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Table 8

Employment and Trends - December 2010

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
ALL AREASUNITED STATESWASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREAOVERSEAS
EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIESDECEMBER 2010*SEPTEMBER 2010**DECEMBER 2009**DECEMBER 2010*SEPTEMBER 2010**DECEMBER 2009**DECEMBER 2010*SEPTEMBER 2010**DECEMBER 2009**DECEMBER 2010*SEPTEMBER 2010**DECEMBER 2009**
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT 2,843,461 2,841,143 2,816,102 2,750,695 2,750,352 2,725,984 371,312 368,065 359,384 92,766 90,791 90,118
WORK SCHEDULE:                        
FULL-TIME 2,621,214 2,614,625 2,567,564 2,537,960 2,532,408 2,486,197 359,526 356,101 346,603 83,254 82,217 81,367
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 128,249 130,082 128,558 123,492 125,683 123,886 7,774 7,394 7,610 4,757 4,399 4,672
INTERMITTENT 93,998 96,436 119,980 89,243 92,261 115,901 4,012 4,570 5,171 4,755 4,175 4,079
POSITION OCCUPIED:                        
PERMANENT POSITION 2,658,397 2,635,158 2,595,005 2,576,189 2,553,965 2,515,138 335,143 329,791 320,583 82,208 81,193 79,867
FULL-TIME 2,529,382 2,506,340 2,466,558 2,451,314 2,429,294 2,390,708 328,390 323,229 313,962 78,068 77,046 75,850
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 129,015 128,818 128,447 124,875 124,671 124,430 6,753 6,562 6,621 4,140 4,147 4,017
TEMPORARY POSITION 185,064 205,985 221,097 174,506 196,387 210,846 36,169 38,274 38,801 10,558 9,598 10,251
FULL-TIME 91,832 108,285 101,006 86,646 103,114 95,489 31,136 32,872 32,641 5,186 5,171 5,517
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 93,232 97,700 120,091 87,860 93,273 115,357 5,033 5,402 6,160 5,372 4,427 4,734
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:                        
PERMANENT 2,591,121 2,565,826 2,526,142 2,525,479 2,501,244 2,462,534 323,864 319,555 311,514 65,642 64,582 63,608
FULL-TIME 2,476,149 2,453,381 2,413,157 2,413,241 2,391,335 2,352,196 318,493 314,267 306,175 62,908 62,046 60,961
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 104,755 103,269 105,114 103,276 101,893 103,660 5,054 4,958 5,008 1,479 1,376 1,454
INTERMITTENT 10,217 9,176 7,871 8,962 8,016 6,678 317 330 331 1,255 1,160 1,193
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 252,340 275,317 289,960 225,216 249,108 263,450 47,448 48,510 47,870 27,124 26,209 26,510
FULL-TIME 145,065 161,244 154,407 124,719 141,073 134,001 41,033 41,834 40,428 20,346 20,171 20,406
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 23,494 26,813 23,444 20,216 23,790 20,226 2,720 2,436 2,602 3,278 3,023 3,218
INTERMITTENT 83,781 87,260 112,109 80,281 84,245 109,223 3,695 4,240 4,840 3,500 3,015 2,886
TYPE OF SERVICE:                        
COMPETITIVE SERVICE 1,468,847 1,460,668 1,408,352 1,440,120 1,432,752 1,380,974 234,953 231,743 225,893 28,727 27,916 27,378
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT 1,428,088 1,410,951 1,366,133 1,400,953 1,384,615 1,340,318 230,174 227,082 221,199 27,135 26,336 25,815
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 40,759 49,717 42,219 39,167 48,137 40,656 4,779 4,661 4,694 1,592 1,580 1,563
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES 1,374,614 1,380,475 1,407,750 1,310,575 1,317,600 1,345,010 136,359 136,322 133,491 64,039 62,875 62,740
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT 1,163,033 1,154,875 1,160,009 1,124,526 1,116,629 1,122,216 93,690 92,473 90,315 38,507 38,246 37,793
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 211,581 225,600 247,741 186,049 200,971 222,794 42,669 43,849 43,176 25,532 24,629 24,947
PAY SYSTEM:                        
WAGE 211,532 212,148 211,969 205,679 206,401 205,859 10,680 10,654 10,694 5,853 5,747 6,110
POSTAL 643,420 643,420 667,080 640,377 640,377 663,904 12,985 12,985 13,295 3,043 3,043 3,176
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER 1,988,509 1,985,575 1,937,053 1,904,639 1,903,574 1,856,221 347,647 344,426 335,395 83,870 82,001 80,832
CITIZENSHIP:                        
U.S. CITIZEN 2,809,011 2,806,871 2,782,388 2,742,824 2,742,503 2,718,101 367,728 364,605 355,909 66,187 64,368 64,287
NON U.S. CITIZEN 34,450 34,272 33,714 7,871 7,849 7,883 3,584 3,460 3,475 26,579 26,423 25,831
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING *** 36,510 31,897 34,057 32,757 30,264 32,504 5,490 4,990 5,114 3,753 1,633
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT 30,620 30,643 30,757 30,614 30,637 30,751 29,502 29,526 29,639 6 6 6
WORK SCHEDULE:                        
FULL-TIME 30,247 30,247 30,363 30,241 30,241 30,357 29,176 29,177 29,292 6 6 6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 288 284 283 288 284 283 244 240 239 ... ... ...
INTERMITTENT 85 112 111 85 112 111 82 109 108 ... ... ...
POSITION OCCUPIED:                        
PERMANENT POSITION 11,744 11,658 11,659 11,738 11,652 11,653 10,646 10,561 10,561 6 6 6
FULL-TIME 11,465 11,381 11,383 11,459 11,375 11,377 10,414 10,331 10,332 6 6 6
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 279 277 276 279 277 276 232 230 229 ... ... ...
TEMPORARY POSITION 18,876 18,985 19,098 18,876 18,985 19,098 18,856 18,965 19,078 ... ... ...
FULL-TIME 18,782 18,866 18,980 18,782 18,866 18,980 18,762 18,846 18,960 ... ... ...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 94 119 118 94 119 118 94 119 118 ... ... ...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:                        
PERMANENT 11,708 11,673 11,673 11,702 11,667 11,667 10,604 10,570 10,569 6 6 6
FULL-TIME 11,462 11,425 11,425 11,456 11,419 11,419 10,400 10,364 10,363 6 6 6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 244 246 246 244 246 246 202 204 204 ... ... ...
INTERMITTENT 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ... ... ...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 18,912 18,970 19,084 18,912 18,970 19,084 18,898 18,956 19,070 ... ... ...
FULL-TIME 18,785 18,822 18,938 18,785 18,822 18,938 18,776 18,813 18,929 ... ... ...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 44 38 37 44 38 37 42 36 35 ... ... ...
INTERMITTENT 83 110 109 83 110 109 80 107 106 ... ... ...
TYPE OF SERVICE:                        
COMPETITIVE SERVICE 2,430 2,422 2,422 2,430 2,422 2,422 2,240 2,233 2,233 ... ... ...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT 2,423 2,416 2,416 2,423 2,416 2,416 2,233 2,227 2,227 ... ... ...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 ... ... ...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES 28,190 28,221 28,335 28,184 28,215 28,329 27,262 27,293 27,406 6 6 6
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT 9,285 9,257 9,257 9,279 9,251 9,251 8,371 8,343 8,342 6 6 6
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 18,905 18,964 19,078 18,905 18,964 19,078 18,891 18,950 19,064 ... ... ...
PAY SYSTEM:                        
WAGE 2,938 2,831 2,831 2,938 2,831 2,831 2,892 2,785 2,785 ... ... ...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER 27,682 27,812 27,926 27,676 27,806 27,920 26,610 26,741 26,854 6 6 6
CITIZENSHIP:                        
U.S. CITIZEN 30,561 30,584 30,698 30,555 30,578 30,692 29,443 29,467 29,580 6 6 6
NON U.S. CITIZEN 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 ... ... ...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING *** 106 145 145 106 145 145 105 144 144 ... ...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT 33,762 33,756 33,756 33,393 33,387 33,387 2,823 2,817 2,817 369 369 369
WORK SCHEDULE:                        
FULL-TIME 32,252 32,251 32,251 31,904 31,903 31,903 2,678 2,677 2,677 348 348 348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 1,413 1,408 1,408 1,395 1,390 1,390 137 132 132 18 18 18
INTERMITTENT 97 97 97 94 94 94 8 8 8 3 3 3
POSITION OCCUPIED:                        
PERMANENT POSITION 33,437 33,431 33,431 33,079 33,073 33,073 2,746 2,740 2,740 358 358 358
FULL-TIME 32,215 32,216 32,216 31,867 31,868 31,868 2,641 2,642 2,642 348 348 348
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 1,222 1,215 1,215 1,212 1,205 1,205 105 98 98 10 10 10
TEMPORARY POSITION 325 325 325 314 314 314 77 77 77 11 11 11
FULL-TIME 37 35 35 37 35 35 37 35 35 ... ... ...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 288 290 290 277 279 279 40 42 42 11 11 11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:                        
PERMANENT 33,468 33,458 33,458 33,110 33,100 33,100 2,777 2,767 2,767 358 358 358
FULL-TIME 32,245 32,241 32,241 31,897 31,893 31,893 2,671 2,667 2,667 348 348 348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 1,223 1,217 1,217 1,213 1,207 1,207 106 100 100 10 10 10
INTERMITTENT ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 294 298 298 283 287 287 46 50 50 11 11 11
FULL-TIME 7 10 10 7 10 10 7 10 10 ... ... ...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 190 191 191 182 183 183 31 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 33,762 33,756 33,756 33,393 33,387 33,387 2,823 2,817 2,817 369 369 369
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT 33,468 33,458 33,458 33,110 33,100 33,100 2,777 2,767 2,767 358 358 358
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 294 298 298 283 287 287 46 50 50 11 11 11
PAY SYSTEM:                        
WAGE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER 33,762 33,756 33,756 33,393 33,387 33,387 2,823 2,817 2,817 369 369 369
CITIZENSHIP:                        
U.S. CITIZEN 33,217 33,210 33,210 32,854 32,847 32,847 2,628 2,621 2,621 363 363 363
NON U.S. CITIZEN 545 546 546 539 540 540 195 196 196 6 6 6
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING *** ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT 2,779,079 2,776,744 2,751,589 2,686,688 2,686,328 2,661,846 338,987 335,722 326,928 92,391 90,416 89,743
WORK SCHEDULE:                        
FULL-TIME 2,558,715 2,552,127 2,504,950 2,475,815 2,470,264 2,423,937 327,672 324,247 314,634 82,900 81,863 81,013
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 126,548 128,390 126,867 121,809 124,009 122,213 7,393 7,022 7,239 4,739 4,381 4,654
INTERMITTENT 93,816 96,227 119,772 89,064 92,055 115,696 3,922 4,453 5,055 4,752 4,172 4,076
POSITION OCCUPIED:                        
PERMANENT POSITION 2,613,216 2,590,069 2,549,915 2,531,372 2,509,240 2,470,412 321,751 316,490 307,282 81,844 80,829 79,503
FULL-TIME 2,485,702 2,462,743 2,422,959 2,407,988 2,386,051 2,347,463 315,335 310,256 300,988 77,714 76,692 75,496
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 127,514 127,326 126,956 123,384 123,189 122,949 6,416 6,234 6,294 4,130 4,137 4,007
TEMPORARY POSITION 165,863 186,675 201,674 155,316 177,088 191,434 17,236 19,232 19,646 10,547 9,587 10,240
FULL-TIME 73,013 89,384 81,991 67,827 84,213 76,474 12,337 13,991 13,646 5,186 5,171 5,517
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT 92,850 97,291 119,683 87,489 92,875 114,960 4,899 5,241 6,000 5,361 4,416 4,723
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:                        
PERMANENT 2,545,945 2,520,695 2,481,011 2,480,667 2,456,477 2,417,767 310,483 306,218 298,178 65,278 64,218 63,244
FULL-TIME 2,432,442 2,409,715 2,369,491 2,369,888 2,348,023 2,308,884 305,422 301,236 293,145 62,554 61,692 60,607
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 103,288 101,806 103,651 101,819 100,440 102,207 4,746 4,654 4,704 1,469 1,366 1,444
INTERMITTENT 10,215 9,174 7,869 8,960 8,014 6,676 315 328 329 1,255 1,160 1,193
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 233,134 256,049 270,578 206,021 229,851 244,079 28,504 29,504 28,750 27,113 26,198 26,499
FULL-TIME 126,273 142,412 135,459 105,927 122,241 115,053 22,250 23,011 21,489 20,346 20,171 20,406
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED) 23,260 26,584 23,216 19,990 23,569 20,006 2,647 2,368 2,535 3,270 3,015 3,210
INTERMITTENT 83,601 87,053 111,903 80,104 84,041 109,020 3,607 4,125 4,726 3,497 3,012 2,883
TYPE OF SERVICE:                        
COMPETITIVE SERVICE 1,466,417 1,458,246 1,405,930 1,437,690 1,430,330 1,378,552 232,713 229,510 223,660 28,727 27,916 27,378
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT 1,425,665 1,408,535 1,363,717 1,398,530 1,382,199 1,337,902 227,941 224,855 218,972 27,135 26,336 25,815
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 40,752 49,711 42,213 39,160 48,131 40,650 4,772 4,655 4,688 1,592 1,580 1,563
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES 1,312,662 1,318,498 1,345,659 1,248,998 1,255,998 1,283,294 106,274 106,212 103,268 63,664 62,500 62,365
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT 1,120,280 1,112,160 1,117,294 1,082,137 1,074,278 1,079,865 82,542 81,363 79,206 38,143 37,882 37,429
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE 192,382 206,338 228,365 166,861 181,720 203,429 23,732 24,849 24,062 25,521 24,618 24,936
PAY SYSTEM:                        
WAGE 208,594 209,317 209,138 202,741 203,570 203,028 7,788 7,869 7,909 5,853 5,747 6,110
POSTAL 643,420 643,420 667,080 640,377 640,377 663,904 12,985 12,985 13,295 3,043 3,043 3,176
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER 1,927,065 1,924,007 1,875,371 1,843,570 1,842,381 1,794,914 318,214 314,868 305,724 83,495 81,626 80,457
CITIZENSHIP:                        
U.S. CITIZEN 2,745,233 2,743,077 2,718,480 2,679,415 2,679,078 2,654,562 335,657 332,517 323,708 65,818 63,999 63,918
NON U.S. CITIZEN 33,846 33,667 33,109 7,273 7,250 7,284 3,330 3,205 3,220 26,573 26,417 25,825
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING *** 36,404 31,752 33,912 32,651 30,119 32,359 5,385 4,846 4,970 3,753 1,633

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

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