Employment and Trends - September 2009

Graphic Presentation of Federal Civilian Employment

Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Branch

Executive Branch (98%) - 2,773,878
Judicial Branch (1.0%) - 33,754
Legislative Branch (1.0%) - 30,859

Executive Branch Non Postal Service = 2,095,858
Postal Service = 678,020
Executive Branch = 2,796,041
Total Employment = 2,838,491

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Service

Excepted and SES (50.4%) - 1,431,349
Competitive (49.6%) - 1,407,142
Total Employment: 2,838,491

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Work Schedule/Appointment

Full-time Permanent (85.1%) - 2,417,116
Part-time (4.6%) - 130,043
Full-time Temporary (5.9%) - 166,419
Intermittent (4.4%) - 124,913
Total Employment: 2,838,491

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Distribution of Federal Civilian Employment by Major Geographic Area

United States Outside Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV (84.3%) - 2,392,742
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV Core Based Statistical Area^* (12.6%) - 356,545
Overseaes (3.1%) - 89,204
Total Employment: 2,838,491

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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.