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Executive Branch Civilian Employment Since 1940

Historical Federal Workforce Tables

Executive Branch Civilian Employment Since 1940

(end-of-fiscal-year count, excluding Postal Service, in thousands)

Fiscal YearTotal Executive BranchDept. of DefenseCivilian Agencies
TotalAgri-cultureHHS, Education, Social Sec. 1Homeland SecurityInteriorJusticeTrans-portationTreasuryVeteransOther
1940 699 256 443 98 9 18 46 11 … 45 40 176
1941 1,081 556 525 91 10 20 50 15 … 52 43 244
1942 1,934 1,291 643 95 11 20 49 22 … 55 44 348
1943 2,935 2,200 735 109 11 21 43 23 … 69 53 406
1944 2,930 2,246 683 78 11 21 42 21 … 81 51 378
1945 3,370 2,635 736 82 11 20 45 19 … 84 65 409
1946 2,212 1,416 795 97 12 20 51 17 … 95 169 335
1947 1,637 859 777 88 12 20 53 17 … 82 217 288
1948 1,569 871 698 82 13 18 57 20 … 79 196 233
1949 1,573 880 694 87 12 19 59 19 … 77 195 226
1950 1,439 753 686 84 13 20 66 20 … 76 188 219
1951 1,974 1,235 738 81 16 21 65 25 … 79 183 269
1952 2,066 1,337 729 79 15 22 61 25 … 75 175 278
1953 2,026 1,332 694 78 35 22 59 23 … 71 178 226
1954 1,875 1,209 666 76 35 21 56 24 … 67 179 207
1955 1,860 1,187 673 86 40 21 54 24 … 65 178 206
1956 1,864 1,180 684 89 46 20 53 24 … 64 177 210
1957 1,869 1,161 708 96 53 20 55 24 … 65 174 222
1958 1,817 1,097 720 101 55 20 56 24 … 64 172 227
1959 1,805 1,078 727 97 59 20 55 23 … 63 171 238
1960 1,808 1,047 761 99 62 21 56 24 … 62 172 265
1961 1,825 1,042 782 103 70 20 59 25 … 67 175 265
1962 1,896 1,070 827 111 77 20 63 25 … 69 177 284
1963 1,911 1,050 861 116 81 21 73 25 … 73 173 300
1964 1,884 1,030 855 108 83 21 70 26 … 72 172 302
1965 1,901 1,034 867 113 87 21 71 27 … 74 167 307
1966 2,051 1,138 913 119 100 21 75 27 … 76 170 324
1967 2,251 1,303 949 122 106 24 77 27 52 79 173 289
1968 2,289 1,317 972 123 117 23 78 29 56 79 176 292
1969 2,301 1,342 960 125 113 21 75 30 58 79 175 283
1970 2,203 1,219 983 118 112 23 75 33 62 84 169 308
1971 2,144 1,154 989 120 115 25 72 38 66 86 180 288
1972 2,117 1,108 1,009 118 114 29 72 40 65 90 184 295
1973 2,083 1,053 1,030 113 128 29 74 43 66 90 198 289
1974 2,140 1,070 1,070 116 142 30 77 46 68 97 202 292
1975 2,149 1,042 1,107 121 147 31 80 47 69 101 213 297
1976 2,157 1,010 1,147 128 155 32 82 48 71 105 222 303
1977 2,182 1,009 1,173 132 159 32 87 48 70 107 224 313
1978 2,224 1,000 1,225 138 161 37 84 49 70 110 229 348
1979 2,161 960 1,201 128 161 40 78 48 67 102 226 352
1980 2,161 960 1,201 129 163 40 77 48 66 102 228 346
1981 2,143 984 1,159 129 162 38 76 47 54 100 232 321
1982 2,110 990 1,121 121 153 38 79 48 57 98 236 291
1983 2,157 1,026 1,131 124 152 39 80 50 57 104 239 286
1984 2,171 1,044 1,127 119 150 39 79 53 57 109 240 283
1985 2,252 1,107 1,145 122 147 40 80 55 56 110 247 286
1986 2,175 1,068 1,108 113 138 39 74 56 56 114 240 277
1987 2,232 1,090 1,142 117 132 44 74 60 57 125 250 284
1988 2,222 1,050 1,172 121 128 48 78 63 58 135 245 297
1989 2,238 1,075 1,162 122 127 49 78 66 60 126 246 289
1990 2,250 1,034 1,216 123 129 49 78 71 61 132 248 326
1991 2,243 1,013 1,230 126 135 50 82 77 64 139 256 302
1992 2,225 952 1,274 128 136 56 85 82 64 133 260 329
1993 2,157 891 1,266 124 135 56 85 82 63 127 268 326
1994 2,085 850 1,235 120 133 55 81 83 59 128 262 315
1995 2,012 802 1,210 113 132 56 76 87 58 128 264 297
1996 1,934 768 1,166 110 130 62 71 88 58 118 251 279
1997 1,872 723 1,149 107 131 64 71 93 59 112 243 270
1998 1,856 693 1,163 106 130 68 72 95 59 112 240 281
1999 1,820 666 1,155 105 130 69 73 97 58 113 219 290
2000 1,778 651 1,127 104 126 70 74 98 58 113 220 265
2001 1,792 647 1,145 109 129 73 76 99 59 117 226 258
2002 1,818 645 1,173 98 130 76 77 96 96 118 223 258
2003 1,867 636 1,231 100 131 153 72 102 58 132 226 257
2004 1,882 644 1,238 111 130 153 77 104 57 111 236 257
2005 1,872 649 1,224 108 131 147 76 105 56 108 235 258
2006 1,880 653 1,227 105 129 154 72 107 54 107 239 260
2007 1,888 651 1,237 103 129 159 72 107 54 104 254 254
2008 1,960 670 1,289 104 132 172 76 109 55 106 274 261
2009 2,094 737 1,357 104 139 180 75 113 57 109 297 283
2010 2,133 773 1,360 107 144 183 70 118 58 110 305 265
2011 2,146 774 1,372 104 143 194 77 117 58 108 314 257
2012 2,104 730 1,374 99 143 191 77 117 57 112 323 255
2013 2,087 729 1,355 95 139 192 71 116 55 112 323 252
2014 2,079 723 1,356 94 141 186 70 114 55 112 340 244

Data comes from agency 113-A monthy submissions and covers total end-of-year civilian employment of full-time permanent, temporary, part-time, and intermittent employees as of September 30th.

1 1940 - 1953 data represent estimates for employment in these activities.

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