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Table 6: Ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 31 December 2021

Classification
Agency Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment . 2 11 27 186 1618 879 1569 1410 682 110 28 8 6530
Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 2 . 1 1 15 6 66 33 15 3 . . 142
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 2 10 30 49 49 20 3 . . 163
Bureau of Meteorology 1 . 4 . 68 46 124 410 470 258 16 7 . 1404
GBRMPA . . 1 4 10 22 34 75 48 10 3 . . 207
Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 . . 1 3 5 33 81 80 38 6 4 1 253
Attorney-General's . 57 1 2 18 187 189 377 499 281 134 28 8 1781
Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 7 35 222 70 90 73 33 5 . . 536
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . 1 5 5 3 . . . 14
Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 5 27 30 30 26 17 2 . . 137
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . 1 5 6 24 34 14 3 . . 87
Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 6 71 47 54 108 60 19 6 1 . 372
Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . . 18 8 24 24 13 2 1 . 90
Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . 2 4 3 2 . . . 11
Comcare . 3 1 4 21 54 108 180 123 44 5 . 1 544
Commonwealth Ombudsman . 1 . 1 1 19 48 41 64 25 6 . . 206
Fair Work Commission . . . 2 1 50 60 66 36 28 2 . . 245
Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 22 102 110 131 129 151 111 8 6 . 771
National Archives of Australia . . 14 9 21 59 51 75 52 24 4 . . 309
Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 10 25 12 16 23 18 5 . 109
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 1 22 24 32 21 2 2 . 104
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 2 1 15 58 17 124 115 62 14 5 . 413
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 2 75 92 309 209 129 50 11 4 . 881
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 2 1 11 19 8 1 2 1 45
Safe Work Australia . . . . . 6 12 22 31 16 4 1 . 92
Defence 115 203 53 311 1016 1497 2720 4845 3643 1724 115 40 9 16291
Defence Housing Australia . . . . 50 137 86 87 77 42 6 3 . 488
Education, Skills and Employment 12 8 1 8 73 280 524 1054 1283 474 87 27 7 3838
Australian Research Council . . . . 1 13 19 37 36 20 6 . . 132
Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 6 14 20 57 55 24 4 1 . 181
TEQSA . . . . . 4 13 43 16 7 . . . 83
Finance . 2 19 16 38 173 176 299 405 173 43 14 4 1362
Australian Electoral Commission . 4 . 62 53 88 120 204 120 50 8 3 . 712
Future Fund Management Agency . . . . 2 34 44 50 21 40 . 2 1 194
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 7 9 8 10 10 5 3 . . 52
Foreign Affairs and Trade . 110 . 1 36 76 663 664 1516 634 208 68 14 3990
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . . 13 4 8 4 2 . . 31
Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 2 40 31 120 246 153 33 11 3 639
Health . 9 12 36 50 404 607 1348 1491 682 140 34 7 4820
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 22 26 50 343 151 39 3 . . 634
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 2 13 33 23 . 2 . 74
Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . 9 8 30 39 20 4 2 1 113
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 10 . 1 1 13 42 105 157 64 9 1 . 403
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 3 11 5 16 32 43 17 4 . . 131
Cancer Australia . . . . . . 9 31 12 11 2 1 . 66
Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . 6 7 24 37 20 1 . . 95
National Blood Authority . . . . . 9 8 16 22 8 2 . . 65
National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . 6 35 54 69 27 2 3 . 196
National Health Funding Body . . . . 1 . . 7 10 3 . . . 21
National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 2 6 14 14 2 1 . 40
Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 1 13 4 1 . . 19
Professional Services Review . . . . . 2 8 11 5 4 1 . . 31
Sport Integrity Australia . . . . 1 3 10 36 31 12 3 . . 96
Home Affairs 184 31 15 61 2200 1815 2519 2882 2203 720 120 42 6 12798
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . 1 1 2 21 91 104 115 288 75 9 3 2 712
AUSTRAC . . . . 1 18 59 187 120 44 8 3 . 440
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . 30 2 24 60 265 601 1668 1463 593 84 27 7 4824
Clean Energy Regulator . . . 4 3 23 61 104 82 30 9 2 1 319
Climate Change Authority . . 1 . . . 1 2 3 1 1 . . 9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 1 8 6 9 47 19 3 . . 93
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 1 . . 13 14 90 257 407 598 275 73 14 8 1750
Australian Communications & Media Authority . 6 . . 2 19 31 116 184 69 13 5 . 445
Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 6 12 10 17 19 5 . . . 69
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . 11 11 33 33 . 1 . 89
National Capital Authority . . . 3 4 3 8 8 15 8 1 . . 50
National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . 2 3 2 1 . . 8
National Film and Sound Archive . . . 1 14 26 32 30 23 8 2 . . 136
National Library of Australia . 1 . 10 37 58 71 68 74 29 5 . . 353
National Museum of Australia . . 1 27 7 31 24 43 28 19 4 . . 184
National Portrait Gallery . . . 3 3 8 6 10 13 4 . . . 47
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Screen Australia . . . . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 12 1 1 11 62 142 273 383 186 50 20 4 1145
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 2 126 50 12 12 15 8 6 3 . . 234
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 6 26 15 29 21 9 1 . . 108
Australian National Audit Office . 27 . . 3 13 46 76 67 72 19 5 1 329
Australian Public Service Commission . 7 1 3 3 13 33 55 114 46 10 2 1 288
Digital Transformation Agency . . 1 . 2 8 25 43 69 44 6 2 . 200
National Recovery and Resilience Agency . . . . 1 2 12 28 36 23 6 2 . 110
National Indigenous Australians Agency . 16 5 3 5 93 131 311 400 175 40 9 2 1190
Office of National Intelligence . . . . 2 6 12 53 77 81 19 6 2 258
Old Parliament House . . . . 12 3 12 8 8 4 1 . . 48
Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 5 2 8 11 15 12 4 . . . 57
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . 3 4 11 5 5 . . . 28
Social Services . 5 4 5 21 194 615 636 602 260 52 13 4 2411
Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . 3 7 29 16 14 2 1 . 72
National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 . 7 220 777 1058 1257 476 241 37 9 1 4086
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . 2 19 75 115 82 33 4 3 . 333
Services Australia 215 1 65 64 2707 11239 3545 5278 2852 998 134 39 7 27144
Treasury . 38 . 30 35 76 235 378 486 265 73 27 8 1651
Australian Bureau of Statistics . 34 . 2 16 398 509 750 499 165 29 10 3 2415
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . . 13 55 211 318 363 252 39 12 2 1265
Australian Taxation Office . 425 34 634 2152 2883 1894 4314 3951 1725 171 25 2 18210
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 1 15 5 4 1 1 . 27
Productivity Commission . 5 . . 1 13 17 27 37 38 9 2 1 150
Veterans' Affairs . . 3 21 95 157 452 458 337 135 32 10 1 1701
Australian War Memorial . . . 2 30 36 64 56 41 16 3 . . 248
Total ongoing 529 1053 257 1579 9768 24099 20431 33565 29289 12853 2131 602 128 136284

Source: APSED

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