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Table 18: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 30 June 2016

Agency by paid classification
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
Source: APSED
Note: Employees on temporary assignment as an agency head have been excluded from this table.
Agriculture and Water Resources . 2 4 15 560 1083 693 851 670 443 78 21 4 4424
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1 1 . 3 1 24 9 62 44 13 2 1 . 161
- APVMA . . . . 8 11 19 55 49 30 4 . . 176
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 2 11 . 1 1 11 38 78 87 51 7 4 . 291
Attorney-General's 1 48 5 7 28 158 233 338 391 253 141 31 6 1640
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 9 45 127 56 88 58 43 6 . . 433
- ACLEI . . . . . 2 3 9 14 6 2 . . 36
- AUSTRAC . . . . 8 13 46 112 96 57 7 3 . 342
- Australian Crime Commission . . . . 22 61 77 84 217 78 14 3 . 556
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 10 89 49 73 116 84 29 9 . . 459
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 2 . . 1 16 10 26 17 24 2 1 . 99
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 3 3 1 1 . . 10
- Commonwealth DPP . . 1 2 27 72 49 36 111 66 20 7 1 392
- CrimTrac Agency . 5 2 . 3 23 40 50 84 15 2 . . 224
- Family Court and Federal Circuit Court . . 1 34 127 94 130 43 106 56 4 2 . 597
- Federal Court of Australia . . . 1 10 54 32 113 40 34 5 4 . 293
- National Archives of Australia . . 9 16 30 56 65 77 70 28 4 . . 355
- OAIC . . . . . 4 5 38 14 8 2 . . 71
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 8 22 11 9 24 18 4 1 97
Communications and the Arts . 8 . 1 7 43 56 144 175 75 24 7 2 542
- ACMA . . . . 1 24 32 122 166 67 11 5 . 428
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . 1 7 22 11 22 23 8 . . . 94
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 3 17 30 34 33 21 11 2 . . 151
- National Library of Australia . 4 . 17 50 80 69 81 68 29 5 . . 403
- National Museum of Australia . . . 31 10 30 35 44 34 20 3 . . 207
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 8 3 6 11 12 3 . . . 43
- Old Parliament House . . . . 11 7 13 12 11 6 1 . . 61
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 1 3 3 4 . . . 12
Defence 91 283 71 743 1507 1804 3068 5098 3807 1825 108 43 8 18456
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 96 98 101 84 91 66 5 3 . 544
Education and Training 15 42 . 2 30 104 282 561 649 260 68 19 5 2037
- AIATSIS . . . 1 8 30 24 25 23 8 2 . . 121
- Australian Research Council . . . 1 . 1 25 27 39 19 2 1 . 115
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 2 9 23 46 58 24 2 . . 164
- TEQSA . . . . . 2 4 18 18 7 . . . 49
Employment 7 43 . 3 36 164 308 473 558 225 55 14 3 1889
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . 7
- Comcare . 5 1 8 35 97 125 166 124 53 6 1 . 621
- Fair Work Commission . . . 4 3 31 35 112 22 41 4 . . 252
- OFWBII . . . . 6 18 26 34 26 14 6 1 . 131
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . 4 . 3 58 118 240 174 110 40 10 2 1 760
- Safe Work Australia . 1 . . . 4 13 26 37 15 3 . . 99
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . 2 3 9 5 5 . 1 . 25
Environment 1 28 6 17 60 167 286 560 539 259 45 11 3 1982
- Bureau of Meteorology 4 15 2 4 92 47 152 364 465 268 19 7 . 1439
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 3 . 5 23 56 91 88 46 9 4 . 330
- Climate Change Authority . . 1 . . . 1 5 6 3 1 . . 17
- GBRMPA . . 1 11 12 23 29 53 43 14 3 . . 189
Finance . 22 18 17 55 106 205 282 429 226 71 16 5 1452
- Australian Electoral Commission . 5 . 108 134 77 69 253 133 46 10 3 . 838
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . 2 4 25 26 23 4 36 . 3 1 124
Foreign Affairs and Trade 5 71 . 5 46 120 756 652 1171 563 232 62 12 3695
- ACIAR . . . . . 11 8 6 6 1 . . . 32
- AUSTRADE . . . . 3 31 19 95 171 147 42 16 2 526
Health . 14 12 14 82 407 681 1331 1318 626 120 37 10 4652
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 26 19 25 114 13 6 3 . . 206
- ACSQHC . . . . . 2 4 16 42 17 . 1 . 82
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 9 . 1 2 22 49 80 104 42 8 . . 317
- ARPANSA . . . 5 13 4 14 24 40 22 3 . . 125
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . . 7 8 7 13 4 2 1 . 42
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 8 25 12 7 2 1 . 55
- FSANZ . . . . 1 3 9 22 34 22 3 . . 94
- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority . . . . . . 2 9 20 8 1 . . 40
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 4 8 10 22 6 . . . 50
- NHMRC . . . 1 8 12 32 38 66 28 5 1 . 191
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . 1 3 3 3 3 . . . 13
- National Health Performance Authority . . . . . . . 1 2 3 . . . 6
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 2 3 3 4 1 . . 14
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 2 6 7 6 . . . 21
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 2 3 5 1 4 1 . . 16
Human Services 186 96 126 162 3861 12419 4286 6153 3014 1123 154 37 8 31625
Immigration and Border Protection 124 40 16 41 2537 1781 2846 2878 2289 771 139 42 8 13512
Industry, Innovation and Science 22 58 3 16 71 327 483 1420 1195 609 85 23 7 4319
- NOPSEMA . . . . 2 12 7 12 46 27 3 . . 109
Infrastructure and Regional Development . 34 . 1 15 60 180 267 341 179 55 10 3 1145
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 2 9 12 19 47 5 . . 94
- National Capital Authority . . . 3 4 5 2 10 15 5 3 . . 47
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 30 3 12 33 158 243 450 671 309 85 27 9 2030
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 2 . 70 15 58 9 13 19 17 5 3 . . 211
- ANAO . 18 . 3 12 34 35 64 58 72 24 5 2 327
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . 4 2 14 18 45 72 32 9 . 1 197
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 11 17 25 29 44 15 5 . . 146
- Digital Transformation Office . . . . . . 3 5 17 9 1 1 . 36
- OIGIS . . . . . . 1 3 5 3 1 . . 13
- Office of National Assessments . . . . . 3 12 27 38 37 11 2 . 130
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 3 3 3 10 9 8 6 . . . 42
Social Services 9 54 6 13 24 130 274 682 650 306 62 15 4 2229
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 . 4 1 10 13 12 2 . . 43
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . 2 27 130 298 317 191 101 32 12 3 1113
Treasury . 61 . 24 33 58 126 267 264 208 61 24 8 1134
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 118 3 3 51 308 566 837 577 197 32 9 4 2705
- ACCC . 32 . . 10 48 128 170 211 163 36 11 1 810
- ASIC . 19 14 89 75 115 49 321 380 474 23 1 . 1560
- Australian Taxation Office 12 27 59 714 2973 2946 1951 4047 3214 1410 198 24 3 17578
- Productivity Commission . 7 . . 2 9 16 30 48 37 14 2 1 166
Veterans' Affairs . 18 10 38 149 201 466 502 306 125 25 9 2 1851
- Australian War Memorial . . . 27 29 23 58 49 39 16 4 . . 245
Total 482 1240 448 2272 13378 24519 20697 32228 26746 12801 2298 595 128 137832
Last reviewed: 
14 May 2018