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Table 7

Employment and Trends - July 2009

TABLE 7 -- TOTAL EMPLOYMENT AND FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS BY SELECTED AGENCY, JULY 2009
 TOTAL EMPLOYMENTFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS
JULY 2009CHANGE FROMFISCAL YEARJULY 2009CHANGE FROMFISCAL YEAR
AGENCYTOTAL*PERCENTJUNE 2009JULY 20082009 AVERAGE TO DATE*TOTAL*PERCENTJUNE 2009JULY 20082009 AVERAGE TO DATE*
TOTAL, ALL AGENCIES A/ 2,822,561 * 100.00 -613 +52,182 2,799,420 2,407,114 * 100.00 +5,234 +51,422 2,383,209
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 29,933 * 1.06 -3 -496 29,917 11,148 * .46 -1 +80 11,135
CONGRESS 17,531 * .62 ... -415 17,536 NR * ... NR NR NR
U.S. SENATE 6,820 * .24 ... -415 6,820 NR * ... NR NR NR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUMMARY 10,711 * .38 ... ... 10,716 NR * ... NR NR NR
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 3,191 * .11 ... -64 3,171 3,015 * .13 ... +78 3,001
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 2,378 * .08 ... -5 2,378 2,340 * .10 ... +5 2,340
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 3,871 * .14 ... ... 3,871 3,447 * .14 ... ... 3,447
JUDICIAL BRANCH 33,754 * 1.20 ... -49 33,754 32,240 * 1.34 ... -47 32,240
EXECUTIVE BRANCH 2,758,874 * 97.74 -610 +52,727 2,735,749 2,363,726 * 98.20 +5,235 +51,389 2,339,834
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 37,482 1.33 +661 +1,434 36,633 29,743 1.24 +257 +950 29,284
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 112,358 3.98 -702 +2,714 110,988 106,939 4.44 -488 +3,344 105,351
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 734,065 26.01 +2,473 +38,371 710,373 646,805 26.87 +3,789 +31,030 632,012
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 281,123 9.96 +1,216 +18,928 269,921 237,901 9.88 +1,675 +14,497 231,411
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 190,021 6.73 +1,229 +8,422 184,694 179,942 7.48 +894 +7,873 176,136
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 163,205 5.78 +643 +6,037 157,002 146,024 6.07 +509 +4,327 143,682
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 24,269 * .86 ... +2,289 23,296 23,471 * .98 ... +2,190 22,601
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (EXCLUDING DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY) 75,447 2.67 -615 +2,695 75,459 59,467 2.47 +711 +2,143 58,182
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 112,412 3.98 +424 +3,817 110,838 107,901 4.48 +343 +3,751 106,579
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 79,968 2.83 +1,413 +2,214 70,464 56,494 2.35 +146 +1,094 55,311
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 108,202 3.83 +1,442 +1,060 96,291 83,967 3.49 +222 +171 81,150
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 51,130 1.81 -7,543 +9,421 75,735 34,350 1.43 +132 +979 33,527
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 16,550 .59 +141 +182 16,218 15,324 .64 +47 +122 15,204
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 66,868 2.37 +280 +3,489 65,037 55,688 2.31 +204 +2,845 54,827
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 9,956 .35 +123 +194 9,643 9,379 .39 +3 +96 9,335
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 57,017 2.02 +364 +1,828 56,123 55,099 2.29 +171 +1,784 54,446
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 16,040 .57 +139 +1,014 15,517 15,253 .63 +56 +870 14,946
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4,085 .14 +2 -196 4,096 3,771 .16 -3 -30 3,808
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 294,486 10.43 +1,498 +20,248 287,877 252,889 10.51 +1,109 +20,418 246,482
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 179,515 6.36 +405 +8,251 176,950 156,357 6.50 +696 +10,771 152,940
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 18,662 .66 +20 +206 18,274 16,149 .67 +29 +135 16,053
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 2,283 .08 +57 +75 2,203 2,234 .09 +57 +93 2,147
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 6,246 .22 +970 +1,414 5,305 4,818 .20 +333 +548 4,499
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 12,408 .44 +123 +449 12,087 12,127 .50 +106 +445 11,884
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 18,539 .66 +7 -136 18,421 17,016 .71 +3 +4 16,875
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 3,449 .12 +22 +247 3,280 2,547 .11 -5 +110 2,503
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 1,635 .06 +5 -10 1,629 1,529 .06 -1 -27 1,531
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 4,180 .15 +14 +177 4,108 3,829 .16 +9 +227 3,796
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5,319 .19 -71 +20 5,401 4,405 .18 ... +27 4,395
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 3,805 .13 +186 -214 4,167 2,697 .11 +19 +60 2,678
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 5,028 * .18 +30 +30 4,920 4,775 * .20 +43 +55 4,700
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 67,929 2.41 +1,302 +3,481 64,560 64,112 2.66 +618 +3,138 62,211
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 1,957 * .07 ... -90 1,959 1,872 * .08 ... -62 1,875
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2,515 * .09 ... ... 2,515 1,869 * .08 ... ... 1,869
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 688,582 24.40 -4,697 -46,832 708,325 561,528 23.33 -2,922 -31,662 575,500
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXCLUDING                        
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 2,070,292 73.34 +4,087 +99,559 2,027,424 1,802,198 74.87 +8,157 +83,051 1,764,334

*PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS MONTH'S EMPLOYMENT TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT MONTH.
NR - NOT REPORTED TO THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
A/ INCLUDES 40 AGENCIES FOR WHICH JUNE 2009 FIGURES WERE USED FOR JULY 2009, DUE TO LATE REPORTING.

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