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Table 36: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 31 December 2020

Table 36: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 31 December 2020
Agency Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2 25 3 26 188 1387 799 1434 1362 731 133 39 9 6138
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 1 . 1 1 14 7 60 32 15 2 1 . 134
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 1 8 31 47 48 22 4 . . 161
- Bureau of Meteorology . . . 1 43 33 111 406 470 287 17 7 . 1375
- GBRMPA . . 1 2 11 19 23 74 50 18 4 . . 202
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . 3 . 1 2 6 23 75 90 49 8 5 . 262
Attorney-General's . 63 1 2 15 137 198 367 449 293 155 37 7 1724
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 6 9 177 84 89 78 54 7 . . 505
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . 1 1 4 3 . . . 9
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 2 3 12 23 7 3 . . 50
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 5 21 32 31 27 21 4 . . 141
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 3 59 53 66 127 86 25 8 1 . 428
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . . 16 9 19 27 19 2 1 . 93
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . 2 4 2 2 . . . 10
- Comcare . 4 1 3 20 67 120 144 137 50 8 . . 554
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . . 23 41 45 60 28 9 . . 206
- Fair Work Commission . . . 3 1 35 60 75 41 31 2 . . 248
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 22 88 125 142 134 147 99 12 6 . 776
- National Archives of Australia . . 8 6 18 59 58 81 59 27 6 . . 322
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 1 11 34 32 22 1 1 . 102
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 1 1 15 61 15 114 119 71 20 6 1 424
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . . 70 90 271 198 132 58 16 5 . 840
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . 1 5 13 8 2 1 1 31
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 11 15 12 21 23 20 5 . 107
- Safe Work Australia . 2 . . . 1 13 24 32 15 3 1 . 91
Defence 122 205 49 353 1109 1502 2779 4989 3751 1891 132 53 9 16944
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 44 143 90 76 79 43 8 4 . 487
Education, Skills and Employment 5 7 . 7 34 250 456 900 1183 505 125 32 9 3513
- Australian Research Council . . . 1 . 5 20 44 38 26 4 1 . 139
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 7 12 24 60 53 24 6 1 . 187
- TEQSA . . . . . 3 9 41 22 7 1 . . 83
Finance . 31 2 28 40 119 168 295 403 205 60 19 6 1376
- Australian Electoral Commission . . . 80 77 74 92 185 108 44 7 3 . 670
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . 1 3 40 43 48 16 42 . 3 1 197
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 4 8 7 8 12 6 2 . . 47
Foreign Affairs and Trade . 91 . . 36 56 678 659 1243 608 263 64 19 3717
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . . 14 9 9 4 2 . . 38
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 2 25 15 91 205 149 44 8 3 542
Health . 11 11 16 39 272 482 1089 1354 705 159 36 10 4184
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 19 24 21 288 110 38 5 . . 505
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 1 13 31 25 . 2 1 74
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . 2 12 26 15 5 1 . 61
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 3 . 1 . 20 33 89 158 57 9 1 . 371
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 3 10 5 17 33 44 17 5 . . 134
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 8 27 14 6 3 1 . 59
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . 6 5 18 42 20 2 . . 93
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 4 5 15 23 11 2 . . 60
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . 4 25 54 66 31 4 3 . 187
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . 1 4 7 3 . . . 15
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 1 5 8 9 . 2 . 26
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 2 8 4 2 . . 16
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 3 4 4 5 5 1 . . 22
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . . . 2 6 28 26 12 3 . 1 78
Home Affairs 152 51 11 123 1816 1847 2662 3077 2364 1044 195 57 9 13408
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . 8 1 1 23 77 85 136 292 95 12 6 1 737
- AUSTRAC . . . . 2 11 48 140 110 50 8 3 . 372
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . 49 10 8 49 220 522 1517 1420 711 102 31 10 4649
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 4 . 7 23 54 99 78 33 13 2 . 318
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . . . 4 1 3 1 . . 9
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 1 10 6 9 46 19 3 . . 94
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications . . . 7 11 62 182 325 507 287 83 25 7 1496
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . 6 . . 3 16 33 100 177 79 15 5 . 434
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 6 16 14 17 19 8 . . . 80
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . 8 19 25 37 1 1 . 91
- National Capital Authority . . . 2 3 4 10 8 16 9 2 . . 54
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . 2 4 2 2 . . 10
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 2 13 21 32 34 27 6 2 . . 137
- National Library of Australia . . . 12 34 60 68 69 71 31 6 . . 351
- National Museum of Australia . . 1 23 7 32 26 51 32 19 4 . . 195
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 8 2 6 10 15 4 . . . 45
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 2
- Screen Australia . . . . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 1 32 1 2 4 42 116 207 344 189 63 20 6 1027
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . . 30 32 8 11 13 3 5 . . . 102
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 4 21 17 31 32 15 3 . . 124
- Australian National Audit Office . 12 . . 1 23 53 65 63 69 24 3 2 315
- Australian Public Service Commission . 1 1 3 6 17 11 45 69 35 11 2 1 202
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . . 1 8 13 7 5 1 . 35
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . . 3 2 8 80 130 295 379 219 47 11 2 1176
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . 2 5 15 51 82 78 22 5 3 263
- Old Parliament House . . . . 8 2 11 10 14 5 2 . . 52
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 4 1 4 8 16 16 7 . . . 56
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 1 . 5 10 5 4 . . . 25
Social Services . . 4 5 14 135 459 585 575 316 75 17 3 2188
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . . 4 7 7 12 2 . . 32
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . 5 11 29 57 95 62 10 4 . 273
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . 4 33 439 830 1081 445 266 46 8 3 3155
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . 3 17 44 60 65 40 5 5 . 239
- Services Australia 185 . 66 69 2293 9851 4027 5957 2973 1160 166 50 7 26804
Treasury . 34 . 33 31 45 162 304 361 256 77 32 8 1343
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . . . . 20 250 444 755 552 201 33 13 3 2271
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 1 . . 5 82 196 264 318 260 45 12 2 1185
- Australian Taxation Office 3 340 15 344 1771 2607 1824 4268 3934 1855 229 37 2 17229
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . 1 . 2 4 6 6 1 . . 20
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 3 11 6 5 1 1 . 27
- Productivity Commission . . . . 1 8 28 25 35 33 13 2 1 146
Veterans' Affairs . 1 3 19 86 139 388 463 328 144 33 10 2 1616
- Australian War Memorial . . . 4 32 40 61 62 49 17 5 . . 270
Total 470 986 199 1265 8315 21152 19779 32971 28559 14196 2667 713 149 131421

Source: APSED

Note: Employees on temporary assignment as an agency head have been excluded from this table.

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