Table 8: Ongoing staff: classification by sex, 30 June 1991 to 30 June 2005
| June | |||||||||||||||
| Classification | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Men | |||||||||||||||
| APS 1 | 11757 | 11468 | 10272 | 9251 | 7356 | 5682 | 4412 | 3547 | 1864 | 1307 | 982 | 797 | 803 | 783 | 508 |
| APS 2 | 7473 | 7383 | 7187 | 6861 | 5889 | 5691 | 5282 | 4698 | 3878 | 3095 | 2673 | 2746 | 2779 | 2859 | 1906 |
| APS 3 | 9187 | 9388 | 9808 | 10306 | 9840 | 10448 | 10380 | 9501 | 5616 | 5490 | 5510 | 5552 | 6275 | 6847 | 6818 |
| APS 4 | 6840 | 6976 | 7157 | 7328 | 7182 | 7317 | 6861 | 5989 | 9181 | 9621 | 9430 | 9973 | 9802 | 9148 | 8641 |
| APS 5 | 9807 | 10008 | 9967 | 9676 | 9065 | 8922 | 8100 | 7135 | 5669 | 6006 | 6236 | 6331 | 6579 | 7761 | 7556 |
| APS 6 | 12378 | 12557 | 12500 | 12643 | 11977 | 11957 | 10950 | 10058 | 11031 | 10913 | 11736 | 12439 | 13280 | 12454 | 12585 |
| EL 1 | 8338 | 8695 | 8896 | 9061 | 8868 | 8863 | 8088 | 7597 | 7108 | 7595 | 8207 | 7989 | 8667 | 9495 | 10092 |
| EL 2 | 6026 | 6174 | 6215 | 6191 | 5929 | 5991 | 5494 | 5184 | 5874 | 5754 | 6108 | 6477 | 6678 | 6265 | 6468 |
| SES 1 | 1125 | 1137 | 1134 | 1092 | 1035 | 1023 | 947 | 871 | 891 | 855 | 890 | 896 | 952 | 943 | 985 |
| SES 2 | 358 | 358 | 350 | 345 | 328 | 310 | 274 | 266 | 270 | 278 | 259 | 269 | 298 | 284 | 297 |
| SES 3 | 77 | 78 | 92 | 94 | 88 | 92 | 85 | 81 | 91 | 85 | 74 | 79 | 79 | 74 | 75 |
| Trainee | 414 | 364 | 288 | 204 | 233 | 426 | 412 | 312 | 86 | 164 | 309 | 212 | 208 | 152 | 211 |
| Graduate APS | 474 | 421 | 365 | 317 | 410 | 350 | 269 | 347 | 282 | 438 | 334 | 246 | 408 | 239 | 340 |
| Other | 1248 | 1046 | 924 | 692 | 353 | 293 | 224 | 189 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total men | 75502 | 76053 | 75155 | 74061 | 68553 | 67365 | 61778 | 55775 | 51989 | 51601 | 52748 | 54006 | 56808 | 57304 | 56482 |
| Women | |||||||||||||||
| APS 1 | 18680 | 16419 | 13266 | 11018 | 8220 | 6175 | 4523 | 3662 | 1631 | 1175 | 971 | 744 | 706 | 651 | 556 |
| APS 2 | 11510 | 11314 | 11092 | 10615 | 8585 | 7960 | 7232 | 6383 | 5051 | 4164 | 3521 | 3625 | 3437 | 3420 | 3383 |
| APS 3 | 10237 | 11644 | 13359 | 14588 | 14679 | 15759 | 15952 | 15172 | 7874 | 7953 | 8123 | 8315 | 9445 | 10497 | 10635 |
| APS 4 | 6337 | 7591 | 8730 | 9481 | 9321 | 9715 | 9270 | 8143 | 14962 | 16030 | 17481 | 18367 | 19239 | 18331 | 18086 |
| APS 5 | 5492 | 6289 | 6952 | 7358 | 7075 | 7336 | 6822 | 6176 | 4855 | 5105 | 5904 | 5832 | 6471 | 8525 | 8612 |
| APS 6 | 5794 | 6291 | 6799 | 7272 | 7121 | 7514 | 7036 | 6773 | 8682 | 9345 | 10759 | 11861 | 13557 | 12352 | 13056 |
| EL 1 | 2853 | 3123 | 3423 | 3689 | 3719 | 3931 | 3730 | 3697 | 3685 | 4158 | 4976 | 5192 | 5747 | 7032 | 7755 |
| EL 2 | 1236 | 1351 | 1607 | 1686 | 1554 | 1707 | 1564 | 1615 | 2324 | 2433 | 2861 | 3198 | 3619 | 3193 | 3412 |
| SES 1 | 190 | 214 | 234 | 255 | 271 | 288 | 272 | 280 | 332 | 331 | 366 | 401 | 459 | 483 | 543 |
| SES 2 | 35 | 31 | 44 | 51 | 47 | 46 | 42 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 95 | 96 | 105 |
| SES 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Trainee | 129 | 102 | 77 | 61 | 99 | 347 | 352 | 309 | 77 | 136 | 348 | 251 | 227 | 119 | 168 |
| Graduate APS | 475 | 458 | 432 | 394 | 501 | 473 | 343 | 428 | 399 | 567 | 504 | 354 | 441 | 283 | 429 |
| Other | 1420 | 1559 | 1778 | 1301 | 158 | 136 | 115 | 73 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total women | 64391 | 66390 | 67798 | 67774 | 61354 | 61394 | 57260 | 52774 | 50000 | 51476 | 55896 | 58230 | 63460 | 65001 | 66760 |
| Total | |||||||||||||||
| APS 1 | 30437 | 27887 | 23538 | 20269 | 15576 | 11857 | 8935 | 7209 | 3495 | 2482 | 1953 | 1541 | 1509 | 1434 | 1064 |
| APS 2 | 18983 | 18697 | 18279 | 17476 | 14474 | 13651 | 12514 | 11081 | 8929 | 7259 | 6194 | 6371 | 6216 | 6279 | 5289 |
| APS 3 | 19424 | 21032 | 23167 | 24894 | 24519 | 26207 | 26332 | 24673 | 13490 | 13443 | 13633 | 13867 | 15720 | 17344 | 17453 |
| APS 4 | 13177 | 14567 | 15887 | 16809 | 16503 | 17032 | 16131 | 14132 | 24143 | 25651 | 26911 | 28340 | 29041 | 27479 | 26727 |
| APS 5 | 15299 | 16297 | 16919 | 17034 | 16140 | 16258 | 14922 | 13311 | 10524 | 11111 | 12140 | 12163 | 13050 | 16286 | 16168 |
| APS 6 | 18172 | 18848 | 19299 | 19915 | 19098 | 19471 | 17986 | 16831 | 19713 | 20258 | 22495 | 24300 | 26837 | 24806 | 25641 |
| EL 1 | 11191 | 11818 | 12319 | 12750 | 12587 | 12794 | 11818 | 11294 | 10793 | 11753 | 13183 | 13181 | 14414 | 16527 | 17847 |
| EL 2 | 7262 | 7525 | 7822 | 7877 | 7483 | 7698 | 7058 | 6799 | 8198 | 8187 | 8969 | 9675 | 10297 | 9458 | 9880 |
| SES 1 | 1315 | 1351 | 1368 | 1347 | 1306 | 1311 | 1219 | 1151 | 1223 | 1186 | 1256 | 1297 | 1411 | 1426 | 1528 |
| SES 2 | 393 | 389 | 394 | 396 | 375 | 356 | 316 | 321 | 332 | 346 | 329 | 343 | 393 | 380 | 402 |
| SES 3 | 80 | 82 | 97 | 99 | 92 | 99 | 92 | 89 | 105 | 96 | 86 | 95 | 96 | 93 | 95 |
| Trainee | 543 | 466 | 365 | 265 | 332 | 773 | 764 | 621 | 163 | 300 | 657 | 463 | 435 | 271 | 379 |
| Graduate APS | 949 | 879 | 797 | 711 | 911 | 823 | 612 | 775 | 681 | 1005 | 838 | 600 | 849 | 522 | 769 |
| Other | 2668 | 2605 | 2702 | 1993 | 511 | 429 | 339 | 262 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 139893 | 142443 | 142953 | 141835 | 129907 | 128759 | 119038 | 108549 | 101989 | 103077 | 108644 | 112236 | 120268 | 122305 | 123242 |
Source: APSED