Table 7: Non-ongoing employees: agency by base 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 | . | 1 | 114 | 20 | 170 | 354 | 72 | 161 | 45 | 29 | 2 | 3 | . | 971 |
| - Australian Fisheries Management Authority | . | . | . | 12 | 5 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 21 |
| - Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 22 |
| - Bureau of Meteorology | . | . | 1 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 67 | 85 | 26 | 1 | 1 | . | 254 |
| - GBRMPA | . | . | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 33 |
| - Murray Darling Basin Authority | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 5 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 31 |
| Attorney-General's | . | . | . | 6 | 46 | 66 | 31 | 27 | 41 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 246 |
| - Administrative Appeals Tribunal | . | . | . | 24 | 42 | 59 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 1 | . | . | 162 |
| - Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 |
| - Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 6 |
| - Australian Building and Construction Commission | . | . | . | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 21 |
| - Australian Financial Security Authority | . | . | . | . | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | . | . | . | 28 |
| - Australian Human Rights Commission | . | . | . | . | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | . | . | . | 39 |
| - Australian Law Reform Commission | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| - Comcare | . | . | . | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | . | . | . | 81 |
| - Commonwealth Ombudsman | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 9 |
| - Fair Work Commission | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 54 |
| - Federal Court Statutory Agency | . | . | 2 | 69 | 62 | 165 | 58 | 23 | 20 | 17 | . | 1 | . | 417 |
| - National Archives of Australia | . | . | 22 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 77 |
| - Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 27 |
| - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 13 |
| - Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | . | . | . | 1 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | . | . | . | 60 |
| - Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| - Office of Parliamentary Counsel | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| - Safe Work Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Defence | 4 | . | 43 | 105 | 38 | 37 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 361 |
| - Defence Housing Australia | . | . | . | . | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | . | . | . | 39 |
| Education, Skills and Employment | . | . | . | 5 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 1 | . | . | 138 |
| - Australian Research Council | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 12 |
| - Australian Skills Quality Authority | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 10 |
| - TEQSA | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 9 |
| Finance | . | . | 3 | 246 | 52 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 348 |
| - Australian Electoral Commission | . | . | 720 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 770 |
| - Future Fund Management Agency | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 6 |
| - Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 4 |
| Foreign Affairs and Trade | . | . | . | . | . | . | 20 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 96 |
| - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 13 | 1 | . | . | 19 |
| - Australian Trade and Investment Commission | . | . | . | . | 1 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 5 | . | 106 |
| Health | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | 36 | 37 | 72 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 4 | . | 232 |
| - Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 6 | 7 | . | . | . | . | 16 |
| - Australian Digital Health Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 15 |
| - Cancer Australia | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 14 |
| - Food Standards Australia New Zealand | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 7 | . | 4 | . | . | . | 16 |
| - National Blood Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| - National Health and Medical Research Council | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 18 |
| - National Health Funding Body | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 4 |
| - National Mental Health Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 10 |
| - Organ and Tissue Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 |
| - Professional Services Review | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| - Sport Integrity Australia | . | . | 169 | . | 47 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 225 |
| Home Affairs | . | . | . | 499 | 50 | 66 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | . | 2 | 670 |
| - Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | . | . | . | . | 19 |
| - AUSTRAC | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | . | . | . | 25 |
| Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | . | . | 77 | 27 | 31 | 95 | 58 | 94 | 44 | 7 | 1 | . | . | 434 |
| - Clean Energy Regulator | . | . | . | . | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | 27 |
| - Climate Change Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| - National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority | . | . | . | . | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | . | . | . | . | 34 |
| Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications | . | . | 31 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 4 | . | . | . | 99 |
| - Australian Communications & Media Authority | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 21 |
| - Australian National Maritime Museum | . | . | . | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | . | . | 40 |
| - Australian Transport Safety Bureau | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | . | . | . | 14 |
| - National Capital Authority | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| - National Faster Rail Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| - National Film and Sound Archive | . | . | . | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 46 |
| - National Library of Australia | . | . | . | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 27 |
| - National Museum of Australia | . | . | . | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | . | . | . | . | 53 |
| - National Portrait Gallery | . | . | . | . | 6 | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 13 |
| - North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| - Screen Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Prime Minister and Cabinet | . | . | 1 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | . | 122 |
| - Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. | . | . | 2 | 252 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | . | . | . | 345 |
| - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | 14 |
| - Australian National Audit Office | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 8 |
| - Australian Public Service Commission | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 5 | . | . | . | 47 |
| - National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | . | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 37 |
| - National Indigenous Australians Agency | . | . | 3 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 7 | . | . | . | 98 |
| - Office of National Intelligence | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 16 |
| - Old Parliament House | . | . | . | . | 37 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 51 |
| - Torres Strait Regional Authority | . | . | 16 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | . | . | . | 99 |
| - Workplace Gender Equality Agency | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 |
| Social Services | . | . | . | . | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | . | . | . | 61 |
| - Australian Institute of Family Studies | . | . | . | . | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 10 | . | . | . | 65 |
| - Digital Transformation Agency | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 |
| - National Disability Insurance Agency | . | . | . | 1 | 176 | 301 | 283 | 190 | 67 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1055 |
| - NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | . | . | . | 2 | . | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | 8 |
| - Services Australia | . | . | . | . | 3570 | 292 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 7 | . | 1 | . | 3936 |
| Treasury | . | . | 5 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 6 | . | . | . | 113 |
| - Australian Bureau of Statistics | . | . | . | 145 | 87 | 215 | 117 | 105 | 28 | 10 | . | . | . | 707 |
| - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | . | . | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | . | . | 78 |
| - Australian Taxation Office | . | . | 294 | 2204 | 746 | 123 | 67 | 90 | 58 | 50 | . | . | . | 3632 |
| - Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 5 |
| - Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| - Productivity Commission | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | . | . | . | 18 |
| Veterans' Affairs | . | . | . | . | 11 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 8 | . | . | . | 71 |
| - Australian War Memorial | . | . | . | . | 36 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | . | . | . | 73 |
| Total non-ongoing | 4 | 5 | 1535 | 3772 | 5515 | 2227 | 1260 | 1441 | 971 | 466 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 17293 |
Source: APSED