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            • Table 33: Engagements of ongoing employees: prior service in APS by classification and gender, 2016
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            • Table 3: Non-ongoing employees: agency by employment status, gender and employment category, 31 December 2016
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            • Table 3: All employees: agency by employment status, gender and employment category, 31 December 2016
            • Table 40: Promotions of ongoing employees: agency by classification, 2016
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            • Table 4: Non-ongoing employees: agency by base classification and employment category, 31 December 2016
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            • About APSED coverage
            • At a glance
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            • Table 5: All employees: age group by base classification and employment category, 31 December 2016
            • Table 50: Separations of ongoing employees: separation type by base classification and gender, 2016
            • Table 51: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2015 and 2016
            • Table 52: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of termination, 2016
            • Table 53: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 2016
            • Table 54: Separations of ongoing employees: length of service by base classification and gender, 2016
            • Table 55: Separations of ongoing employees: length of service by type of separation and gender, 2016
            • Table 56: Ongoing employees: diversity group, 31 December 2002 to 31 December 2016
            • Table 57: Non-ongoing employees: agency by diversity group, 31 December 2016
            • Table 57: Ongoing employees: agency by diversity group, 31 December 2016
            • Table 57: All employees: agency by diversity group, 31 December 2016
            • Table 58: Ongoing employees: base classification by diversity group and gender, 31 December 2016
            • Table 59: Ongoing employees: diversity group by highest educational qualification and gender, 31 December 2016
            • Table 6: All employees: location by base classification and employment category, 31 December 2016
            • Table 60: Engagements of ongoing employees: classification by diversity group and gender, 2016
            • Table 61: Separations of ongoing employees: base classification by diversity group and gender, 2016
            • Table 7: Agency metrics, 31 December 2016
            • Table 8: Non-ongoing employees: employment status by base classification and gender, 31 December 2016
            • Table 9: Non-ongoing employees: agency by non-ongoing category and gender, 31 December 2016
          • APS Statistical Bulletin 2015-16
            • Section 2: Non-ongoing employees
            • Section 3: Ongoing employees
            • Section 4: Movements of ongoing employees
            • Section 5: Diversity
            • Table 1 : All employees: sex by employment category, 30 June 2002 to 30 June 2016
            • Table 10: Ongoing employees: base classification by sex, 30 June 2002 to 30 June 2016
            • Table 11: Ongoing employees: paid classification by sex, 30 June 2007 to 30 June 2016
            • Table 12: Ongoing employees: length of service by sex, 30 June 2002 to 30 June 2016
            • Table 13: Ongoing employees: age group by sex, 30 June 2002 to 30 June 2016
            • Table 14: Ongoing employees: agency by base classification group, 30 June 2015 and 2016 *
            • Table 15: Ongoing employees: agency retention, 30 June 2015 to 30 June 2016 *
            • Table 16: Ongoing employees: agency by age group, 30 June 2016
            • Table 17: Ongoing employees: agency by location, 30 June 2016
            • Table 18: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 30 June 2016
            • Table 20: Ongoing employees: agency by operative status (including maternity related leave) and sex, 30 June 2016 *
            • Table 2: All employees: agency by employment status, sex and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 2: Non-ongoing employees: agency by employment status, sex and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 2: Ongoing employees: agency by employment status, sex and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 3: All employees: agency by base classification and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 3: Non-ongoing employees: agency by base classification and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 3: Ongoing employees: agency by base classification and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 4: All employees: age group by base classification and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 5: All employees: location by base classification and employment category, 30 June 2016
            • Table 6: Agency metrics, 30 June 2016 and 2015-16
            • Table 7: Non-ongoing employees: employment status by base classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 8: Non-ongoing employees: agency by non-ongoing category and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 9: Non-ongoing employees: age group by base classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 19: Ongoing employees: agency by temporary assignment classification, 30 June 2016
            • Table 40: Promotions of ongoing employees: mean age (years) by location, classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 21: Ongoing employees: agency by highest educational qualification, 30 June 2016
            • Table 41: Promotions of ongoing employees: agency by classification, 2015-16
            • Table 22: Ongoing employees: agency by number of agencies worked in and base classification group, 30 June 2016
            • Table 42: Promotions of ongoing employees: within, from and to other agencies, 2015-16
            • Table 23: Ongoing employees: agency by median length of service (years) and base classification, 30 June 2016
            • Table 43: Transfers of ongoing employees: from and to other agencies, 2015-16
            • Table 24: Ongoing employees: age group by base classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 44: Movement of ongoing employees: location from and to by sex, 2015-16
            • Table 25: Ongoing employees: highest educational qualification by base classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 45: Separations of ongoing employees: type of separation by sex, 2001-02 to 2015-16
            • Table 26: Ongoing employees: base classification by paid classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 46: Separations of ongoing employees: base classification by sex, 2001-02 to 2015-16
            • Table 27: Ongoing employees: location by base classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 47: Separations of ongoing employees: age group by sex, 2001-02 to 2015-16
            • Table 28: Ongoing employees: mean age (years) by location, base classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 48: Separations of ongoing employees: resignations by age group and sex, 2001-02 and 2015-16
            • Table 29: Ongoing employees: median length of service (years) by location, base classification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 49: Separations of ongoing employees: age retirements by age group and sex, 2001-02 and 2015-16
            • Table 30: Engagements of ongoing employees: age group by sex, 2001-02 to 2015-16
            • Table 50: Separations of ongoing employees: retrenchments by age group and sex, 2001-02 to 2015-16
            • Table 31: Engagements of ongoing employees: classification by sex, 2001-02 to 2015-16
            • Table 51: Separations of ongoing employees: separation type by base classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 32: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2014-15 and 2015-16 *
            • Table 52: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2014-15 and 2015-16
            • Table 33: Engagements of ongoing employees: age group by classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 53: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of termination, 2015-16
            • Table 34: Engagements of ongoing employees: prior service in APS by classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 54: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 2015-16
            • Table 35: Engagements of ongoing employees: highest educational qualification by classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 55: Separations of ongoing employees: length of service by base classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 36: Engagements of ongoing employees: previous employment by classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 56: Separations of ongoing employees: length of service by type of separation and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 37: Engagements of ongoing employees: location by classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 57: Ongoing employees: diversity group, 30 June 2002 to 30 June 2016
            • Table 38: Engagements of ongoing employees: mean age (years) by location, classification and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 58: Ongoing employees: agency by diversity group, 30 June 2016
            • Table 39: Promotions of ongoing employees: classification promoted from and to by sex, 2015-16
            • Table 58: Non-ongoing employees: agency by diversity group, 30 June 2016
            • Table 58: All employees: agency by diversity group, 30 June 2016
            • Table 59: Ongoing employees: base classification by diversity group and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 60: Ongoing employees: diversity group by highest educational qualification and sex, 30 June 2016
            • Table 61: Engagements of ongoing employees: classification by diversity group and sex, 2015-16
            • Table 62: Separations of ongoing employees: base classification by diversity group and sex, 2015-16
            • Appendixes
            • Appendix 1: Explanatory notes
            • Appendix 2: Agency abbreviations
            • Appendix 3: Public Service Act coverage changes
            • Appendix 4: Machinery of Government changes
            • Appendix 5: Organisations not separately identified in tables
            • Introduction
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Employee headcount of 147,237 at 30 June was down 2.1%  from June 2018

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Proportion of employees by classification. Trainee to SES 3

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Diversity in the APS
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