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Table 19: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 31 December 2016

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 . 1 3 15 373 1254 660 885 685 470 81 23 4 4454
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1 . . 3 1 25 9 73 38 17 2 1 . 170
- APVMA . . . . 7 12 22 57 53 24 4 . . 179
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 . . 2 1 22 30 79 77 52 9 5 . 278
Attorney-General's 1 32 4 6 48 163 205 383 385 249 146 34 8 1664
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 8 38 150 58 81 69 43 5 . . 453
- ACLEI . . . . . 2 5 8 11 6 2 . . 34
- AUSTRAC . 1 . . 7 14 45 109 90 60 8 2 . 336
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . 4 2 . 23 80 112 134 296 94 16 3 1 765
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 10 81 63 72 123 88 31 8 . . 476
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 1 . . 1 16 9 25 16 21 3 1 . 93
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 2 3 4 1 . . 12
- Commonwealth DPP . . 1 5 19 99 50 32 112 67 17 5 . 407
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 32 140 137 155 153 139 80 14 6 . 857
- National Archives of Australia . . 8 17 23 58 61 75 58 28 4 . . 332
- OAIC . . . . . 4 7 30 21 8 2 1 . 73
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 9 22 12 9 24 18 3 1 98
Communications and the Arts . . . 1 5 45 67 141 167 83 26 9 2 546
- ACMA . . . . 1 18 28 119 156 55 10 6 . 393
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 7 23 13 20 19 10 . . . 92
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 2 17 30 30 34 23 10 2 . . 148
- National Library of Australia . 2 . 16 52 77 74 74 65 29 5 . . 394
- National Museum of Australia . . . 24 12 34 31 42 29 23 4 . . 199
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 6 3 5 11 12 3 1 . . 41
- Old Parliament House . . . . 11 7 11 15 12 7 1 . . 64
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 1 2 2 2 . . . 8
Defence 104 248 72 705 1432 1708 3041 5004 3779 1884 110 47 7 18141
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 71 149 107 93 95 64 7 4 . 590
Education and Training 9 3 . 1 18 136 251 513 585 244 70 19 6 1855
- AIATSIS . . . 1 9 30 26 27 24 10 2 . . 129
- Australian Research Council . . . . 1 3 24 27 39 23 2 1 . 120
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 4 7 26 50 52 23 2 . . 164
- TEQSA . . . . . 1 4 15 13 5 . . . 38
Employment 8 4 . 1 40 210 301 532 591 236 53 19 2 1997
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . . 5 3 . . . 8
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . 2 6 17 24 32 24 14 7 . . 126
- Comcare . 5 1 12 38 90 136 157 125 51 6 . . 621
- Fair Work Commission . . . 4 3 30 35 94 27 39 4 . . 236
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 6 53 117 251 169 99 39 9 3 1 747
- Safe Work Australia . 4 . . 1 3 12 23 35 12 4 1 . 95
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 1 1 4 10 3 5 . . . 24
Environment . . 8 18 56 186 315 637 608 288 66 12 7 2201
- Bureau of Meteorology 3 . 2 3 76 45 153 388 460 277 27 5 . 1439
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . 3 6 28 47 81 94 43 10 3 . 315
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . 3
- GBRMPA . . 1 10 15 28 27 48 45 13 3 . . 190
Finance . 1 4 17 57 148 210 292 437 228 73 19 4 1490
- Australian Electoral Commission . . . 104 134 72 91 212 128 47 9 5 . 802
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . 3 3 29 28 24 7 38 . 3 1 136
Foreign Affairs and Trade 2 76 . 6 40 157 748 640 1161 589 229 66 8 3722
- ACIAR . . . . . 10 8 6 7 . 2 . . 33
- AUSTRADE . . . . 3 33 22 92 170 151 43 19 2 535
Health . 40 11 25 82 429 698 1422 1373 628 134 39 10 4891
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 28 18 21 112 12 6 3 . . 200
- ACSQHC . . . . . 1 4 14 39 21 . 2 . 81
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . 3 4 4 6 7 1 . . 25
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 4 . 1 1 17 43 95 107 43 9 1 . 321
- ARPANSA . . . 4 15 4 15 25 36 23 5 . . 127
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . . 9 7 7 10 5 2 . . 40
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 8 25 12 6 2 1 . 54
- FSANZ . . . . 1 4 10 18 39 22 3 . . 97
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 3 11 9 24 5 1 . . 53
- NHMRC . . . 1 4 15 31 43 61 28 4 2 . 189
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . 1 3 3 6 3 . . . 16
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 2 2 3 3 1 . . 12
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 1 6 9 6 1 . . 23
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 2 4 4 2 4 . . . 16
Human Services 198 1 108 155 3679 12353 4209 6085 2875 1069 147 36 10 30925
Immigration and Border Protection 75 1 14 32 2646 1831 2769 2839 2096 762 142 39 8 13254
Industry, Innovation and Science 19 55 1 17 72 288 451 1388 1074 567 76 25 7 4040
- NOPSEMA . . . . 2 12 5 11 46 26 3 . . 105
Infrastructure and Regional Development . . . 1 15 68 191 271 325 186 49 9 4 1119
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 2 13 9 24 51 4 . . 103
- National Capital Authority . . . 3 4 7 4 10 13 8 3 . . 52
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 28 2 8 30 164 248 460 661 313 93 34 9 2050
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 83 16 60 13 16 20 19 2 1 . . 230
- ANAO . 23 . 3 9 30 37 63 58 66 22 5 1 317
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . 3 2 17 17 45 69 32 10 . 1 196
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 13 11 32 36 42 24 6 1 . 165
- Digital Transformation Office . . . . . 2 10 18 29 20 4 1 . 84
- OIGIS . . . . . . 1 2 5 4 1 . . 13
- Office of National Assessments . . . . . 4 6 35 39 36 11 3 . 134
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 4 3 2 12 11 9 6 . . . 47
Social Services . . 5 13 23 179 294 674 634 307 69 14 4 2216
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 . 4 1 11 13 13 2 . . 45
- National Disability Insurance Agency 2 . . 3 22 166 322 373 210 117 33 11 2 1261
Treasury . 41 . 32 34 59 138 270 255 202 66 30 9 1136
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 2 2 5 40 430 539 781 534 193 36 9 3 2574
- ACCC . . . . 15 63 137 160 196 162 40 11 1 785
- ASIC . 17 16 99 82 99 64 307 395 475 22 1 . 1577
- Australian Taxation Office 10 26 49 506 3051 2891 2139 4164 3254 1461 196 27 3 17777
- Productivity Commission . 7 . . 2 9 14 31 46 34 15 3 1 162
Veterans' Affairs . 1 7 37 139 206 437 492 306 121 28 10 2 1786
- Australian War Memorial . . . 25 30 24 63 54 42 18 4 . . 260
Total 433 628 406 2031 13045 25026 20704 32295 26257 12912 2376 639 129 136881
Last reviewed: 
10 May 2018