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Table 36: Ongoing employees: agency by paid 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 10 23 156 1366 885 1466 1565 873 138 36 10 6530
Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 2 . . 1 15 5 63 35 18 2 1 . 142
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 2 8 27 46 47 29 3 1 . 163
Bureau of Meteorology . . . . 48 34 108 384 495 310 17 8 . 1404
GBRMPA . . . 4 7 20 30 71 53 16 5 . . 206
Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 . . 1 1 6 21 73 84 51 8 5 . 251
Attorney-General's . 57 1 2 11 136 199 352 505 321 157 32 8 1781
Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 6 25 180 85 96 84 51 8 . . 536
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . 1 5 5 3 . . . 14
Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 5 22 31 29 27 17 6 . . 137
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . 1 5 5 23 31 18 4 . . 87
Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 4 47 50 56 111 67 28 8 1 . 372
Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . . 13 11 23 23 17 2 1 . 90
Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . 2 3 4 1 1 . . 11
Comcare . 3 1 3 14 44 104 176 140 52 6 . . 543
Commonwealth Ombudsman . 1 . . . 19 41 42 65 29 9 . . 206
Fair Work Commission . . . 2 1 42 56 68 40 33 1 . . 243
Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 19 75 107 146 135 158 114 9 7 . 771
National Archives of Australia . . 6 7 18 55 52 79 59 29 4 . . 309
Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 10 23 12 17 21 21 4 1 109
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 1 17 28 31 23 2 1 . 103
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 1 1 12 26 50 96 127 71 21 7 1 413
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 1 57 90 296 205 142 70 16 4 . 881
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 1 2 6 22 9 2 2 1 45
Safe Work Australia . . . . . 5 11 24 24 20 7 1 . 92
Defence 115 203 50 270 907 1375 2541 4765 3843 2006 146 58 11 16290
Defence Housing Australia . . . . 44 128 88 89 85 43 7 4 . 488
Education, Skills and Employment 9 7 1 9 69 240 472 951 1298 607 130 35 10 3838
Australian Research Council . . . . 1 12 10 37 44 21 7 . . 132
Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 5 10 17 56 57 28 7 . . 180
TEQSA . . . . . 3 10 39 22 8 1 . . 83
Finance . 2 16 8 38 148 178 279 395 214 61 18 4 1361
Australian Electoral Commission . 4 . 43 63 70 114 212 130 61 10 5 . 712
Future Fund Management Agency . . . . 2 34 43 50 22 40 . 2 1 194
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 5 8 10 9 12 5 3 . . 52
Foreign Affairs and Trade . 99 . 1 30 63 586 630 1472 728 282 81 18 3990
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . . 13 4 7 5 2 . . 31
Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . . 27 29 108 231 176 53 12 3 639
Health . 6 8 26 46 267 557 1215 1562 879 197 44 10 4817
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 14 25 44 326 168 52 5 . . 634
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 1 10 34 26 . 2 . 74
Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . 9 7 25 41 19 9 2 . 112
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 10 . 1 1 10 38 98 166 69 9 1 . 403
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 3 10 5 12 35 42 20 4 . . 131
Cancer Australia . . . . . . 6 30 13 14 2 1 . 66
Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . 6 7 18 41 21 2 . . 95
National Blood Authority . . . . . 8 8 15 22 10 2 . . 65
National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . 4 33 50 71 32 3 2 . 195
National Health Funding Body . . . . 1 . . 7 9 4 . . . 21
National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 . 7 15 13 2 2 . 40
Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 1 11 6 1 . . 19
Professional Services Review . . . . . 2 7 12 5 4 1 . . 31
Sport Integrity Australia . . . . 1 3 9 30 34 15 4 . . 96
Home Affairs 185 23 13 63 1802 1710 2466 2865 2380 1027 198 58 8 12798
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 1 2 18 67 98 122 289 92 15 6 2 712
AUSTRAC . . . . 1 12 55 176 125 57 11 3 . 440
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . 28 2 13 43 221 514 1530 1559 754 112 35 13 4824
Clean Energy Regulator . . . 1 2 21 56 95 90 38 13 2 1 319
Climate Change Authority . . 1 . . . . 3 2 2 1 . . 9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 1 5 9 7 42 23 6 . . 93
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 1 . . 6 14 78 216 386 584 343 93 18 11 1750
Australian Communications & Media Authority . 5 . . 2 16 28 111 190 72 16 5 . 445
Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 6 11 10 17 18 7 . . . 69
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . 8 12 31 37 . 1 . 89
National Capital Authority . . . 3 4 3 5 9 16 8 2 . . 50
National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . 2 2 3 1 . . 8
National Film and Sound Archive . . . 1 13 20 34 31 25 9 3 . . 136
National Library of Australia . . . 8 33 53 70 69 84 31 5 . . 353
National Museum of Australia . . 1 22 7 22 28 43 32 24 5 . . 184
National Portrait Gallery . . . 3 3 6 6 12 13 4 . . . 47
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Screen Australia . . . . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 10 1 1 10 51 132 246 376 218 68 27 4 1144
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . . 120 58 11 13 14 9 6 3 . . 234
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 4 25 16 23 23 14 2 . . 108
Australian National Audit Office . 27 . . 3 12 41 75 70 70 25 5 1 329
Australian Public Service Commission . 7 1 2 4 10 31 48 114 56 10 4 1 288
Digital Transformation Agency . . 1 . 1 6 22 34 69 47 16 4 . 200
National Recovery and Resilience Agency . . . . 1 . 8 21 42 26 10 2 . 110
National Indigenous Australians Agency . 16 5 3 5 75 127 280 399 211 51 15 2 1189
Office of National Intelligence . . . . 1 3 15 44 77 87 23 6 2 258
Old Parliament House . . . . 8 1 16 9 6 6 2 . . 48
Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 4 2 4 9 18 13 6 . . . 56
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . 2 5 11 4 6 . . . 28
Social Services . 5 4 5 18 154 515 642 641 329 75 18 4 2410
Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . 2 8 27 18 14 2 . . 71
National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 . 4 193 664 1037 1297 536 291 50 10 1 4086
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . 2 15 66 110 89 42 5 4 . 333
Services Australia 209 1 55 56 2304 9165 4357 6127 3320 1303 185 54 8 27144
Treasury . 37 . 25 37 62 225 358 485 293 90 30 9 1651
Australian Bureau of Statistics . 33 . 1 11 272 490 778 567 208 37 13 5 2415
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . . 8 51 189 305 362 288 46 14 2 1265
Australian Taxation Office . 424 32 529 1512 2675 1930 4429 4339 2059 242 37 2 18210
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 1 14 6 4 . 2 . 27
Productivity Commission . 5 . . 1 11 17 27 34 40 12 2 1 150
Veterans' Affairs . . 3 15 67 107 399 501 394 158 40 16 1 1701
Australian War Memorial . . . 2 19 34 65 58 48 18 3 . . 247
Total 520 1020 216 1324 7936 20371 20442 33712 31226 15684 2885 771 156 136263

Source: APSED

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

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