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Table 8

Employment and Trends - September 2010

TABLE 8 -- STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
	ALL AREAS			UNITED STATES			WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA			OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES	SEPTEMBER 2010*	JUNE 2010**	SEPTEMBER 2009*	SEPTEMBER 2010*	JUNE 2010**	SEPTEMBER 2009*	SEPTEMBER 2010*	JUNE 2010**	SEPTEMBER 2009*	SEPTEMBER 2010*	JUNE 2010**	SEPTEMBER 2009*
TOTAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT	2,841,143	3,328,530	2,838,491	2,750,352	3,236,448	2,749,287	368,065	380,571	356,545	90,791	92,082	89,204
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,614,625	2,615,971	2,583,535	2,532,408	2,533,189	2,502,785	356,101	353,144	344,432	82,217	82,782	80,750
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	130,082	125,413	130,043	125,683	120,476	125,577	7,394	7,053	7,342	4,399	4,937	4,466
INTERMITTENT	96,436	587,146	124,913	92,261	582,783	120,925	4,570	20,374	4,771	4,175	4,363	3,988
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,635,158	2,619,730	2,604,493	2,553,965	2,538,015	2,525,087	329,791	325,474	318,350	81,193	81,715	79,406
FULL-TIME	2,506,340	2,493,632	2,473,035	2,429,294	2,416,222	2,397,556	323,229	319,231	311,695	77,046	77,410	75,479
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	128,818	126,098	131,458	124,671	121,793	127,531	6,562	6,243	6,655	4,147	4,305	3,927
TEMPORARY POSITION	205,985	708,800	233,998	196,387	698,433	224,200	38,274	55,097	38,195	9,598	10,367	9,798
FULL-TIME	108,285	122,339	110,500	103,114	116,967	105,229	32,872	33,913	32,737	5,171	5,372	5,271
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	97,700	586,461	123,498	93,273	581,466	118,971	5,402	21,184	5,458	4,427	4,995	4,527
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,565,826	2,552,756	2,532,253	2,501,244	2,488,736	2,469,038	319,555	313,807	309,055	64,582	64,020	63,215
FULL-TIME	2,453,381	2,440,077	2,417,116	2,391,335	2,378,691	2,356,522	314,267	308,615	303,800	62,046	61,386	60,594
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	103,269	103,564	106,734	101,893	102,128	105,302	4,958	4,883	4,972	1,376	1,436	1,432
INTERMITTENT	9,176	9,115	8,403	8,016	7,917	7,214	330	309	283	1,160	1,198	1,189
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	275,317	775,774	306,238	249,108	747,712	280,249	48,510	66,764	47,490	26,209	28,062	25,989
FULL-TIME	161,244	175,894	166,419	141,073	154,498	146,263	41,834	44,529	40,632	20,171	21,396	20,156
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	26,813	21,849	23,309	23,790	18,348	20,275	2,436	2,170	2,370	3,023	3,501	3,034
INTERMITTENT	87,260	578,031	116,510	84,245	574,866	113,711	4,240	20,065	4,488	3,015	3,165	2,799
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,460,668	1,442,832	1,407,142	1,432,752	1,415,347	1,380,346	231,743	227,600	224,124	27,916	27,485	26,796
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,410,951	1,391,871	1,354,665	1,384,615	1,365,929	1,329,422	227,082	222,810	219,591	26,336	25,942	25,243
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	49,717	50,961	52,477	48,137	49,418	50,924	4,661	4,790	4,533	1,580	1,543	1,553
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,380,475	1,885,698	1,431,349	1,317,600	1,821,101	1,368,941	136,322	152,971	132,421	62,875	64,597	62,408
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,154,875	1,160,885	1,177,588	1,116,629	1,122,807	1,139,616	92,473	90,997	89,464	38,246	38,078	37,972
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	225,600	724,813	253,761	200,971	698,294	229,325	43,849	61,974	42,957	24,629	26,519	24,436
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	212,148	212,915	212,985	206,401	207,031	206,862	10,654	10,613	10,636	5,747	5,884	6,123
POSTAL	643,420	650,146	678,020	640,377	647,043	674,779	12,985	12,940	13,273	3,043	3,103	3,241
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,985,575	2,465,469	1,947,486	1,903,574	2,382,374	1,867,646	344,426	357,018	332,636	82,001	83,095	79,840
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,806,871	3,292,660	2,804,573	2,742,503	3,226,635	2,741,735	364,605	376,991	353,127	64,368	66,025	62,838
NON U.S. CITIZEN	34,272	35,870	33,918	7,849	9,813	7,552	3,460	3,580	3,418	26,423	26,057	26,366
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		31,897	33,854	36,068	30,264	32,383	33,943	4,990	4,745	4,831	1,633	1,471
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	30,643	31,348	30,859	30,637	31,342	30,853	29,526	30,231	29,739	6	6	6
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	30,247	30,955	30,453	30,241	30,949	30,447	29,177	29,885	29,382	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	284	284	283	284	284	283	240	240	239	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	112	109	123	112	109	123	109	106	118	...	...	...
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	11,658	11,656	11,671	11,652	11,650	11,665	10,561	10,559	10,571	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	11,381	11,382	11,383	11,375	11,376	11,377	10,331	10,332	10,332	6	6	6
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	277	274	288	277	274	288	230	227	239	...	...	...
TEMPORARY POSITION	18,985	19,692	19,188	18,985	19,692	19,188	18,965	19,672	19,168	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,866	19,573	19,070	18,866	19,573	19,070	18,846	19,553	19,050	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	119	119	118	119	119	118	119	119	118	...	...	...
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	11,673	11,673	11,672	11,667	11,667	11,666	10,570	10,570	10,568	6	6	6
FULL-TIME	11,425	11,425	11,424	11,419	11,419	11,418	10,364	10,364	10,362	6	6	6
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	246	246	246	246	246	246	204	204	204	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,970	19,675	19,187	18,970	19,675	19,187	18,956	19,661	19,171	...	...	...
FULL-TIME	18,822	19,530	19,029	18,822	19,530	19,029	18,813	19,521	19,020	...	...	...
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	38	38	37	38	38	37	36	36	35	...	...	...
INTERMITTENT	110	107	121	110	107	121	107	104	116	...	...	...
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,422	2,233	2,233	2,233	...	...	...
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,416	2,227	2,227	2,227	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	...	...	...
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	28,221	28,926	28,437	28,215	28,920	28,431	27,293	27,998	27,506	6	6	6
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	9,257	9,257	9,256	9,251	9,251	9,250	8,343	8,343	8,341	6	6	6
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	18,964	19,669	19,181	18,964	19,669	19,181	18,950	19,655	19,165	...	...	...
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	2,831	2,831	2,831	2,831	2,831	2,831	2,785	2,785	2,785	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	27,812	28,517	28,028	27,806	28,511	28,022	26,741	27,446	26,954	6	6	6
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	30,584	31,289	30,800	30,578	31,283	30,794	29,467	30,172	29,680	6	6	6
NON U.S. CITIZEN	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	...	...	...
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		145	149	171	145	149	171	144	148	167	...	...
JUDICIAL BRANCH EMPLOYMENT	33,756	33,756	33,754	33,387	33,387	33,385	2,817	2,817	2,815	369	369	369
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	32,251	32,251	32,248	31,903	31,903	31,900	2,677	2,677	2,674	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,408	1,408	1,409	1,390	1,390	1,391	132	132	133	18	18	18
INTERMITTENT	97	97	97	94	94	94	8	8	8	3	3	3
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	33,431	33,431	33,438	33,073	33,073	33,080	2,740	2,740	2,747	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,216	32,216	32,221	31,868	31,868	31,873	2,642	2,642	2,647	348	348	348
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	1,215	1,215	1,217	1,205	1,205	1,207	98	98	100	10	10	10
TEMPORARY POSITION	325	325	316	314	314	305	77	77	68	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	35	35	27	35	35	27	35	35	27	...	...	...
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	290	290	289	279	279	278	42	42	41	11	11	11
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	33,458	33,458	33,458	33,100	33,100	33,100	2,767	2,767	2,767	358	358	358
FULL-TIME	32,241	32,241	32,240	31,893	31,893	31,892	2,667	2,667	2,666	348	348	348
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	1,217	1,217	1,218	1,207	1,207	1,208	100	100	101	10	10	10
INTERMITTENT	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	298	298	296	287	287	285	50	50	48	11	11	11
FULL-TIME	10	10	8	10	10	8	10	10	8	...	...	...
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	33,756	33,756	33,754	33,387	33,387	33,385	2,817	2,817	2,815	369	369	369
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	33,458	33,458	33,458	33,100	33,100	33,100	2,767	2,767	2,767	358	358	358
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	298	298	296	287	287	285	50	50	48	11	11	11
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	33,756	33,756	33,754	33,387	33,387	33,385	2,817	2,817	2,815	369	369	369
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	33,210	33,210	33,208	32,847	32,847	32,845	2,621	2,621	2,619	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	2,776,744	3,263,426	2,773,878	2,686,328	3,171,719	2,685,049	335,722	347,523	323,991	90,416	91,707	88,829
WORK SCHEDULE:
FULL-TIME	2,552,127	2,552,765	2,520,834	2,470,264	2,470,337	2,440,438	324,247	320,582	312,376	81,863	82,428	80,396
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	128,390	123,721	128,351	124,009	118,802	123,903	7,022	6,681	6,970	4,381	4,919	4,448
INTERMITTENT	96,227	586,940	124,693	92,055	582,580	120,708	4,453	20,260	4,645	4,172	4,360	3,985
POSITION OCCUPIED:
PERMANENT POSITION	2,590,069	2,574,643	2,559,384	2,509,240	2,493,292	2,480,342	316,490	312,175	305,032	80,829	81,351	79,042
FULL-TIME	2,462,743	2,450,034	2,429,431	2,386,051	2,372,978	2,354,306	310,256	306,257	298,716	76,692	77,056	75,125
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	127,326	124,609	129,953	123,189	120,314	126,036	6,234	5,918	6,316	4,137	4,295	3,917
TEMPORARY POSITION	186,675	688,783	214,494	177,088	678,427	204,707	19,232	35,348	18,959	9,587	10,356	9,787
FULL-TIME	89,384	102,731	91,403	84,213	97,359	86,132	13,991	14,325	13,660	5,171	5,372	5,271
PART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT	97,291	586,052	123,091	92,875	581,068	118,575	5,241	21,023	5,299	4,416	4,984	4,516
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT:
PERMANENT	2,520,695	2,507,625	2,487,123	2,456,477	2,443,969	2,424,272	306,218	300,470	295,720	64,218	63,656	62,851
FULL-TIME	2,409,715	2,396,411	2,373,452	2,348,023	2,335,379	2,313,212	301,236	295,584	290,772	61,692	61,032	60,240
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	101,806	102,101	105,270	100,440	100,675	103,848	4,654	4,579	4,667	1,366	1,426	1,422
INTERMITTENT	9,174	9,113	8,401	8,014	7,915	7,212	328	307	281	1,160	1,198	1,189
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	256,049	755,801	286,755	229,851	727,750	260,777	29,504	47,053	28,271	26,198	28,051	25,978
FULL-TIME	142,412	156,354	147,382	122,241	134,958	127,226	23,011	24,998	21,604	20,171	21,396	20,156
PART-TIME (REGULARLY SCHEDULED)	26,584	21,620	23,081	23,569	18,127	20,055	2,368	2,102	2,303	3,015	3,493	3,026
INTERMITTENT	87,053	577,827	116,292	84,041	574,665	113,496	4,125	19,953	4,364	3,012	3,162	2,796
TYPE OF SERVICE:
COMPETITIVE SERVICE	1,458,246	1,440,410	1,404,720	1,430,330	1,412,925	1,377,924	229,510	225,367	221,891	27,916	27,485	26,796
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,408,535	1,389,455	1,352,249	1,382,199	1,363,513	1,327,006	224,855	220,583	217,364	26,336	25,942	25,243
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	49,711	50,955	52,471	48,131	49,412	50,918	4,655	4,784	4,527	1,580	1,543	1,553
EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES	1,318,498	1,823,016	1,369,158	1,255,998	1,758,794	1,307,125	106,212	122,156	102,100	62,500	64,222	62,033
PERMANENT APPOINTMENT	1,112,160	1,118,170	1,134,874	1,074,278	1,080,456	1,097,266	81,363	79,887	78,356	37,882	37,714	37,608
TEMPORARY AND INDEFINITE	206,338	704,846	234,284	181,720	678,338	209,859	24,849	42,269	23,744	24,618	26,508	24,425
PAY SYSTEM:
WAGE	209,317	210,084	210,154	203,570	204,200	204,031	7,869	7,828	7,851	5,747	5,884	6,123
POSTAL	643,420	650,146	678,020	640,377	647,043	674,779	12,985	12,940	13,273	3,043	3,103	3,241
GENERAL SCHEDULE AND OTHER	1,924,007	2,403,196	1,885,704	1,842,381	2,320,476	1,806,239	314,868	326,755	302,867	81,626	82,720	79,465
CITIZENSHIP:
U.S. CITIZEN	2,743,077	3,228,161	2,740,565	2,679,078	3,162,505	2,678,096	332,517	344,198	320,828	63,999	65,656	62,469
NON U.S. CITIZEN	33,667	35,265	33,313	7,250	9,214	6,953	3,205	3,325	3,163	26,417	26,051	26,360
TOTAL INTERMITTENTS NOT WORKING ***		31,752	33,705	35,897	30,119	32,234	33,772	4,846	4,597	4,664	1,633	1,471

* 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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Employment and Trends - September 2010