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Table 21: All employees: agency by base classification group, 30 June 2020 and 2021 *

 Agency  Trainee & Graduate  APS 1-2  APS 3-4 APS 5-6  EL   SES Total 
2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 79 7 203 142 2359 2237 2554 2560 1839 1966 149 154 7183 7066
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 2 2 15 17 26 25 63 69 46 45 3 3 155 161
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 19 17 85 93 66 68 5 3 175 181
- Bureau of Meteorology 16 25 6 9 152 156 646 647 744 790 24 24 1588 1651
- GBRMPA . . 28 9 36 38 110 128 66 66 3 3 243 244
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 6 1 2 2 8 12 126 134 127 133 14 14 283 296
Attorney-General's 64 61 12 9 309 323 677 654 765 781 171 170 1998 1998
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 3 . 35 23 355 298 170 165 124 125 3 5 690 616
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . 1 . 3 7 9 11 . . 13 18
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . 3 1 45 43 56 71 51 50 3 3 158 168
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . 6 5 13 19 27 42 3 3 49 69
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 7 8 158 143 190 186 105 97 7 7 467 441
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . 1 . 30 36 43 59 60 76 3 4 137 175
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . 3 2 8 6 3 5 . . 14 13
- Comcare 4 3 17 19 138 105 287 310 174 180 6 7 626 624
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 1 1 . . 31 38 100 105 91 81 7 6 230 231
- Fair Work Commission . . 3 2 64 53 170 173 61 67 2 2 300 297
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 94 101 464 484 341 349 261 317 13 15 1173 1266
- National Archives of Australia . . 65 45 99 108 145 141 74 80 4 4 387 378
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . 15 13 22 34 44 41 23 23 104 111
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . 2 2 2 57 65 54 61 6 5 119 135
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 4 3 110 86 126 136 162 172 22 21 424 418
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 3 . 2 2 235 238 488 520 154 174 14 14 896 948
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 2 8 9 22 22 3 4 33 37
- Safe Work Australia 1 5 . . 4 4 41 36 46 47 2 4 94 96
Defence 384 361 612 461 3012 2800 8007 7889 5244 5377 155 161 17414 17049
- Defence Housing Australia . . . 2 237 222 192 175 141 125 10 11 580 535
Education, Skills and Employment 62 91 8 19 394 352 1456 1526 1530 1656 122 123 3572 3767
- Australian Research Council . . 3 . 10 11 69 62 61 66 4 3 147 142
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 31 28 94 78 74 79 1 6 200 191
- TEQSA . . . . 5 5 55 64 24 25 1 1 85 95
Finance 33 35 285 288 259 228 510 528 566 599 67 68 1720 1746
- Australian Electoral Commission 3 6 1204 826 184 167 284 320 143 176 5 8 1823 1503
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 1 . 43 46 85 89 56 63 3 3 188 201
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . 2 3 20 18 15 20 19 18 3 3 59 62
Foreign Affairs and Trade 95 114 . 1 99 102 1496 1435 1873 1982 295 281 3858 3915
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 3 2 . . 8 4 19 23 23 24 3 3 56 56
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . 3 47 63 157 212 372 448 53 59 629 785
Health 40 9 44 54 470 572 1745 1890 1831 2064 156 163 4286 4752
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 53 51 337 395 117 142 6 5 513 593
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . 2 1 27 26 62 60 2 2 93 89
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . 1 . 17 16 40 36 5 7 63 59
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 13 7 1 1 22 20 126 132 195 202 10 10 367 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 4 4 19 16 55 54 60 62 4 4 142 140
- Cancer Australia . . . . 1 1 53 45 20 19 2 3 76 68
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 7 9 40 38 59 60 2 2 108 109
- National Blood Authority . . . . 4 5 22 24 34 32 2 2 62 63
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . 12 8 88 96 98 100 5 5 203 209
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . 1 10 8 11 14 . . 21 23
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . 1 1 12 10 20 22 2 2 35 35
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 5 3 17 19 1 . 23 22
- Professional Services Review . . . . 4 5 11 14 10 9 1 1 26 29
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . 207 . 51 . 56 . 42 . 3 . 359
Home Affairs 254 224 569 573 4336 4187 5766 5699 2917 2926 175 178 14017 13787
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 4 1 3 4 141 125 234 243 376 375 18 14 776 762
- AUSTRAC . . . . 22 20 235 253 142 153 10 11 409 437
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 54 36 148 116 497 443 2425 2436 1948 1936 106 113 5178 5080
- Clean Energy Regulator 9 4 3 5 48 47 165 149 109 117 11 11 345 333
- Climate Change Authority . . . 1 . . 3 4 5 4 . 1 8 10
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 19 17 23 24 79 85 3 3 124 129
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 34 44 10 11 125 117 550 618 744 817 87 87 1550 1694
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 7 7 2 1 23 28 166 146 245 245 17 17 460 444
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . 1 1 35 32 46 44 37 37 1 1 120 115
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . 2 2 34 36 64 75 2 1 102 114
- National Capital Authority . . 10 4 11 9 19 19 26 22 2 2 68 56
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . 3 2 6 7 1 1 10 10
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 7 13 62 60 73 74 29 33 1 1 172 181
- National Library of Australia 1 1 26 11 128 114 131 138 88 108 5 5 379 377
- National Museum of Australia . . 54 45 66 62 95 90 53 48 4 4 272 249
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 18 16 19 26 20 20 . . 57 62
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . . 2 2
- Screen Australia . . . . . . 3 3 3 3 . . 6 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 43 25 11 8 70 78 396 399 489 529 62 71 1071 1110
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 311 307 107 106 34 39 16 16 1 2 469 470
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2 . 1 1 35 34 60 57 35 40 2 2 135 134
- Australian National Audit Office 18 16 4 5 32 28 123 122 131 115 27 26 335 312
- Australian Public Service Commission 6 8 9 5 32 22 64 71 137 143 13 13 261 262
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 4 2 20 18 82 100 124 161 14 12 244 293
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . 1 6 29 80 23 60 2 5 55 151
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . 18 9 16 137 115 504 498 583 590 54 51 1287 1288
- Office of National Intelligence . . 3 2 13 14 75 79 149 158 22 28 262 281
- Old Parliament House . . . . 59 52 27 30 18 16 1 1 105 99
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 43 40 35 35 50 50 27 28 . . 155 153
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 4 6 16 17 11 8 . 1 31 32
Social Services 83 68 9 9 193 213 1126 1159 858 840 66 67 2335 2356
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . 10 24 43 42 43 42 . 1 96 109
- National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 7 7 1233 1191 2420 2356 694 702 38 54 4392 4313
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . 22 28 101 173 89 119 7 9 219 329
- Services Australia 279 347 153 134 18842 20923 8922 8954 3387 3534 144 164 31727 34056
Treasury 67 77 70 67 138 133 466 594 600 701 109 106 1450 1678
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 75 43 133 153 639 915 1369 1538 628 651 46 43 2890 3343
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 54 22 23 7 61 47 549 550 537 571 52 48 1276 1245
- Australian Taxation Office 381 435 3985 2711 5720 6187 5991 6107 4789 5530 224 209 21090 21179
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . 2 . 14 17 8 9 2 2 26 28
- Productivity Commission 18 12 1 1 14 13 43 44 77 78 13 13 166 161
Veterans' Affairs 15 9 27 27 317 370 928 896 421 429 38 41 1746 1772
- Australian War Memorial . . 4 3 117 118 134 139 75 73 3 3 333 336
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) . . 177 . 50 . 40 . 28 . 1 . 296 .
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) . . 1 . 1 . 6 . 13 . 1 . 22 .
Total 2216 2130 8479 6553 43051 45210 55119 56020 38757 41173 2795 2859 150417 153945

Source: APSED

* A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2021. Appendixes A1 and A2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

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