Employment and Trends - March 2009

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT

	ALL AREAS			UNITED STATES			WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA			OVERSEAS
EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES	MARCH 2009*	FEBRUARY 2009**	MARCH 2008*	MARCH 2009*	FEBRUARY 2009**	MARCH 2008*	MARCH 2009*	FEBRUARY 2009**	MARCH 2008*	MARCH 2009*	FEBRUARY 2009**	MARCH 2008*
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT	2,818,473	2,766,354	2,720,155	2,730,162	2,678,162	2,632,278	345,501	344,470	333,952	88,311	88,192	87,877
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,527,211	2,521,243	2,473,939	2,447,565	2,441,837	2,394,817	333,158	332,468	321,966	79,646	79,406	79,122
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	132,306	132,523	136,895	127,570	127,791	131,961	7,717	7,638	7,684	4,736	4,732	4,934
INTERMITTENT	158,956	112,588	109,321	155,027	108,534	105,500	4,626	4,364	4,302	3,929	4,054	3,821
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,563,680	2,557,538	2,516,362	2,485,460	2,479,482	2,438,509	310,976	309,236	299,707	78,220	78,056	77,853
FULL-TIME	2,429,059	2,423,447	2,379,070	2,354,911	2,349,524	2,305,255	304,088	302,360	292,817	74,148	73,923	73,815
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	134,621	134,091	137,292	130,549	129,958	133,254	6,888	6,876	6,890	4,072	4,133	4,038
TEMPORARY POSITION	254,793	208,816	203,793	244,702	198,680	193,769	34,525	35,234	34,245	10,091	10,136	10,024
FULL-TIME	98,152	97,796	94,869	92,654	92,313	89,562	29,070	30,108	29,149	5,498	5,483	5,307
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	156,641	111,020	108,924	152,048	106,367	104,207	5,455	5,126	5,096	4,593	4,653	4,717
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,504,733	2,498,977	2,463,709	2,443,351	2,437,721	2,402,820	302,273	301,526	291,809	61,382	61,256	60,889
FULL-TIME	2,388,214	2,382,092	2,341,485	2,329,218	2,323,171	2,282,958	297,007	296,246	286,190	58,996	58,921	58,527
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	108,563	110,181	114,060	107,326	108,954	112,852	5,066	5,083	5,265	1,237	1,227	1,208
INTERMITTENT	7,956	6,704	8,164	6,807	5,596	7,010	200	197	354	1,149	1,108	1,154
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	313,740	267,377	256,446	286,811	240,441	229,458	43,228	42,944	42,143	26,929	26,936	26,988
FULL-TIME	138,997	139,151	132,454	118,347	118,666	111,859	36,151	36,222	35,776	20,650	20,485	20,595
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	23,743	22,342	22,835	20,244	18,837	19,109	2,651	2,555	2,419	3,499	3,505	3,726
INTERMITTENT	151,000	105,884	101,157	148,220	102,938	98,490	4,426	4,167	3,948	2,780	2,946	2,667
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,365,382	1,356,992	1,325,502	1,339,811	1,331,529	1,300,766	218,467	217,683	210,924	25,571	25,463	24,736
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,327,081	1,319,579	1,288,476	1,302,932	1,295,536	1,265,212	214,627	213,862	207,453	24,149	24,043	23,264
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	38,301	37,413	37,026	36,879	35,993	35,554	3,840	3,821	3,471	1,422	1,420	1,472
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,453,091	1,409,362	1,394,653	1,390,351	1,346,633	1,331,512	127,034	126,787	123,028	62,740	62,729	63,141
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,177,652	1,179,398	1,175,233	1,140,419	1,142,185	1,137,608	87,646	87,664	84,356	37,233	37,213	37,625
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	275,439	229,964	219,420	249,932	204,448	193,904	39,388	39,123	38,672	25,507	25,516	25,516
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	208,754	208,072	207,010	202,343	201,665	200,736	10,899	10,948	10,828	6,411	6,407	6,274
POSTAL	703,809	709,972	747,437	700,446	706,572	744,011	13,597	13,732	14,695	3,363	3,400	3,426
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,905,910	1,848,310	1,765,708	1,827,373	1,769,925	1,687,531	321,005	319,790	308,429	78,537	78,385	78,177
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,784,679	2,733,451	2,687,953	2,722,151	2,670,279	2,624,785	342,115	341,103	330,726	62,528	63,172	63,168
NON U.S. CITIZEN	33,794	32,903	32,202	8,011	7,883	7,493	3,386	3,367	3,226	25,783	25,020	24,709
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		46,657	34,875	36,265	42,426	33,368	33,144	5,644	4,703	5,445	4,231	1,507
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	29,930	29,923	29,617	29,924	29,917	29,610	28,810	28,803	28,554	6	6	7
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	29,492	29,488	29,173	29,486	29,482	29,166	28,421	28,417	28,147	6	6	7
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	311	311	328	311	311	328	267	267	296	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	127	124	116	127	124	116	122	119	111	...	...	...
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	11,378	11,371	11,190	11,372	11,365	11,183	10,278	10,271	10,143	6	6	7
FULL-TIME	11,075	11,071	10,902	11,069	11,065	10,895	10,024	10,020	9,892	6	6	7
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	303	300	288	303	300	288	254	251	251	...	...	...
TEMPORARY POSITION	18,552	18,552	18,427	18,552	18,552	18,427	18,532	18,532	18,411	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,417	18,417	18,271	18,417	18,417	18,271	18,397	18,397	18,255	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	135	135	156	135	135	156	135	135	156	...	...	...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	11,416	11,415	11,274	11,410	11,409	11,267	10,312	10,311	10,232	6	6	7
FULL-TIME	11,148	11,147	11,019	11,142	11,141	11,012	10,086	10,085	10,009	6	6	7
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	265	265	252	265	265	252	223	223	220	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,514	18,508	18,343	18,514	18,508	18,343	18,498	18,492	18,322	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,344	18,341	18,154	18,344	18,341	18,154	18,335	18,332	18,138	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	46	46	76	46	46	76	44	44	76	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	124	121	113	124	121	113	119	116	108	...	...	...
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	2,422	2,422	2,370	2,422	2,422	2,370	2,233	2,233	2,217	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	2,416	2,416	2,362	2,416	2,416	2,362	2,227	2,227	2,209	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	6	6	8	6	6	8	6	6	8	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	27,508	27,501	27,247	27,502	27,495	27,240	26,577	26,570	26,337	6	6	7
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	9,000	8,999	8,912	8,994	8,993	8,905	8,085	8,084	8,023	6	6	7
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,508	18,502	18,335	18,508	18,502	18,335	18,492	18,486	18,314	...	...	...
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	2,712	2,712	2,676	2,712	2,712	2,676	2,666	2,666	2,656	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	27,218	27,211	26,941	27,212	27,205	26,934	26,144	26,137	25,898	6	6	7
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	29,857	29,850	29,546	29,851	29,844	29,539	28,737	28,730	28,483	6	6	7
NON U.S. CITIZEN	73	73	71	73	73	71	73	73	71	...	...	...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		118	121	114	118	121	114	113	116	108	...	...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	33,754	33,754	33,752	33,385	33,385	33,383	2,815	2,815	2,813	369	369	369
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	32,248	32,248	32,247	31,900	31,900	31,899	2,674	2,674	2,673	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,409	1,409	1,408	1,391	1,391	1,390	133	133	132	18	18	18
INTERMITTENT	97	97	97	94	94	94	8	8	8	3	3	3
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	33,438	33,438	33,436	33,080	33,080	33,078	2,747	2,747	2,745	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,221	32,221	32,220	31,873	31,873	31,872	2,647	2,647	2,646	348	348	348
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	1,217	1,217	1,216	1,207	1,207	1,206	100	100	99	10	10	10
TEMPORARY POSITION	316	316	316	305	305	305	68	68	68	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	289	289	289	278	278	278	41	41	41	11	11	11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	33,458	33,458	33,455	33,100	33,100	33,097	2,767	2,767	2,764	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,240	32,240	32,238	31,892	31,892	31,890	2,666	2,666	2,664	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,218	1,218	1,217	1,208	1,208	1,207	101	101	100	10	10	10
INTERMITTENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	296	296	297	285	285	286	48	48	49	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	191	191	191	183	183	183	32	32	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	33,754	33,754	33,752	33,385	33,385	33,383	2,815	2,815	2,813	369	369	369
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	33,458	33,458	33,455	33,100	33,100	33,097	2,767	2,767	2,764	358	358	358
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	296	296	297	285	285	286	48	48	49	11	11	11
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	33,754	33,754	33,752	33,385	33,385	33,383	2,815	2,815	2,813	369	369	369
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	33,208	33,208	33,206	32,845	32,845	32,843	2,619	2,619	2,617	363	363	363
NON U.S. CITIZEN	546	546	546	540	540	540	196	196	196	6	6	6
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	2,754,789	2,702,677	2,656,786	2,666,853	2,614,860	2,569,285	313,876	312,852	302,585	87,936	87,817	87,501
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,465,471	2,459,507	2,412,519	2,386,179	2,380,455	2,333,752	302,063	301,377	291,146	79,292	79,052	78,767
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	130,586	130,803	135,159	125,868	126,089	130,243	7,317	7,238	7,256	4,718	4,714	4,916
INTERMITTENT	158,732	112,367	109,108	154,806	108,316	105,290	4,496	4,237	4,183	3,926	4,051	3,818
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,518,864	2,512,729	2,471,736	2,441,008	2,435,037	2,394,248	297,951	296,218	286,819	77,856	77,692	77,488
FULL-TIME	2,385,763	2,380,155	2,335,948	2,311,969	2,306,586	2,262,488	291,417	289,693	280,279	73,794	73,569	73,460
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	133,101	132,574	135,788	129,039	128,451	131,760	6,534	6,525	6,540	4,062	4,123	4,028
TEMPORARY POSITION	235,925	189,948	185,050	225,845	179,823	175,037	15,925	16,634	15,766	10,080	10,125	10,013
FULL-TIME	79,708	79,352	76,571	74,210	73,869	71,264	10,646	11,684	10,867	5,498	5,483	5,307
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	156,217	110,596	108,479	151,635	105,954	103,773	5,279	4,950	4,899	4,582	4,642	4,706
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,459,859	2,454,104	2,418,980	2,398,841	2,393,212	2,358,456	289,194	288,448	278,813	61,018	60,892	60,524
FULL-TIME	2,344,826	2,338,705	2,298,228	2,286,184	2,280,138	2,240,056	284,255	283,495	273,517	58,642	58,567	58,172
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	107,080	108,698	112,591	105,853	107,481	111,393	4,742	4,759	4,945	1,227	1,217	1,198
INTERMITTENT	7,953	6,701	8,161	6,804	5,593	7,007	197	194	351	1,149	1,108	1,154
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	294,930	248,573	237,806	268,012	221,648	210,829	24,682	24,404	23,772	26,918	26,925	26,977
FULL-TIME	120,645	120,802	114,291	99,995	100,317	93,696	17,808	17,882	17,629	20,650	20,485	20,595
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	23,506	22,105	22,568	20,015	18,608	18,850	2,575	2,479	2,311	3,491	3,497	3,718
INTERMITTENT	150,779	105,666	100,947	148,002	102,723	98,283	4,299	4,043	3,832	2,777	2,943	2,664
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,362,960	1,354,570	1,323,132	1,337,389	1,329,107	1,298,396	216,234	215,450	208,707	25,571	25,463	24,736
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,324,665	1,317,163	1,286,114	1,300,516	1,293,120	1,262,850	212,400	211,635	205,244	24,149	24,043	23,264
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	38,295	37,407	37,018	36,873	35,987	35,546	3,834	3,815	3,463	1,422	1,420	1,472
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,391,829	1,348,107	1,333,654	1,329,464	1,285,753	1,270,889	97,642	97,402	93,878	62,365	62,354	62,765
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,135,194	1,136,941	1,132,866	1,098,325	1,100,092	1,095,606	76,794	76,813	73,569	36,869	36,849	37,260
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	256,635	211,166	200,788	231,139	185,661	175,283	20,848	20,589	20,309	25,496	25,505	25,505
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	206,042	205,360	204,334	199,631	198,953	198,060	8,233	8,282	8,172	6,411	6,407	6,274
POSTAL	703,809	709,972	747,437	700,446	706,572	744,011	13,597	13,732	14,695	3,363	3,400	3,426
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,844,938	1,787,345	1,705,015	1,766,776	1,709,335	1,627,214	292,046	290,838	279,718	78,162	78,010	77,801
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,721,614	2,670,393	2,625,201	2,659,455	2,607,590	2,562,403	310,759	309,754	299,626	62,159	62,803	62,798
NON U.S. CITIZEN	33,175	32,284	31,585	7,398	7,270	6,882	3,117	3,098	2,959	25,777	25,014	24,703
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		46,539	34,754	36,151	42,308	33,247	33,030	5,531	4,587	5,337	4,231	1,507

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