Employment and Trends - July 2009

Graphic Presentation of Federal Civilian Employment

Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Branch

Executive Branch (98%) - 2,758,874
Judicial Branch (1.0%) - 33,754
Legislative Branch (1.0%) - 29,933

Executive Branch Non Postal Service = 2,070,292
Postal Service = 688,582
Executive Branch = 2,758,874
Total Employment = 2,822,561

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Service

Excepted & SES (50.6%) - 1,427,668
Competitive (49.4%) - 1,394,893
Total Employment: 2,822,561

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Work Schedule/Appointment

Full-time Permanent (85.3%) - 2,407,114
Part-time (4.5%) - 126,688
Full-time Temporary (5.5%) - 189,323
Intermittent (3.5%) - 199,436
Total Employment: 2,822,561

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Major Geographic Area

United States Outside Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (84.3%) - 2,379,425
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV Core Based Statistical Area^* (12.6%) - 354,589
Overseaes (3.1%) - 88,547
Total Employment: 2,822,561

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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.