Employment and Trends - January 2009

Graphic Presentation of Federal Civilian Employment

Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Branch

Executive Branch (98%) - 2,685,291
Judicial Branch (1.0%) - 33,754
Legislative Branch (1.0%) - 29,933

Executive Branch Non Postal Service = 1,971,915
Postal Service = 713,376
Executive Branch = 2,685,291
Total Employment = 2,748,978

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Service

Excepted & SES (51.0%) - 1,407,830
Competitive (49.0%) - 1,341,148
Total Employment: 2,748,978

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Work Schedule/Appointment

Full-time Permanent (86.2%) - 2,369,903
Part-time (4.8%) - 130,742
Full-time Temporary (5.0%) - 139,061
Intermittent (4.0%) - 109,272
Total Employment: 2,748,978

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Major Geographic Area

United States Outside Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (84.3%) - 2,317,363
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV Core Based Statistical Area^* (12.5%) - 343,455
Overseaes (3.2%) - 88,160
Total Employment: 2,748,978

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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 Counties in West Virginia.