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Table 5

Employment and Trends - September 2013

TABLE 5 -- TREND OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYMENT BY TYPE OF POSITION OCCUPIED AND WORK SCHEDULE TO SEPTEMBER 2013
PERMANENT POSITIONSTEMPORARY POSITIONS
AGENCY AND DATETOTAL ALL POSITIONSTOTALFULL-TIMEPART-TIME AND INTERMITTENTTOTALFULL-TIMEPART-TIME AND INTERMITTENT
SEPTEMBER 2012 2,696,961 * 2,504,992 * 2,397,608 * 107,384 * 191,969 * 86,170 * 105,799 *
DECEMBER 2012 2,713,783 ** 2,506,061 ** 2,399,648 ** 106,413 ** 207,722 ** 90,868 ** 116,854 **
MARCH 2013 2,677,752 ** 2,481,973 ** 2,381,033 ** 100,940 ** 195,779 ** 76,769 ** 119,010 **
JUNE 2013 2,682,371 ** 2,459,966 ** 2,364,632 ** 95,334 ** 222,405 ** 97,219 ** 125,186 **
SEPTEMBER 2013* 2,668,103 * 2,452,431 * 2,356,667 * 95,764 * 215,672 * 87,967 * 127,705 *
CALENDAR YEAR 2013 AVERAGE TO DATE* 2,676,075 2,464,790 2,367,444 97,346 211,285 87,318 123,967
FISCAL YEAR 2013 AVERAGE TO DATE* 2,685,502 2,475,108 2,375,495 99,613 210,395 88,206 122,189
SELECTED AGENCIES:                            
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 41,768 33,480 33,480 ... 8,288 2,451 5,837
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 112,461 * 95,713 * 93,987 * 1,726 * 16,748 * 15,577 * 1,171 *
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 728,823 703,286 691,084 12,202 25,537 25,405 132
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 264,906 243,371 241,933 1,438 21,535 20,658 877
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 194,923 194,918 194,015 903 5 767 762
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 169,440 165,452 164,525 927 3,988 3,980 8
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 24,331 24,327 24,224 103 4 ... 4
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (EXCLUDING DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY) 75,223 75,218 66,387 8,831 5 ... 5
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 115,616 113,860 112,972 888 1,756 1,398 358
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 71,543 59,726 58,235 1,491 11,817 9,483 2,334
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 95,223 77,509 75,566 1,943 17,714 15,070 2,644
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 45,035 43,050 33,926 9,124 1,985 1,256 729
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 17,187 16,755 16,184 571 432 402 30
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 72,703 65,943 65,941 2 6,760 3,847 2,913
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 8,136 8,134 8,101 33 2 2 ...
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 55,288 54,658 54,366 292 630 566 64
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 15,213 14,955 14,801 154 258 242 16
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4,166 4,035 3,965 70 131 85 46
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 323,208 * 316,379 * 293,169 * 23,210 * 6,829 * 4,435 * 2,394 *
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 192,073 * 189,272 * 172,282 * 16,990 * 2,801 * 2,510 * 291 *
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 17,002 16,827 15,559 1,268 175 157 18
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 2,219 * 2,184 * 2,156 * 28 * 35 * 25 * 10 *
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 7,587 * 7,582 * 7,395 * 187 * 5 * 5 * ... *
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 11,819 11,819 11,715 104 ... ... ...
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 18,001 17,764 17,634 130 237 190 47
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 3,201 * 3,074 * 2,754 * 320 * 127 * 68 * 59 *
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 1,588 1,548 1,490 58 40 35 5
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 3,863 3,684 3,596 88 179 91 88
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5,558 * 5,558 * 5,348 * 210 * ... * ... * ... *
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 4,037 * 2,397 * 2,325 * 72 * 1,640 * 1,627 * 13 *
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 4,900 * 4,818 * 4,743 * 75 * 82 * 77 * 5 *
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 62,549 60,627 59,092 1,535 1,922 1,501 421
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 1,845 * 1,845 * 1,820 * 25 * ... * ... * ... *
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2,515 * 2,316 * 2,301 * 15 * 199 * 182 * 17 *
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 584,027 475,943 453,550 22,393 108,084 243 107,841

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

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