Employment and Trends - December 2010

TABLE 7 -- TOTAL EMPLOYMENT AND FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS BY SELECTED AGENCY, DECEMBER 2010

	TOTAL EMPLOYMENT						FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS
	DECEMBER 2010			CHANGE FROM		FISCAL YEAR	DECEMBER 2010			CHANGE FROM		FISCAL YEAR
AGENCY	TOTAL*		PERCENT	SEPTEMBER 2010	DECEMBER 2009	2011 AVERAGE TO DATE*	TOTAL*		PERCENT	SEPTEMBER 2010	DECEMBER 2009	2011 AVERAGE TO DATE*
TOTAL, ALL AGENCIES A/	2,843,461	**	100.00	+2,318	+27,359	2,843,461	2,476,149	**	100.00	+22,768	+62,992	2,476,149
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH	30,620	**	1.08	-23	-137	30,620	11,462	**	.46	+37	+37	11,462
CONGRESS	17,776	**	.63	-175	-289	17,776	NR	**	...	NR	NR	NR
U.S. SENATE	6,928		.24	-155	-120	6,928	NR		...	NR	NR	NR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUMMARY	10,848	**	.38	-20	-169	10,848	NR	**	...	NR	NR	NR
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE	3,191	*	.11	...	...	3,191	3,015	*	.12	...	...	3,015
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE	2,378	*	.08	...	...	2,378	2,340	*	.09	...	...	2,340
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS	3,871	*	.14	...	...	3,871	3,447	*	.14	...	...	3,447
JUDICIAL BRANCH	33,762	*	1.19	+6	+6	33,762	32,245	*	1.30	+4	+4	32,245
EXECUTIVE BRANCH	2,779,079	**	97.74	+2,335	+27,490	2,779,079	2,432,442	**	98.23	+22,727	+62,951	2,432,442
DEPARTMENT OF STATE	39,336		1.38	+320	+1,567	39,336	31,040		1.25	+83	+1,079	31,040
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY	113,022		3.97	+2,923	+3,435	113,022	108,610		4.39	+2,935	+2,822	108,610
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE	779,163		27.40	+6,562	+31,137	779,163	702,293		28.36	+6,068	+34,606	702,293
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY	295,267		10.38	+1,062	+7,397	295,267	260,022		10.50	+1,076	+12,057	260,022
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY	200,350		7.05	+1,369	+7,573	200,350	191,148		7.72	+797	+7,106	191,148
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE	175,000		6.15	+2,616	+10,863	175,000	161,436		6.52	+3,471	+10,940	161,436
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY	25,330		.89	+164	+244	25,330	24,766		1.00	+374	+445	24,766
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (EXCLUDING DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY)	83,216		2.93	+1,351	+5,060	83,216	64,921		2.62	+350	+4,058	64,921
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	119,091		4.19	+1,175	+3,196	119,091	114,672		4.63	+1,071	+3,056	114,672
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR	70,859		2.49	+628	+628	70,859	56,256		2.27	+412	+412	56,256
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	96,543		3.40	-10,324	+1,408	96,543	83,775		3.38	-1,492	+1,589	83,775
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE	45,524		1.60	-11,332	-24,016	45,524	34,939		1.41	+626	+575	34,939
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR	17,523		.62	-69	+363	17,523	16,415		.66	+121	+570	16,415
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	70,625		2.48	+786	+1,909	70,625	59,945		2.42	+975	+2,896	59,945
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT	9,813		.35	+228	+228	9,813	9,351		.38	+183	+183	9,351
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION	58,129		2.04	+157	+295	58,129	56,504		2.28	+274	+478	56,504
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY	16,145	*	.57	...	...	16,145	15,447	*	.62	...	...	15,447
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	4,452	*	.16	...	+300	4,452	4,009	*	.16	...	+213	4,009
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS	312,987		11.01	+8,322	+15,669	312,987	272,106		10.99	+8,206	+16,834	272,106
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	183,304		6.45	-151	+6,168	183,304	163,113		6.59	+1,409	+6,058	163,113
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	18,740	*	.66	...	+284	18,740	16,413	*	.66	...	+151	16,413
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION	2,571		.09	+28	+185	2,571	2,509		.10	+33	+179	2,509
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION	8,396		.30	+1,960	+1,960	8,396	5,142		.21	+280	+280	5,142
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION	12,820	*	.45	...	+142	12,820	12,423	*	.50	...	+42	12,423
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	18,664	*	.66	...	+124	18,664	17,197	*	.69	...	+169	17,197
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION	3,573		.13	+50	+112	3,573	2,697		.11	+8	+105	2,697
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD	1,717		.06	+2	+73	1,717	1,586		.06	-1	+47	1,586
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION	4,178		.15	-62	+39	4,178	3,875		.16	-59	+32	3,875
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT	5,892	*	.21	...	+988	5,892	4,857	*	.20	...	+388	4,857
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	4,037	*	.14	...	+524	4,037	3,039	*	.12	...	+248	3,039
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION	4,990	*	.18	+6	+5	4,990	4,791	*	.19	+30	-9	4,791
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION	70,278		2.47	+303	+2,797	70,278	67,379		2.72	+695	+2,387	67,379
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS	1,945		.07	-8	-7	1,945	1,862		.08	-14	-12	1,862
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	2,515	*	.09	...	...	2,515	1,869	*	.08	...	...	1,869
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	643,420	*	22.63	...	-23,660	643,420	523,606	*	21.15	...	-13,862	523,606
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXCLUDING
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	2,135,659	*	75.11	+2,335	+51,150	2,135,659	1,908,836	*	77.08	+22,727	+76,813	1,908,836

*PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS QUARTER'S EMPLOYMENT TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT QUARTER.
NR - NOT REPORTED TO THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
A/ INCLUDES 35 AGENCIES FOR WHICH SEPTEMBER 2010 FIGURES WERE USED FOR DECEMBER 2010 , DUE TO LATE REPORTING.