Employment and Trends - March 2011

TABLE 17 -- SUMMARY OF TURNOVER DATA

	ALL AREAS			UNITED STATES			WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREA			OVERSEAS
TURNOVER CATEGORIES	MARCH 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**	MARCH 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**	MARCH 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**	MARCH 2011*	DECEMBER 2010**	MARCH 2010**
TOTAL ACCESSIONS A/
NUMBER	106,762	93,224	288,382	99,843	86,120	285,852	12,532	13,329	20,844	6,919	7,104	2,530
RATE	3.82	3.34	10.09	3.70	3.19	10.33	3.58	3.82	6.06	7.48	7.77	2.80
TO THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE
NUMBER	53,893	45,736	52,452	51,767	43,512	51,980	6,029	6,122	4,784	2,126	2,224	472
RATE	3.62	3.12	3.69	3.55	3.03	3.73	2.55	2.62	2.11	7.33	7.85	1.73
TO THE EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
NUMBER	52,869	47,488	235,930	48,076	42,608	233,872	6,503	7,207	16,060	4,793	4,880	2,058
RATE	4.06	3.58	16.41	3.88	3.37	17.02	5.73	6.23	13.69	7.54	7.74	3.26
TOTAL NEW HIRES
NUMBER	74,102	63,046	258,109	70,199	59,156	256,219	10,059	10,405	18,797	3,903	3,890	1,890
RATE	2.65	2.26	9.03	2.60	2.19	9.26	2.87	2.98	5.46	4.22	4.26	2.09
TO THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE
NUMBER	28,481	24,250	27,801	27,887	23,627	27,481	4,296	4,191	3,209	594	623	320
RATE	1.91	1.66	1.96	1.91	1.64	1.97	1.81	1.80	1.42	2.05	2.20	1.17
TO THE EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
NUMBER	45,621	38,796	230,308	42,312	35,529	228,738	5,763	6,214	15,588	3,309	3,267	1,570
RATE	3.50	2.93	16.02	3.41	2.81	16.64	5.08	5.37	13.29	5.21	5.18	2.49
RESTORATIONS AND RETURNS TO DUTY
NUMBER	28,287	23,602	25,638	25,511	20,639	25,091	1,020	1,245	771	2,776	2,963	547
RATE	1.01	.85	.90	.94	.76	.91	.29	.36	.22	3.00	3.24	.61
U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	105,758	92,307	286,777	99,515	85,742	284,886	12,323	13,088	20,692	6,243	6,565	1,891
RATE	3.83	3.35	10.16	3.70	3.19	10.32	3.55	3.79	6.07	9.47	10.11	2.94
NON U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	1,004	917	1,605	328	378	966	209	241	152	676	539	639
RATE	2.96	2.71	4.78	4.47	5.16	12.68	6.14	7.24	4.65	2.54	2.03	2.46
TRANSFERS
NUMBER	4,373	6,576	4,635	4,133	6,325	4,542	1,453	1,679	1,276	240	251	93
RATE	.16	.24	.16	.15	.23	.16	.41	.48	.37	.26	.27	.10
ACCESSIONS EXCLUDING TRANSFERS
NUMBER	102,389	86,648	283,747	95,710	79,795	281,310	11,079	11,650	19,568	6,679	6,853	2,437
RATE	3.67	3.10	9.93	3.54	2.96	10.17	3.16	3.34	5.69	7.22	7.50	2.70
TOTAL SEPARATIONS A/
NUMBER	100,297	102,829	109,707	95,585	98,398	107,779	10,457	8,350	8,457	4,712	4,431	1,928
RATE	3.59	3.68	3.84	3.54	3.65	3.90	2.99	2.39	2.46	5.09	4.85	2.13
TRANSFERS
NUMBER	4,212	7,214	4,607	3,896	6,903	4,509	1,267	1,054	1,164	316	311	98
RATE	.15	.26	.16	.14	.26	.16	.36	.30	.34	.34	.34	.11
QUITS
NUMBER	16,146	19,850	39,919	15,599	19,415	39,567	2,080	1,894	1,849	547	435	352
RATE	.58	.71	1.40	.58	.72	1.43	.59	.54	.54	.59	.48	.39
OTHER SEPARATIONS
NUMBER	79,939	75,765	65,181	76,090	72,080	63,703	7,110	5,402	5,444	3,849	3,685	1,478
RATE	2.86	2.71	2.28	2.82	2.67	2.30	2.03	1.55	1.58	4.16	4.03	1.64
U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	94,611	96,979	106,823	90,402	92,968	105,478	10,199	7,818	8,187	4,209	4,011	1,345
RATE	3.43	3.52	3.78	3.36	3.45	3.82	2.94	2.26	2.40	6.38	6.18	2.09
NON U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	5,686	5,850	2,884	5,183	5,430	2,301	258	532	270	503	420	583
RATE	16.76	17.30	8.59	70.60	74.18	30.21	7.58	15.99	8.26	1.89	1.59	2.25
SEPARATIONS EXCLUDING TRANSFERS
NUMBER	96,085	95,615	105,100	91,689	91,495	103,270	9,190	7,296	7,293	4,396	4,120	1,830
RATE	3.44	3.43	3.68	3.40	3.39	3.73	2.62	2.09	2.12	4.75	4.51	2.03
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ACCESSIONS B/
NUMBER	258	257	153	258	257	153	243	242	138	...	...	...
RATE	2.01	2.01	1.21	2.01	2.01	1.21	2.07	2.08	1.19	...	...	...
TO THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE
NUMBER	18	19	18	18	19	18	12	13	12	...	...	...
RATE	.74	.78	.74	.74	.78	.74	.54	.58	.54	...	...	...
TO THE EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
NUMBER	240	238	135	240	238	135	231	229	126	...	...	...
RATE	2.30	2.30	1.31	2.31	2.30	1.32	2.44	2.43	1.35	...	...	...
TOTAL NEW HIRES
NUMBER	245	243	141	245	243	141	230	228	126	...	...	...
RATE	1.91	1.90	1.11	1.91	1.90	1.11	1.96	1.96	1.09	...	...	...
TO THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE
NUMBER	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	...	...	...
RATE	.49	.49	.50	.49	.49	.50	.27	.27	.27	...	...	...
TO THE EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
NUMBER	233	231	129	233	231	129	224	222	120	...	...	...
RATE	2.24	2.23	1.26	2.24	2.23	1.26	2.36	2.36	1.28	...	...	...
RESTORATIONS AND RETURNS TO DUTY
NUMBER	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	...	...	...
RATE	.10	.10	.09	.10	.10	.09	.11	.11	.10	...	...	...
U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	258	257	153	258	257	153	243	242	138	...	...	...
RATE	2.02	2.02	1.21	2.02	2.02	1.21	2.08	2.09	1.20	...	...	...
NON U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
RATE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
TRANSFERS
NUMBER	...	1	...	...	1	...	...	1	...	...	...	...
RATE	...	.01	...	...	.01	...	...	.01	...	...	...	...
ACCESSIONS EXCLUDING TRANSFERS
NUMBER	258	256	153	258	256	153	243	241	138	...	...	...
RATE	2.01	2.01	1.21	2.01	2.01	1.21	2.07	2.07	1.19	...	...	...
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SEPARATIONS B/
NUMBER	321	325	317	321	325	317	308	312	305	...	...	...
RATE	2.50	2.55	2.50	2.50	2.55	2.50	2.63	2.68	2.64	...	...	...
TRANSFERS
NUMBER	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	...	...	...
RATE	.02	.02	.02	.02	.02	.02	.02	.03	.03	...	...	...
QUITS
NUMBER	53	55	24	53	55	24	52	54	24	...	...	...
RATE	.41	.43	.19	.41	.43	.19	.44	.46	.21	...	...	...
OTHER SEPARATIONS
NUMBER	266	267	290	266	267	290	254	255	278	...	...	...
RATE	2.07	2.09	2.28	2.07	2.09	2.29	2.17	2.19	2.40	...	...	...
U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	321	325	317	321	325	317	308	312	305	...	...	...
RATE	2.51	2.56	2.51	2.51	2.56	2.51	2.64	2.69	2.65	...	...	...
NON U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
RATE	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
SEPARATIONS EXCLUDING TRANSFERS
NUMBER	319	322	314	319	322	314	306	309	302	...	...	...
RATE	2.48	2.52	2.47	2.49	2.52	2.48	2.61	2.65	2.61	...	...	...
EXECUTIVE BRANCH ACCESSIONS
NUMBER	106,492	92,951	288,222	99,573	85,847	285,692	12,277	13,071	20,699	6,919	7,104	2,530
RATE	3.83	3.35	10.13	3.71	3.20	10.37	3.63	3.87	6.23	7.48	7.77	2.80
TO THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE
NUMBER	53,875	45,717	52,434	51,749	43,493	51,962	6,017	6,109	4,772	2,126	2,224	472
RATE	3.62	3.13	3.70	3.55	3.03	3.74	2.57	2.64	2.13	7.33	7.85	1.73
TO THE EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
NUMBER	52,617	47,234	235,788	47,824	42,354	233,730	6,260	6,962	15,927	4,793	4,880	2,058
RATE	4.07	3.59	16.52	3.89	3.38	17.14	6.02	6.55	14.75	7.54	7.74	3.26
TOTAL NEW HIRES
NUMBER	73,857	62,787	257,961	69,954	58,897	256,071	9,829	10,161	18,664	3,903	3,890	1,890
RATE	2.66	2.26	9.07	2.60	2.19	9.30	2.90	3.01	5.61	4.22	4.26	2.09
TO THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE
NUMBER	28,469	24,238	27,789	27,875	23,615	27,469	4,290	4,185	3,203	594	623	320
RATE	1.91	1.66	1.96	1.91	1.65	1.98	1.83	1.81	1.43	2.05	2.20	1.17
TO THE EXCEPTED AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICES
NUMBER	45,388	38,549	230,172	42,079	35,282	228,602	5,539	5,976	15,461	3,309	3,267	1,570
RATE	3.51	2.93	16.13	3.42	2.82	16.76	5.32	5.62	14.32	5.21	5.18	2.49
RESTORATIONS AND RETURNS TO DUTY
NUMBER	28,274	23,589	25,626	25,498	20,626	25,079	1,007	1,232	759	2,776	2,963	547
RATE	1.02	.85	.90	.95	.77	.91	.30	.37	.23	3.00	3.24	.61
U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	105,488	92,034	286,617	99,245	85,469	284,726	12,068	12,830	20,547	6,243	6,565	1,891
RATE	3.84	3.35	10.20	3.70	3.19	10.37	3.60	3.84	6.24	9.47	10.11	2.94
NON U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	1,004	917	1,605	328	378	966	209	241	152	676	539	639
RATE	2.96	2.72	4.79	4.50	5.21	12.78	6.25	7.38	4.74	2.54	2.03	2.46
TRANSFERS
NUMBER	4,361	6,575	4,635	4,121	6,324	4,542	1,441	1,678	1,276	240	251	93
RATE	.16	.24	.16	.15	.24	.16	.43	.50	.38	.26	.27	.10
ACCESSIONS EXCLUDING TRANSFERS
NUMBER	102,131	86,376	283,587	95,452	79,523	281,150	10,836	11,393	19,423	6,679	6,853	2,437
RATE	3.67	3.11	9.97	3.55	2.96	10.21	3.20	3.38	5.84	7.22	7.50	2.70
EXECUTIVE BRANCH SEPARATIONS
NUMBER	99,967	102,491	109,380	95,255	98,060	107,452	10,140	8,025	8,142	4,712	4,431	1,928
RATE	3.60	3.69	3.85	3.54	3.65	3.90	3.00	2.38	2.45	5.09	4.85	2.13
TRANSFERS
NUMBER	4,209	7,207	4,601	3,893	6,896	4,503	1,264	1,047	1,158	316	311	98
RATE	.15	.26	.16	.14	.26	.16	.37	.31	.35	.34	.34	.11
QUITS
NUMBER	16,089	19,791	39,895	15,542	19,356	39,543	2,024	1,836	1,825	547	435	352
RATE	.58	.71	1.40	.58	.72	1.44	.60	.54	.55	.59	.48	.39
OTHER SEPARATIONS
NUMBER	79,669	75,493	64,884	75,820	71,808	63,406	6,852	5,142	5,159	3,849	3,685	1,478
RATE	2.87	2.72	2.28	2.82	2.67	2.30	2.02	1.52	1.55	4.16	4.03	1.64
U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	94,281	96,641	106,496	90,072	92,630	105,151	9,882	7,493	7,872	4,209	4,011	1,345
RATE	3.43	3.52	3.79	3.36	3.46	3.83	2.95	2.24	2.39	6.38	6.18	2.09
NON U.S. CITIZENS
NUMBER	5,686	5,850	2,884	5,183	5,430	2,301	258	532	270	503	420	583
RATE	16.79	17.33	8.60	71.17	74.78	30.44	7.71	16.28	8.42	1.89	1.59	2.25
SEPARATIONS EXCLUDING TRANSFERS
NUMBER	95,758	95,284	104,779	91,362	91,164	102,949	8,876	6,978	6,984	4,396	4,120	1,830
RATE	3.44	3.43	3.68	3.40	3.39	3.74	2.62	2.07	2.10	4.75	4.51	2.03

* PRELIMINARY OR PREVIOUS QUARTER'S TURNOVER TOTALS (OR PORTIONS THEREOF) WERE USED FOR CURRENT QUARTER.
** REVISED.

A/ EXCLUDES CONGRESS AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH FOR WHICH TURNOVER DATA IS NOT REPORTED.