1,343,385
1,340,067
1,314,141
1,318,155
1,315,060
1,289,610
214,894
214,081
210,843
25,230
25,007
24,531
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,299,144
1,293,033
1,273,209
1,275,349
1,269,476
1,250,063
211,126
209,830
207,208
23,795
23,557
23,146
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
44,241
47,034
40,932
42,806
45,584
39,547
3,768
4,251
3,635
1,435
1,450
1,385
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
1,414,487
1,417,013
1,388,800
1,351,433
1,355,515
1,326,631
127,717
128,149
122,884
63,054
61,498
62,169
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,184,913
1,183,357
1,172,649
1,147,437
1,146,084
1,135,128
87,142
86,673
84,451
37,476
37,273
37,521
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
229,574
233,656
216,151
203,996
209,431
191,503
40,575
41,476
38,433
25,578
24,225
24,648
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
211,849
212,807
208,464
205,331
206,387
202,895
10,999
11,053
11,030
6,518
6,420
5,569
         POSTAL
728,276
732,113
747,805
724,831
728,651
744,327
14,051
14,179
14,582
3,445
3,462
3,478
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
1,817,747
1,812,160
1,746,672
1,739,426
1,735,537
1,669,019
317,561
316,998
308,115
78,321
76,623
77,653
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
2,724,689
2,724,621
2,670,760
2,661,628
2,662,563
2,608,622
339,229
338,889
330,492
63,061
62,058
62,138
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
33,183
32,459
32,181
7,960
8,012
7,619
3,382
3,341
3,235
25,223
24,447
24,562
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
32,876
32,865
32,474
29,650
29,283
29,488
5,338
5,103
4,844
3,226
3,582
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT
30,293
30,293
29,660
30,287
30,287
29,655
29,181
29,181
28,615
6
6
5
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
29,873
29,873
29,205
29,867
29,867
29,200
28,805
28,805
28,197
6
6
5
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
301
301
320
301
301
320
260
260
287
...
...
...
      INTERMITTENT
119
119
135
119
119
135
116
116
131
...
...
...
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
11,315
11,315
11,218
11,309
11,309
11,213
10,221
10,221
10,190
6
6
5
         FULL-TIME
11,029
11,029
10,935
11,023
11,023
10,930
9,979
9,979
9,944
6
6
5
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
286
286
283
286
286
283
242
242
246
...
...
...
      TEMPORARY POSITION
18,978
18,978
18,442
18,978
18,978
18,442
18,960
18,960
18,425
...
...
...
         FULL-TIME
18,844
18,844
18,270
18,844
18,844
18,270
18,826
18,826
18,253
...
...
...
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
134
134
172
134
134
172
134
134
172
...
...
...
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
11,333
11,333
11,236
11,327
11,327
11,231
10,247
10,247
10,228
6
6
5
         FULL-TIME
11,072
11,072
10,970
11,066
11,066
10,965
10,025
10,025
9,994
6
6
5
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
258
258
264
258
258
264
219
219
232
...
...
...
         INTERMITTENT
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
...
...
...
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
18,960
18,960
18,424
18,960
18,960
18,424
18,934
18,934
18,387
...
...
...
         FULL-TIME
18,801
18,801
18,235
18,801
18,801
18,235
18,780
18,780
18,203
...
...
...
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
43
43
56
43
43
56
41
41
55
...
...
...
         INTERMITTENT
116
116
133
116
116
133
113
113
129
...
...
...
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
2,433
2,433
2,295
2,433
2,433
2,295
2,247
2,247
2,154
...
...
...
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
2,425
2,425
2,291
2,425
2,425
2,291
2,239
2,239
2,150
...
...
...
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
8
8
4
8
8
4
8
8
4
...
...
...
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
27,860
27,860
27,365
27,854
27,854
27,360
26,934
26,934
26,461
6
6
5
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
8,908
8,908
8,945
8,902
8,902
8,940
8,008
8,008
8,078
6
6
5
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
18,952
18,952
18,420
18,952
18,952
18,420
18,926
18,926
18,383
...
...
...
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
2,707
2,707
2,627
2,707
2,707
2,627
2,664
2,664
2,623
...
...
...
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
27,586
27,586
27,033
27,580
27,580
27,028
26,517
26,517
25,992
6
6
5
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
30,221
30,221
29,590
30,215
30,215
29,585
29,109
29,109
28,545
6
6
5
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
72
72
70
72
72
70
72
72
70
...
...
...
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
120
120
110
120
120
110
114
114
105
...
...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT
33,754
33,754
33,469
33,385
33,385
33,098
2,815
2,815
2,805
369
369
371
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
32,248
32,248
31,931
31,900
31,900
31,580
2,674
2,674
2,679
348
348
351
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
1,409
1,409
1,446
1,391
1,391
1,429
133
133
122
18
18
17
      INTERMITTENT
97
97
92
94
94
89
8
8
4
3
3
3
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
33,438
33,438
31,628
33,080
33,080
31,294
2,747
2,747
2,680
358
358
334
         FULL-TIME
32,221
32,221
30,368
31,873
31,873
30,043
2,647
2,647
2,586
348
348
325
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
1,217
1,217
1,260
1,207
1,207
1,251
100
100
94
10
10
9
      TEMPORARY POSITION
316
316
1,841
305
305
1,804
68
68
125
11
11
37
         FULL-TIME
27
27
1,563
27
27
1,537
27
27
93
...
...
26
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
289
289
278
278
278
267
41
41
32
11
11
11
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
33,458
33,458
31,644
33,100
33,100
31,310
2,767
2,767
2,696
358
358
334
         FULL-TIME
32,240
32,240
30,383
31,892
31,892
30,058
2,666
2,666
2,601
348
348
325
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
1,218
1,218
1,261
1,208
1,208
1,252
101
101
95
10
10
9
         INTERMITTENT
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
296
296
1,825
285
285
1,788
48
48
109
11
11
37
         FULL-TIME
8
8
1,548
8
8
1,522
8
8
78
...
...
26
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
191
191
185
183
183
177
32
32
27
8
8
8
         INTERMITTENT
97
97
92
94
94
89
8
8
4
3
3
3
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
33,754
33,754
33,469
33,385
33,385
33,098
2,815
2,815
2,805
369
369
371
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
33,458
33,458
31,644
33,100
33,100
31,310
2,767
2,767
2,696
358
358
334
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
296
296
1,825
285
285
1,788
48
48
109
11
11
37
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
33,754
33,754
33,469
33,385
33,385
33,098
2,815
2,815
2,805
369
369
371
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
33,208
33,208
32,612
32,845
32,845
32,247
2,619
2,619
2,587
363
363
365
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
546
546
857
540
540
851
196
196
218
6
6
6
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT
2,693,825
2,693,033
2,639,812
2,605,916
2,606,903
2,553,488
310,615
310,234
302,307
87,909
86,130
86,324
   WORK SCHEDULE:

      FULL-TIME
2,456,930
2,460,431
2,396,050
2,377,547
2,381,812
2,318,055
299,522
299,751
291,103
79,383
78,619
77,995
      PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
130,338
128,102
141,430
125,713
123,522
136,804
6,974
6,486
7,041
4,625
4,580
4,626
      INTERMITTENT
106,557
104,500
102,332
102,656
101,569
98,629
4,119
3,997
4,163
3,901
2,931
3,703
   POSITION OCCUPIED:

      PERMANENT POSITION
2,507,744
2,502,133
2,468,229
2,429,864
2,425,207
2,390,817
294,239
293,615
286,399
77,880
76,926
77,412
         FULL-TIME
2,374,464
2,371,052
2,324,739
2,300,615
2,298,004
2,251,230
287,787
287,456
279,941
73,849
73,048
73,509
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
133,280
131,081
143,490
129,249
127,203
139,587
6,452
6,159
6,458
4,031
3,878
3,903
      TEMPORARY POSITION
186,081
190,900
171,583
176,052
181,696
162,671
16,376
16,619
15,908
10,029
9,204
8,912
         FULL-TIME
82,466
89,379
71,311
76,932
83,808
66,825
11,735
12,295
11,162
5,534
5,571
4,486
         PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
103,615
101,521
100,272
99,120
97,888
95,846
4,641
4,324
4,746
4,495
3,633
4,426
   TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:

      PERMANENT
2,439,266
2,431,599
2,402,978
2,378,359
2,371,133
2,342,650
285,254
283,489
278,735
60,907
60,466
60,328
         FULL-TIME
2,323,070
2,315,607
2,274,285
2,264,508
2,257,485
2,216,162
280,103
278,467
273,240
58,562
58,122
58,123
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
108,048
108,399
120,620
106,794
106,849
119,486
4,781
4,695
5,173
1,254
1,550
1,134
         INTERMITTENT
8,148
7,593
8,073
7,057
6,799
7,002
370
327
322
1,091
794
1,071
      TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
254,559
261,434
236,834
227,557
235,770
210,838
25,361
26,745
23,572
27,002
25,664
25,996
         FULL-TIME
133,860
144,824
121,765
113,039
124,327
101,893
19,419
21,284
17,863
20,821
20,497
19,872
         PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)
22,290
19,703
20,810
18,919
16,673
17,318
2,193
1,791
1,868
3,371
3,030
3,492
         INTERMITTENT
98,409
96,907
94,259
95,599
94,770
91,627
3,749
3,670
3,841
2,810
2,137
2,632
   TYPE OF SERVICE:

      COMPETITIVE SERVICE
1,340,952
1,337,634
1,311,846
1,315,722
1,312,627
1,287,315
212,647
211,834
208,689
25,230
25,007
24,531
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,296,719
1,290,608
1,270,918
1,272,924
1,267,051
1,247,772
208,887
207,591
205,058
23,795
23,557
23,146
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
44,233
47,026
40,928
42,798
45,576
39,543
3,760
4,243
3,631
1,435
1,450
1,385
      EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
1,352,873
1,355,399
1,327,966
1,290,194
1,294,276
1,266,173
97,968
98,400
93,618
62,679
61,123
61,793
         PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
1,142,547
1,140,991
1,132,060
1,105,435
1,104,082
1,094,878
76,367
75,898
73,677
37,112
36,909
37,182
         TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE
210,326
214,408
195,906
184,759
190,194
171,295
21,601
22,502
19,941
25,567
24,214
24,611
   PAY SYSTEM:

         WAGE
209,142
210,100
205,837
202,624
203,680
200,268
8,335
8,389
8,407
6,518
6,420
5,569
         POSTAL
728,276
732,113
747,805
724,831
728,651
744,327
14,051
14,179
14,582
3,445
3,462
3,478
         GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER
1,756,407
1,750,820
1,686,170
1,678,461
1,674,572
1,608,893
288,229
287,666
279,318
77,946
76,248
77,277
   CITIZENSHIP:

         U.S. CITIZEN
2,661,260
2,661,192
2,608,558
2,598,568
2,599,503
2,546,790
307,501
307,161
299,360
62,692
61,689
61,768
         NON U.S. CITIZEN
32,565
31,841
31,254
7,348
7,400
6,698
3,114
3,073
2,947
25,217
24,441
24,556
   TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***
32,756
32,745
32,364
29,530
29,163
29,378
5,224
4,989
4,739
3,226
3,582

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

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES	SEPTEMBER 2008*	AUGUST 2008*	SEPTEMBER 2007**	SEPTEMBER 2008*	AUGUST 2008*	SEPTEMBER 2007**	SEPTEMBER 2008*	AUGUST 2008*	SEPTEMBER 2007**

TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT	2,757,872	2,757,080	2,702,941	2,669,588	2,670,575	2,616,241	342,611	342,230	333,727	88,284	86,505	86,700
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,519,051	2,522,552	2,457,186	2,439,314	2,443,579	2,378,835	331,001	331,230	321,979	79,737	78,973	78,351
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	132,048	129,812	143,196	127,405	125,214	138,553	7,367	6,879	7,450	4,643	4,598	4,643
INTERMITTENT	106,773	104,716	102,559	102,869	101,782	98,853	4,243	4,121	4,298	3,904	2,934	3,706
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,552,497	2,546,886	2,511,075	2,474,253	2,469,596	2,433,324	307,207	306,583	299,269	78,244	77,290	77,751
FULL-TIME	2,417,714	2,414,302	2,366,042	2,343,511	2,340,900	2,292,203	300,413	300,082	292,471	74,203	73,402	73,839
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	134,783	132,584	145,033	130,742	128,696	141,121	6,794	6,501	6,798	4,041	3,888	3,912
TEMPORARY POSITION	205,375	210,194	191,866	195,335	200,979	182,917	35,404	35,647	34,458	10,040	9,215	8,949
FULL-TIME	101,337	108,250	91,144	95,803	102,679	86,632	30,588	31,148	29,508	5,534	5,571	4,512
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	104,038	101,944	100,722	99,532	98,300	96,285	4,816	4,499	4,950	4,506	3,644	4,437
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,484,057	2,476,390	2,445,858	2,422,786	2,415,560	2,385,191	298,268	296,503	291,659	61,271	60,830	60,667
FULL-TIME	2,366,382	2,358,919	2,315,638	2,307,466	2,300,443	2,257,185	292,794	291,158	285,835	58,916	58,476	58,453
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	109,524	109,875	122,145	108,260	108,315	121,002	5,101	5,015	5,500	1,264	1,560	1,143
INTERMITTENT	8,151	7,596	8,075	7,060	6,802	7,004	373	330	324	1,091	794	1,071
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	273,815	280,690	257,083	246,802	255,015	231,050	44,343	45,727	42,068	27,013	25,675	26,033
FULL-TIME	152,669	163,633	141,548	131,848	143,136	121,650	38,207	40,072	36,144	20,821	20,497	19,898
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	22,524	19,937	21,051	19,145	16,899	17,551	2,266	1,864	1,950	3,379	3,038	3,500
INTERMITTENT	98,622	97,120	94,484	95,809	94,980	91,849	3,870	3,791	3,974	2,813	2,140	2,635
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,343,385	1,340,067	1,314,141	1,318,155	1,315,060	1,289,610	214,894	214,081	210,843	25,230	25,007	24,531
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,299,144	1,293,033	1,273,209	1,275,349	1,269,476	1,250,063	211,126	209,830	207,208	23,795	23,557	23,146
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	44,241	47,034	40,932	42,806	45,584	39,547	3,768	4,251	3,635	1,435	1,450	1,385
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,414,487	1,417,013	1,388,800	1,351,433	1,355,515	1,326,631	127,717	128,149	122,884	63,054	61,498	62,169
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,184,913	1,183,357	1,172,649	1,147,437	1,146,084	1,135,128	87,142	86,673	84,451	37,476	37,273	37,521
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	229,574	233,656	216,151	203,996	209,431	191,503	40,575	41,476	38,433	25,578	24,225	24,648
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	211,849	212,807	208,464	205,331	206,387	202,895	10,999	11,053	11,030	6,518	6,420	5,569
POSTAL	728,276	732,113	747,805	724,831	728,651	744,327	14,051	14,179	14,582	3,445	3,462	3,478
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,817,747	1,812,160	1,746,672	1,739,426	1,735,537	1,669,019	317,561	316,998	308,115	78,321	76,623	77,653
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,724,689	2,724,621	2,670,760	2,661,628	2,662,563	2,608,622	339,229	338,889	330,492	63,061	62,058	62,138
NON U.S. CITIZEN	33,183	32,459	32,181	7,960	8,012	7,619	3,382	3,341	3,235	25,223	24,447	24,562
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		32,876	32,865	32,474	29,650	29,283	29,488	5,338	5,103	4,844	3,226	3,582
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	30,293	30,293	29,660	30,287	30,287	29,655	29,181	29,181	28,615	6	6	5
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	29,873	29,873	29,205	29,867	29,867	29,200	28,805	28,805	28,197	6	6	5
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	301	301	320	301	301	320	260	260	287	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	119	119	135	119	119	135	116	116	131	...	...	...
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	11,315	11,315	11,218	11,309	11,309	11,213	10,221	10,221	10,190	6	6	5
FULL-TIME	11,029	11,029	10,935	11,023	11,023	10,930	9,979	9,979	9,944	6	6	5
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	286	286	283	286	286	283	242	242	246	...	...	...
TEMPORARY POSITION	18,978	18,978	18,442	18,978	18,978	18,442	18,960	18,960	18,425	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,844	18,844	18,270	18,844	18,844	18,270	18,826	18,826	18,253	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	134	134	172	134	134	172	134	134	172	...	...	...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	11,333	11,333	11,236	11,327	11,327	11,231	10,247	10,247	10,228	6	6	5
FULL-TIME	11,072	11,072	10,970	11,066	11,066	10,965	10,025	10,025	9,994	6	6	5
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	258	258	264	258	258	264	219	219	232	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,960	18,960	18,424	18,960	18,960	18,424	18,934	18,934	18,387	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,801	18,801	18,235	18,801	18,801	18,235	18,780	18,780	18,203	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	43	43	56	43	43	56	41	41	55	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	116	116	133	116	116	133	113	113	129	...	...	...
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	2,433	2,433	2,295	2,433	2,433	2,295	2,247	2,247	2,154	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	2,425	2,425	2,291	2,425	2,425	2,291	2,239	2,239	2,150	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	8	8	4	8	8	4	8	8	4	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	27,860	27,860	27,365	27,854	27,854	27,360	26,934	26,934	26,461	6	6	5
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	8,908	8,908	8,945	8,902	8,902	8,940	8,008	8,008	8,078	6	6	5
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,952	18,952	18,420	18,952	18,952	18,420	18,926	18,926	18,383	...	...	...
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	2,707	2,707	2,627	2,707	2,707	2,627	2,664	2,664	2,623	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	27,586	27,586	27,033	27,580	27,580	27,028	26,517	26,517	25,992	6	6	5
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	30,221	30,221	29,590	30,215	30,215	29,585	29,109	29,109	28,545	6	6	5
NON U.S. CITIZEN	72	72	70	72	72	70	72	72	70	...	...	...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		120	120	110	120	120	110	114	114	105	...	...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	33,754	33,754	33,469	33,385	33,385	33,098	2,815	2,815	2,805	369	369	371
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	32,248	32,248	31,931	31,900	31,900	31,580	2,674	2,674	2,679	348	348	351
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,409	1,409	1,446	1,391	1,391	1,429	133	133	122	18	18	17
INTERMITTENT	97	97	92	94	94	89	8	8	4	3	3	3
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	33,438	33,438	31,628	33,080	33,080	31,294	2,747	2,747	2,680	358	358	334
FULL-TIME	32,221	32,221	30,368	31,873	31,873	30,043	2,647	2,647	2,586	348	348	325
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	1,217	1,217	1,260	1,207	1,207	1,251	100	100	94	10	10	9
TEMPORARY POSITION	316	316	1,841	305	305	1,804	68	68	125	11	11	37
FULL-TIME	27	27	1,563	27	27	1,537	27	27	93	...	...	26
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	289	289	278	278	278	267	41	41	32	11	11	11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	33,458	33,458	31,644	33,100	33,100	31,310	2,767	2,767	2,696	358	358	334
FULL-TIME	32,240	32,240	30,383	31,892	31,892	30,058	2,666	2,666	2,601	348	348	325
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,218	1,218	1,261	1,208	1,208	1,252	101	101	95	10	10	9
INTERMITTENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	296	296	1,825	285	285	1,788	48	48	109	11	11	37
FULL-TIME	8	8	1,548	8	8	1,522	8	8	78	...	...	26
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	191	191	185	183	183	177	32	32	27	8	8	8
INTERMITTENT	97	97	92	94	94	89	8	8	4	3	3	3
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	33,754	33,754	33,469	33,385	33,385	33,098	2,815	2,815	2,805	369	369	371
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	33,458	33,458	31,644	33,100	33,100	31,310	2,767	2,767	2,696	358	358	334
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	296	296	1,825	285	285	1,788	48	48	109	11	11	37
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	33,754	33,754	33,469	33,385	33,385	33,098	2,815	2,815	2,805	369	369	371
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	33,208	33,208	32,612	32,845	32,845	32,247	2,619	2,619	2,587	363	363	365
NON U.S. CITIZEN	546	546	857	540	540	851	196	196	218	6	6	6
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	2,693,825	2,693,033	2,639,812	2,605,916	2,606,903	2,553,488	310,615	310,234	302,307	87,909	86,130	86,324
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,456,930	2,460,431	2,396,050	2,377,547	2,381,812	2,318,055	299,522	299,751	291,103	79,383	78,619	77,995
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	130,338	128,102	141,430	125,713	123,522	136,804	6,974	6,486	7,041	4,625	4,580	4,626
INTERMITTENT	106,557	104,500	102,332	102,656	101,569	98,629	4,119	3,997	4,163	3,901	2,931	3,703
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,507,744	2,502,133	2,468,229	2,429,864	2,425,207	2,390,817	294,239	293,615	286,399	77,880	76,926	77,412
FULL-TIME	2,374,464	2,371,052	2,324,739	2,300,615	2,298,004	2,251,230	287,787	287,456	279,941	73,849	73,048	73,509
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	133,280	131,081	143,490	129,249	127,203	139,587	6,452	6,159	6,458	4,031	3,878	3,903
TEMPORARY POSITION	186,081	190,900	171,583	176,052	181,696	162,671	16,376	16,619	15,908	10,029	9,204	8,912
FULL-TIME	82,466	89,379	71,311	76,932	83,808	66,825	11,735	12,295	11,162	5,534	5,571	4,486
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	103,615	101,521	100,272	99,120	97,888	95,846	4,641	4,324	4,746	4,495	3,633	4,426
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,439,266	2,431,599	2,402,978	2,378,359	2,371,133	2,342,650	285,254	283,489	278,735	60,907	60,466	60,328
FULL-TIME	2,323,070	2,315,607	2,274,285	2,264,508	2,257,485	2,216,162	280,103	278,467	273,240	58,562	58,122	58,123
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	108,048	108,399	120,620	106,794	106,849	119,486	4,781	4,695	5,173	1,254	1,550	1,134
INTERMITTENT	8,148	7,593	8,073	7,057	6,799	7,002	370	327	322	1,091	794	1,071
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	254,559	261,434	236,834	227,557	235,770	210,838	25,361	26,745	23,572	27,002	25,664	25,996
FULL-TIME	133,860	144,824	121,765	113,039	124,327	101,893	19,419	21,284	17,863	20,821	20,497	19,872
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	22,290	19,703	20,810	18,919	16,673	17,318	2,193	1,791	1,868	3,371	3,030	3,492
INTERMITTENT	98,409	96,907	94,259	95,599	94,770	91,627	3,749	3,670	3,841	2,810	2,137	2,632
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,340,952	1,337,634	1,311,846	1,315,722	1,312,627	1,287,315	212,647	211,834	208,689	25,230	25,007	24,531
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,296,719	1,290,608	1,270,918	1,272,924	1,267,051	1,247,772	208,887	207,591	205,058	23,795	23,557	23,146
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	44,233	47,026	40,928	42,798	45,576	39,543	3,760	4,243	3,631	1,435	1,450	1,385
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,352,873	1,355,399	1,327,966	1,290,194	1,294,276	1,266,173	97,968	98,400	93,618	62,679	61,123	61,793
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,142,547	1,140,991	1,132,060	1,105,435	1,104,082	1,094,878	76,367	75,898	73,677	37,112	36,909	37,182
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	210,326	214,408	195,906	184,759	190,194	171,295	21,601	22,502	19,941	25,567	24,214	24,611
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	209,142	210,100	205,837	202,624	203,680	200,268	8,335	8,389	8,407	6,518	6,420	5,569
POSTAL	728,276	732,113	747,805	724,831	728,651	744,327	14,051	14,179	14,582	3,445	3,462	3,478
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,756,407	1,750,820	1,686,170	1,678,461	1,674,572	1,608,893	288,229	287,666	279,318	77,946	76,248	77,277
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,661,260	2,661,192	2,608,558	2,598,568	2,599,503	2,546,790	307,501	307,161	299,360	62,692	61,689	61,768
NON U.S. CITIZEN	32,565	31,841	31,254	7,348	7,400	6,698	3,114	3,073	2,947	25,217	24,441	24,556
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		32,756	32,745	32,364	29,530	29,163	29,378	5,224	4,989	4,739	3,226	3,582

* 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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