Employment and Trends - March 2012

Graphic Presentation of Federal Civilian Employment

Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Branch for March 2012

Executive Branch (98.0%) - 2,722,210
Judicial Branch (1.0%) - 33,766
Legislative Branch (1.0%) - 30,142

Executive Branch Non Postal Service = 2,119,342
Postal Service = 602,868
Executive Branch = 2,722,210
Total Employment= 2,786,118

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Major Geographic Area for March 2012

United States Outside Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (83.7%) - 2,333,602 
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV Core Based Statistical Area^* (13.0%) - 360,816
Overseaes (3.3%) - 91,700
Total Employment: 2,786,118

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Work Schedule/Appointment March 2012

Full-time Permanent (87.8%) - 2,446,428
Part-time (4.0%) - 110,615
Full-time Temporary (4.4%) - 122,103
Intermittent (3.8%) - 106,972
Total Employment: 2,786,118

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Service March 2012

Excepted & SES (46%) - 1,281,090
Competitive (54.0%) - 1,505,028
Total Employment: 2,786,118

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^*Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV CBSA Area includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince Wiliam, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.