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Table 8

Employment and Trends - September 2011

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 2011*	JUNE 2011*	SEPTEMBER 2010**	SEPTEMBER 2011*	JUNE 2011*	SEPTEMBER 2010**	SEPTEMBER 2011*	JUNE 2011*	SEPTEMBER 2010**	SEPTEMBER 2011*	JUNE 2011*	SEPTEMBER 2010**
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT	2,820,460	2,869,548	2,841,143	2,727,851	2,776,111	2,750,352	377,373	370,960	368,065	92,609	93,437	90,791
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,604,710	2,647,067	2,614,625	2,521,783	2,563,026	2,532,408	366,236	359,928	356,101	82,927	84,041	82,217
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	113,944	123,843	130,082	109,424	119,113	125,683	6,955	7,104	7,394	4,520	4,730	4,399
INTERMITTENT	101,806	98,638	96,436	96,644	93,972	92,261	4,182	3,928	4,570	5,162	4,666	4,175
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,626,068	2,656,915	2,635,158	2,542,798	2,573,165	2,553,965	340,978	334,360	329,791	83,270	83,750	81,193
FULL-TIME	2,503,870	2,526,158	2,506,340	2,425,158	2,446,736	2,429,294	334,909	328,133	323,229	78,712	79,422	77,046
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	122,198	130,757	128,818	117,640	126,429	124,671	6,069	6,227	6,562	4,558	4,328	4,147
TEMPORARY POSITION	194,392	212,633	205,985	185,053	202,946	196,387	36,395	36,600	38,274	9,339	9,687	9,598
FULL-TIME	100,840	120,909	108,285	96,625	116,290	103,114	31,327	31,795	32,872	4,215	4,619	5,171
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	93,552	91,724	97,700	88,428	86,656	93,273	5,068	4,805	5,402	5,124	5,068	4,427
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,564,927	2,596,994	2,565,826	2,498,968	2,531,322	2,501,244	337,622	329,759	319,555	65,959	65,672	64,582
FULL-TIME	2,462,452	2,484,705	2,453,381	2,399,096	2,421,647	2,391,335	332,681	324,607	314,267	63,356	63,058	62,046
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	92,917	102,678	103,269	91,566	101,294	101,893	4,612	4,824	4,958	1,351	1,384	1,376
INTERMITTENT	9,558	9,611	9,176	8,306	8,381	8,016	329	328	330	1,252	1,230	1,160
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	255,533	272,554	275,317	228,883	244,789	249,108	39,751	41,201	48,510	26,650	27,765	26,209
FULL-TIME	142,258	162,362	161,244	122,687	141,379	141,073	33,555	35,321	41,834	19,571	20,983	20,171
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	21,027	21,165	26,813	17,858	17,819	23,790	2,343	2,280	2,436	3,169	3,346	3,023
INTERMITTENT	92,248	89,027	87,260	88,338	85,591	84,245	3,853	3,600	4,240	3,910	3,436	3,015
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,510,748	1,532,878	1,460,668	1,481,659	1,503,891	1,432,752	234,745	238,936	231,743	29,089	28,987	27,916
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,465,523	1,480,248	1,410,951	1,437,963	1,452,779	1,384,615	230,377	234,309	227,082	27,560	27,469	26,336
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	45,225	52,630	49,717	43,696	51,112	48,137	4,368	4,627	4,661	1,529	1,518	1,580
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,309,712	1,336,670	1,380,475	1,246,192	1,272,220	1,317,600	142,628	132,024	136,322	63,520	64,450	62,875
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,099,404	1,116,746	1,154,875	1,061,005	1,078,543	1,116,629	107,245	95,450	92,473	38,399	38,203	38,246
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	210,308	219,924	225,600	185,187	193,677	200,971	35,383	36,574	43,849	25,121	26,247	24,629
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	213,693	216,364	212,148	208,390	210,888	206,401	15,401	11,164	10,654	5,303	5,476	5,747
POSTAL	609,921	623,378	643,420	607,066	620,465	640,377	12,299	12,312	12,985	2,855	2,913	3,043
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,996,846	2,029,806	1,985,575	1,912,395	1,944,758	1,903,574	349,673	347,484	344,426	84,451	85,048	82,001
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,785,624	2,834,959	2,806,871	2,719,922	2,768,279	2,742,503	373,634	367,344	364,605	65,702	66,680	64,368
NON U.S. CITIZEN	34,836	34,589	34,272	7,929	7,832	7,849	3,739	3,616	3,460	26,907	26,757	26,423
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		29,871	33,849	31,897	28,743	30,242	30,264	4,961	5,411	4,990	1,128	3,607
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	30,465	30,478	30,643	30,459	30,472	30,637	29,346	29,359	29,526	6	6	6
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	30,094	30,108	30,247	30,088	30,102	30,241	29,023	29,036	29,177	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	285	283	284	285	283	284	241	239	240	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	86	87	112	86	87	112	82	84	109	...	...	...
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	11,719	11,733	11,658	11,713	11,727	11,652	10,620	10,635	10,561	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	11,440	11,455	11,381	11,434	11,449	11,375	10,389	10,404	10,331	6	6	6
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	279	278	277	279	278	277	231	231	230	...	...	...
TEMPORARY POSITION	18,746	18,745	18,985	18,746	18,745	18,985	18,726	18,724	18,965	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,654	18,653	18,866	18,654	18,653	18,866	18,634	18,632	18,846	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	92	92	119	92	92	119	92	92	119	...	...	...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	18,776	18,731	11,673	18,770	18,725	11,667	17,672	17,627	10,570	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	18,527	18,485	11,425	18,521	18,479	11,419	17,465	17,423	10,364	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	246	244	246	246	244	246	204	202	204	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	11,689	11,747	18,970	11,689	11,747	18,970	11,674	11,732	18,956	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	11,567	11,623	18,822	11,567	11,623	18,822	11,558	11,613	18,813	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	39	39	38	39	39	38	37	37	36	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	83	85	110	83	85	110	79	82	107	...	...	...
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	2,320	2,420	2,422	2,320	2,420	2,422	2,131	2,230	2,233	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	2,314	2,414	2,416	2,314	2,414	2,416	2,125	2,224	2,227	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	28,145	28,058	28,221	28,139	28,052	28,215	27,215	27,129	27,293	6	6	6
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	16,462	16,317	9,257	16,456	16,311	9,251	15,547	15,403	8,343	6	6	6
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	11,683	11,741	18,964	11,683	11,741	18,964	11,668	11,726	18,950	...	...	...
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	2,938	2,938	2,831	2,938	2,938	2,831	2,892	2,892	2,785	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	27,527	27,540	27,812	27,521	27,534	27,806	26,454	26,467	26,741	6	6	6
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	30,406	30,419	30,584	30,400	30,413	30,578	29,287	29,300	29,467	6	6	6
NON U.S. CITIZEN	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	...	...	...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		106	109	145	106	109	145	105	108	144	...	...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	33,762	33,769	33,756	33,393	33,400	33,387	2,823	2,830	2,817	369	369	369
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	32,254	32,260	32,251	31,906	31,912	31,903	2,680	2,686	2,677	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,411	1,412	1,408	1,393	1,394	1,390	135	136	132	18	18	18
INTERMITTENT	97	97	97	94	94	94	8	8	8	3	3	3
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	33,447	33,452	33,431	33,089	33,094	33,073	2,756	2,761	2,740	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,227	32,231	32,216	31,879	31,883	31,868	2,653	2,657	2,642	348	348	348
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	1,220	1,221	1,215	1,210	1,211	1,205	103	104	98	10	10	10
TEMPORARY POSITION	315	317	325	304	306	314	67	69	77	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	27	29	35	27	29	35	27	29	35	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	288	288	290	277	277	279	40	40	42	11	11	11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	33,468	33,475	33,458	33,110	33,117	33,100	2,777	2,784	2,767	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,247	32,253	32,241	31,899	31,905	31,893	2,673	2,679	2,667	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,221	1,222	1,217	1,211	1,212	1,207	104	105	100	10	10	10
INTERMITTENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	294	294	298	283	283	287	46	46	50	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	7	7	10	7	7	10	7	7	10	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	190	190	191	182	182	183	31	31	32	8	8	8
INTERMITTENT	97	97	97	94	94	94	8	8	8	3	3	3
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	33,762	33,769	33,756	33,393	33,400	33,387	2,823	2,830	2,817	369	369	369
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	33,468	33,475	33,458	33,110	33,117	33,100	2,777	2,784	2,767	358	358	358
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	294	294	298	283	283	287	46	46	50	11	11	11
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	33,762	33,769	33,756	33,393	33,400	33,387	2,823	2,830	2,817	369	369	369
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	33,217	33,224	33,210	32,854	32,861	32,847	2,628	2,635	2,621	363	363	363
NON U.S. CITIZEN	545	545	546	539	539	540	195	195	196	6	6	6
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	2,756,233	2,805,301	2,776,744	2,663,999	2,712,239	2,686,328	345,204	338,771	335,722	92,234	93,062	90,416
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,542,362	2,584,699	2,552,127	2,459,789	2,501,012	2,470,264	334,533	328,206	324,247	82,573	83,687	81,863
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	112,248	122,148	128,390	107,746	117,436	124,009	6,579	6,729	7,022	4,502	4,712	4,381
INTERMITTENT	101,623	98,454	96,227	96,464	93,791	92,055	4,092	3,836	4,453	5,159	4,663	4,172
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,580,902	2,611,730	2,590,069	2,497,996	2,528,344	2,509,240	327,602	320,964	316,490	82,906	83,386	80,829
FULL-TIME	2,460,203	2,482,472	2,462,743	2,381,845	2,403,404	2,386,051	321,867	315,072	310,256	78,358	79,068	76,692
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	120,699	129,258	127,326	116,151	124,940	123,189	5,735	5,892	6,234	4,548	4,318	4,137
TEMPORARY POSITION	175,331	193,571	186,675	166,003	183,895	177,088	17,602	17,807	19,232	9,328	9,676	9,587
FULL-TIME	82,159	102,227	89,384	77,944	97,608	84,213	12,666	13,134	13,991	4,215	4,619	5,171
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	93,172	91,344	97,291	88,059	86,287	92,875	4,936	4,673	5,241	5,113	5,057	4,416
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,512,683	2,544,788	2,520,695	2,447,088	2,479,480	2,456,477	317,173	309,348	306,218	65,595	65,308	64,218
FULL-TIME	2,411,678	2,433,967	2,409,715	2,348,676	2,371,263	2,348,023	312,543	304,505	301,236	63,002	62,704	61,692
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	91,450	101,212	101,806	90,109	99,838	100,440	4,304	4,517	4,654	1,341	1,374	1,366
INTERMITTENT	9,555	9,609	9,174	8,303	8,379	8,014	326	326	328	1,252	1,230	1,160
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	243,550	260,513	256,049	216,911	232,759	229,851	28,031	29,423	29,504	26,639	27,754	26,198
FULL-TIME	130,684	150,732	142,412	111,113	129,749	122,241	21,990	23,701	23,011	19,571	20,983	20,171
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	20,798	20,936	26,584	17,637	17,598	23,569	2,275	2,212	2,368	3,161	3,338	3,015
INTERMITTENT	92,068	88,845	87,053	88,161	85,412	84,041	3,766	3,510	4,125	3,907	3,433	3,012
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,508,428	1,530,458	1,458,246	1,479,339	1,501,471	1,430,330	232,614	236,706	229,510	29,089	28,987	27,916
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,463,209	1,477,834	1,408,535	1,435,649	1,450,365	1,382,199	228,252	232,085	224,855	27,560	27,469	26,336
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	45,219	52,624	49,711	43,690	51,106	48,131	4,362	4,621	4,655	1,529	1,518	1,580
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,247,805	1,274,843	1,318,498	1,184,660	1,210,768	1,255,998	112,590	102,065	106,212	63,145	64,075	62,500
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,049,474	1,066,954	1,112,160	1,011,439	1,029,115	1,074,278	88,921	77,263	81,363	38,035	37,839	37,882
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	198,331	207,889	206,338	173,221	181,653	181,720	23,669	24,802	24,849	25,110	26,236	24,618
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	210,755	213,426	209,317	205,452	207,950	203,570	12,509	8,272	7,869	5,303	5,476	5,747
POSTAL	609,921	623,378	643,420	607,066	620,465	640,377	12,299	12,312	12,985	2,855	2,913	3,043
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,935,557	1,968,497	1,924,007	1,851,481	1,883,824	1,842,381	320,396	318,187	314,868	84,076	84,673	81,626
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,722,001	2,771,316	2,743,077	2,656,668	2,705,005	2,679,078	341,719	335,409	332,517	65,333	66,311	63,999
NON U.S. CITIZEN	34,232	33,985	33,667	7,331	7,234	7,250	3,485	3,362	3,205	26,901	26,751	26,417
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		29,765	33,740	31,752	28,637	30,133	30,119	4,856	5,303	4,846	1,128	3,607

* PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS QUARTER'S EMPLOYMENT TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT QUARTER.
** REVISED.
*** NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT.

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Employment and Trends - September 2011