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Table 28: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 30 June 2018

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
Agriculture and Water Resources . . 1 8 316 1269 711 902 751 441 77 20 4 4500
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 5 . 3 3 16 13 65 41 13 2 1 . 162
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 8 15 19 51 48 25 6 . . 172
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 2 16 . 1 2 6 23 89 77 54 10 3 . 283
Attorney-General's 1 26 2 4 32 126 143 269 319 194 128 28 5 1277
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . 1 1 7 11 184 69 95 65 43 5 . . 481
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 3 2 9 18 8 1 . . 41
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 8 68 55 82 125 91 30 6 1 . 466
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . 1 14 8 24 28 18 2 1 . 96
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 2 2 3 . . . 9
- Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions . . 3 2 10 56 50 49 108 66 19 7 1 371
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 28 124 132 139 139 153 75 15 7 . 813
- National Archives of Australia . . 6 15 16 64 62 70 64 24 6 . . 327
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 4 5 29 21 12 . 2 . 73
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 6 24 14 14 21 16 5 . 100
Communications and the Arts . 15 . 2 5 40 56 137 176 88 28 6 3 556
- Australian Communications and Media Authority . 2 . . 1 18 31 105 153 68 12 4 . 394
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 5 18 10 21 21 10 . . . 85
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 2 14 28 30 37 21 11 2 . . 145
- National Library of Australia . 2 . 8 48 69 68 75 67 25 7 . . 369
- National Museum of Australia . . . 36 9 31 25 42 32 19 4 . . 198
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 5 3 6 11 12 4 . . . 41
- Old Parliament House . . . . 9 6 16 11 10 5 1 . . 58
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 1 2 1 2 . . . 7
Defence 157 354 63 633 1302 1821 2975 5129 4038 1935 111 48 10 18576
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 57 155 120 101 93 80 8 4 . 618
Education and Training 5 31 . 1 9 119 231 458 545 215 61 18 5 1698
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 6 19 16 35 23 12 2 . . 114
- Australian Research Council . . . . . 5 20 37 42 22 6 1 . 133
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 1 9 21 51 45 20 2 . . 149
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . . . . 1 6 21 19 5 . . . 52
Environment and Energy . 14 4 15 56 146 260 623 594 275 63 13 4 2067
- Bureau of Meteorology . 5 4 3 64 33 113 413 482 291 17 8 . 1433
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 4 1 4 35 57 85 90 34 9 3 . 327
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . . . 3 4 1 1 . . 9
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . . 1 9 13 22 24 56 42 17 4 . . 188
Finance . 19 22 15 42 116 197 279 397 199 63 18 4 1371
- Australian Electoral Commission . 5 . 112 110 70 91 196 120 41 9 2 . 756
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 7 2 2 27 27 29 9 40 . 3 1 147
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 9 8 9 9 10 4 3 . . 52
Foreign Affairs and Trade 1 102 . 1 48 85 779 683 1105 560 250 57 15 3686
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . 1 7 9 5 4 1 . . 27
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 2 27 22 86 172 148 36 14 1 508
Health . 7 9 11 43 363 590 1218 1311 583 109 32 8 4284
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 31 18 24 128 15 11 3 . . 230
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 5 10 34 20 . 2 . 72
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . 8 7 21 6 5 . . 47
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 17 . 1 . 28 41 89 114 40 8 1 . 339
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 3 9 7 15 27 36 21 4 . . 122
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . . 5 7 9 14 6 2 . 1 44
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 7 33 9 7 3 1 . 60
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 1 4 10 18 32 20 1 . . 86
- National Blood Authority . . . . . . 10 9 24 7 1 . . 51
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . 1 2 9 30 43 68 28 3 2 . 186
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . 3 3 7 3 . . . 16
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 . 7 7 6 1 . . 22
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 1 14 7 . . . 22
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 1 4 6 2 4 1 . . 18
Home Affairs 115 77 9 117 2340 1789 2807 2956 2328 855 152 50 11 13606
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 2 1 20 82 102 143 304 90 17 3 . 764
- AUSTRAC . . . . 4 14 35 118 80 39 7 4 . 301
Human Services 231 87 85 105 3849 11325 4384 5928 2852 1022 143 41 7 30059
Industry, Innovation and Science 4 58 1 12 51 237 436 1327 1075 567 67 25 6 3866
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 2 11 6 12 49 25 3 . . 108
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities . 21 . . 10 45 101 200 290 152 40 12 3 874
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 1 11 22 26 40 2 . . 102
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . . . . 2 1 3 1 . . 7
- National Capital Authority . . . 3 4 6 9 8 14 7 2 . . 53
Jobs and Small Business 3 26 3 2 39 153 324 534 690 236 57 19 3 2089
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . 1 1 . 4 3 . . . 9
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . 2 3 23 20 28 24 15 6 . . 121
- Comcare . 3 1 7 24 99 125 168 125 46 6 . . 604
- Fair Work Commission . . . 4 1 29 45 83 33 34 3 . . 232
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 2 46 103 269 177 108 48 11 4 . 768
- Safe Work Australia 3 1 . . 1 3 10 35 33 13 3 1 . 103
Prime Minister and Cabinet 7 48 1 5 22 156 210 487 641 303 102 29 7 2018
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 56 12 52 10 7 10 8 2 . . . 157
- Australian National Audit Office . 27 . . 4 36 56 54 63 67 24 5 1 337
- Australian Public Service Commission . 6 1 2 2 12 15 33 68 33 8 1 1 182
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 12 12 33 41 52 25 7 . . 182
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . 3 10 24 50 62 53 13 3 . 218
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . 2 1 14 3 1 . . 21
- Office of National Assessments . . . . 1 4 10 36 55 50 13 5 1 175
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 4 1 6 12 9 9 5 . . . 46
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . . 3 8 3 5 . . . 19
Social Services . 2 5 8 88 123 320 631 646 329 60 24 5 2241
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 . 2 2 6 10 13 2 . . 36
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . 1 22 368 472 565 274 162 39 11 3 1917
Treasury . 75 . 32 36 56 123 302 282 201 72 24 9 1212
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 27 . 1 24 259 486 697 518 175 38 11 4 2240
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 40 . 1 12 29 171 195 230 200 40 11 1 930
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission . 35 13 82 71 99 52 295 427 519 22 1 . 1616
- Australian Taxation Office 19 2 28 606 2835 3215 2108 4393 3362 1524 193 31 2 18318
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . 1 . 2 14 4 4 1 1 . 27
- Productivity Commission . 5 . . 2 10 15 29 31 35 13 2 1 143
Veterans' Affairs . 15 3 31 118 164 390 467 323 126 23 8 1 1669
- Australian War Memorial . . . 4 36 33 62 61 43 18 4 . . 261
Total 548 1181 336 1978 12235 23826 20582 32409 26997 12978 2329 638 128 136165
Source: APSED
 
Note: Employees on temporary assignment as an agency head have been excluded from this table.

 

Last reviewed: 
26 September 2018