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Table 6: Ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 30 June 2021

  Classification
Agency Trainee Graduate APS1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 7 9 30 261 1556 859 1505 1259 636 111 31 8 6272
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 2 . 1 1 16 5 63 29 14 3 . . 134
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 2 8 32 48 46 21 3 . . 160
- Bureau of Meteorology 2 23 3 2 60 49 123 435 431 240 16 6 . 1390
- GBRMPA . . 1 5 12 21 35 76 49 13 2 . . 214
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 . . 1 7 5 34 81 83 38 7 5 1 263
Attorney-General's . 61 1 5 17 198 209 379 451 282 129 29 7 1768
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 8 13 212 71 82 70 34 3 . . 494
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . 2 4 5 3 . . . 14
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 6 27 34 31 25 20 3 . . 146
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 3 5 11 26 15 3 . . 63
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 6 74 54 63 113 69 21 5 2 . 407
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . . 18 9 25 29 17 2 1 . 101
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . 2 3 3 2 . . . 10
- Comcare . 3 1 9 22 63 117 147 125 41 6 . 1 535
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . 1 . . 2 29 45 55 54 25 6 . . 217
- Fair Work Commission . . . 2 1 46 69 70 37 27 2 . . 254
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 23 110 121 129 129 142 103 8 5 . 771
- National Archives of Australia . . 13 10 18 63 54 74 54 23 4 . . 313
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 13 21 11 17 24 18 5 . 109
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 1 22 34 33 19 2 2 . 113
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 2 1 17 64 13 121 117 51 15 5 1 407
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 2 91 89 301 202 117 50 10 4 . 866
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 2 1 8 14 6 2 1 1 35
- Safe Work Australia . 5 . . . 3 11 22 32 15 3 1 . 92
Defence 122 235 59 344 1131 1587 2809 5023 3645 1694 105 43 8 16805
- Defence Housing Australia . . . 2 58 148 85 69 75 42 8 3 . 490
Education, Skills and Employment 14 77 . 5 46 259 486 999 1218 412 88 28 6 3638
- Australian Research Council . . . . 1 7 25 37 40 21 3 . . 134
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 10 16 24 52 52 24 5 1 . 184
- TEQSA . . . . . 3 14 43 17 7 1 . . 85
Finance . 35 24 31 34 133 202 306 415 175 47 15 4 1421
- Australian Electoral Commission . 6 . 73 69 74 107 190 114 42 4 3 . 682
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . . 3 41 40 49 19 42 . 2 1 197
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 8 10 8 11 12 5 3 . . 57
Foreign Affairs and Trade . 114 . 1 33 66 720 678 1346 593 187 62 13 3813
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . . 14 6 6 4 2 . . 32
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 1 38 20 110 213 144 28 9 1 564
Health . 9 11 28 52 445 552 1208 1355 628 114 32 7 4441
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 21 28 38 341 109 32 3 . . 572
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 2 15 32 24 . 1 . 75
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . 4 12 24 12 4 2 1 59
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 7 . 1 . 20 42 90 146 56 9 1 . 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 3 10 5 17 34 41 17 4 . . 131
- Cancer Australia . . . . . 1 10 29 8 9 2 1 . 60
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 1 5 8 18 38 20 1 . . 91
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 5 8 16 23 8 2 . . 62
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . 7 33 59 74 25 2 3 . 203
- National Health Funding Body . . . . 1 . . 8 11 3 . . . 23
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 2 5 8 7 1 1 . 25
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 2 12 2 . . . 16
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 4 5 8 5 4 1 . . 27
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . . . 3 11 37 27 11 3 . . 92
Home Affairs 160 64 16 100 2155 1924 2641 3033 2167 741 129 37 8 13175
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . 1 1 3 24 96 96 137 288 78 11 3 . 738
- AUSTRAC . . . . 2 18 57 187 105 40 8 3 . 420
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . 36 13 16 62 264 606 1704 1305 580 78 28 7 4699
- Clean Energy Regulator . 4 . 5 6 32 53 92 80 32 8 2 1 315
- Climate Change Authority . . 1 . . . 1 3 2 2 1 . . 10
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 1 8 6 9 46 19 3 . . 92
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 9 35 . 7 14 77 212 368 535 262 62 19 6 1606
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . 7 . . 3 23 31 109 173 67 12 5 . 430
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 6 12 9 19 18 7 . . . 71
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . 10 16 31 35 . 1 . 93
- National Capital Authority . . . 3 4 3 10 6 14 8 2 . . 50
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . 2 4 3 1 . . 10
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 2 13 27 33 31 22 7 1 . . 136
- National Library of Australia . 1 . 7 41 63 68 63 75 29 5 . . 352
- National Museum of Australia . . 1 25 6 32 25 46 26 17 4 . . 182
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 8 3 7 13 15 4 . . . 50
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 2
- Screen Australia . . . . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 25 1 1 5 57 139 232 340 157 49 16 4 1026
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 2 132 36 13 13 14 5 6 1 . . 222
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 6 25 20 31 27 10 2 . . 122
- Australian National Audit Office . 16 . . 1 26 57 60 55 59 21 3 1 299
- Australian Public Service Commission . 8 1 3 3 18 17 48 73 38 10 3 . 222
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 1 1 5 12 34 63 102 57 8 4 . 287
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . 1 1 12 22 37 12 4 1 . 90
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . 18 6 6 6 92 136 325 394 170 38 11 2 1204
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . 2 7 14 63 79 71 20 6 1 263
- Old Parliament House . . . . 12 3 13 9 9 4 1 . . 51
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 5 1 8 9 15 14 5 . . . 57
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . 3 4 7 4 3 . . . 21
Social Services . 68 4 5 22 167 526 598 568 256 47 14 5 2280
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . 1 2 10 10 7 . 1 . 31
- National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 . 6 53 717 992 1043 391 227 36 8 1 3477
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . 3 22 68 101 79 36 5 4 . 318
- Services Australia 246 101 67 66 2645 11456 3348 5322 2597 918 126 32 6 26930
Treasury . 77 . 34 36 64 187 372 433 241 68 29 8 1549
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 43 . 2 22 444 509 675 465 147 28 11 3 2349
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 22 . . 10 28 273 259 310 236 33 13 2 1186
- Australian Taxation Office . 435 24 546 2289 3141 1868 4054 3780 1643 181 26 2 17989
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 1 15 5 4 1 1 . 27
- Productivity Commission . 12 . . 1 11 14 19 38 35 10 2 1 143
Veterans' Affairs . 9 4 23 97 170 463 393 298 116 30 10 1 1614
- Australian War Memorial . . . 3 40 36 63 55 43 16 3 . . 259
Total ongoing 554 1570 268 1595 9834 24672 20201 32829 27465 12211 2037 597 119 133952

Source: APSED

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