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Table 3: All employees: agency by base classification and employment category, 30 June 2016

All employees
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
Agriculture and Water Resources . 2 8 53 882 1310 655 974 664 393 69 20 4 5034
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1 1 . 17 5 29 10 64 41 14 1 1 . 184
- APVMA . . . . 11 16 21 58 52 27 5 . . 190
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 2 11 . 3 2 17 49 91 88 49 5 3 1 321
Attorney-General's 1 48 8 27 53 240 279 418 464 296 135 29 5 2003
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 35 91 175 53 92 53 38 3 . . 541
- ACLEI . . . . . 5 6 8 18 9 2 . . 48
- AUSTRAC . . . . 9 20 42 115 97 53 7 2 . 345
- Australian Crime Commission 1 . 1 1 35 92 73 89 217 73 7 1 . 590
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 13 133 60 65 122 72 28 7 . . 500
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 4 . . 5 24 6 29 23 23 2 1 . 117
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 3 3 1 1 . . 10
- Commonwealth DPP . . 3 8 48 70 51 36 127 59 16 5 1 424
- CrimTrac Agency . 5 2 . 4 28 40 49 84 16 2 . . 230
- Family Court and Federal Circuit Court . . 1 59 197 164 138 41 118 68 4 2 . 792
- Federal Court of Australia . . . 73 18 87 91 120 42 44 6 3 . 484
- National Archives of Australia . . 45 41 40 73 68 83 65 22 4 . . 441
- OAIC . . . . . 4 5 38 15 10 2 . . 74
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . 1 8 24 13 8 26 16 4 1 101
Communications and the Arts . 8 2 3 12 63 71 149 171 74 23 7 3 586
- ACMA . . . 1 1 31 40 136 164 58 10 4 . 445
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . 1 15 23 19 23 23 11 . . . 115
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 15 38 40 37 34 23 10 2 . . 199
- National Library of Australia . 4 . 45 71 90 68 75 73 24 6 . . 456
- National Museum of Australia . . . 60 14 42 38 50 30 20 2 . . 256
- National Portrait Gallery . . . 1 16 5 11 9 13 5 1 . . 61
- Old Parliament House . . . 1 42 8 12 15 12 6 1 . . 97
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 1 3 4 3 . . . 12
Defence 114 284 131 890 1684 1990 3225 5184 3415 1533 68 39 10 18567
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 144 120 97 101 90 63 5 5 . 625
Education and Training 15 42 1 3 44 156 287 622 642 200 55 15 4 2086
- AIATSIS . . . 1 23 41 32 31 29 12 1 . . 170
- Australian Research Council . . . 1 . 6 29 27 40 16 4 1 . 124
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 15 16 40 58 53 23 2 . . 207
- TEQSA . . . . . 3 5 18 19 7 . . . 52
Employment 7 43 11 8 75 203 326 531 544 196 45 10 2 2001
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . 2 1 1 4 2 . . . 10
- Comcare . 5 1 42 61 111 131 176 114 40 6 1 1 689
- Fair Work Commission . . . 4 11 53 56 119 17 40 4 . . 304
- OFWBII . . . 4 10 21 24 35 29 15 6 1 . 145
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . 4 . 7 98 141 268 150 97 33 7 2 1 808
- Safe Work Australia . 1 1 . . 5 13 30 38 14 4 . . 106
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 1 2 6 10 5 6 . 1 . 31
Environment 2 29 20 94 156 338 320 702 503 230 44 11 3 2452
- Bureau of Meteorology 4 16 6 9 142 65 193 479 504 229 15 5 . 1667
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 4 . 19 32 69 101 87 41 8 3 . 369
- Climate Change Authority . . 1 . . . 5 5 6 6 . 1 . 24
- GBRMPA . . 37 18 18 30 26 57 39 12 3 . . 240
Finance . 22 22 345 62 137 228 288 421 207 56 14 4 1806
- Australian Electoral Commission . 5 1117 174 273 105 124 236 144 37 10 2 . 2227
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . 3 4 26 27 23 4 39 . 3 1 130
Foreign Affairs and Trade 5 72 . 5 56 144 812 672 1201 575 196 61 14 3813
- ACIAR . 3 . . . 14 8 6 7 14 3 . . 55
- AUSTRADE . . . . 4 39 25 111 179 148 44 12 3 565
Health . 14 13 66 158 572 761 1538 1281 525 107 31 9 5075
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 33 20 31 115 16 8 3 . . 226
- ACSQHC . . . . 1 2 10 20 48 17 . 5 . 103
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 9 . 3 8 33 54 88 108 36 6 . . 345
- ARPANSA . . . 10 16 5 18 30 42 18 4 . . 143
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . 212 . 34 8 9 9 11 4 2 1 . 290
- Cancer Australia . . . . . 2 13 32 12 8 2 1 . 70
- FSANZ . . . . 1 6 13 24 33 24 1 . . 102
- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority . . . . . 3 1 18 25 8 1 . . 56
- National Blood Authority . . . 1 1 8 11 8 21 5 1 . . 56
- NHMRC . . . 1 16 21 41 47 60 26 5 1 . 218
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . 1 3 4 5 3 . . 1 17
- National Health Performance Authority . . . . . . . 1 3 3 . . . 7
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 2 2 2 4 3 1 . . 14
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 4 7 9 6 1 1 . 28
- Professional Services Review . . . . 1 4 3 5 1 4 1 . . 19
Human Services 187 96 193 245 8097 15574 3350 5207 2560 893 125 35 9 36571
Immigration and Border Protection 126 40 20 340 3284 2039 2831 2797 2021 625 109 31 8 14271
Industry, Innovation and Science 22 58 107 54 113 484 542 1530 1163 543 73 22 5 4716
- NOPSEMA . . . . 2 12 7 13 51 27 3 . . 115
Infrastructure and Regional Development . 34 . 1 19 69 198 293 340 155 39 9 3 1160
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 3 13 10 21 50 3 . . 100
- National Capital Authority . . . 10 9 6 7 8 15 5 2 . . 62
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 30 3 24 46 231 276 493 696 263 75 19 8 2164
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 2 . 302 25 76 28 17 32 20 6 3 . . 511
- ANAO . 18 8 5 15 35 38 67 53 75 21 5 2 342
- Australian Public Service Commission . . 2 4 4 24 15 49 96 32 9 1 1 237
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 17 27 29 33 43 16 4 . . 169
- Digital Transformation Office . . . . . 3 3 13 22 23 3 3 . 70
- OIGIS . . . . . . 1 3 5 3 1 . . 13
- Office of National Assessments . . . . . 9 11 28 40 38 8 3 . 137
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 29 12 24 9 24 25 18 6 1 . . 148
Social Services 9 54 8 24 51 200 323 740 622 267 47 13 4 2362
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 2 6 8 10 18 24 14 . . . 82
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 4 17 133 279 386 363 183 98 28 11 4 1506
Treasury . 61 10 65 45 102 131 282 265 211 62 24 8 1266
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 131 36 172 217 634 714 901 542 177 33 10 4 3571
- ACCC . 32 6 . 34 49 162 183 199 160 31 10 1 867
- ASIC . 22 38 144 92 153 73 358 414 472 2 1 . 1769
- Australian Taxation Office 14 29 1500 1739 3497 3174 1866 4001 3069 1274 195 24 2 20384
- Productivity Commission . 7 . 1 2 13 15 33 52 34 12 3 . 172
Veterans' Affairs . 18 16 61 281 272 504 458 268 98 20 8 2 2006
- Australian War Memorial . . . 31 60 29 66 52 42 19 3 . . 302
Total 512 1267 3930 5122 21037 30679 20936 32648 25518 11480 1972 541 129 155771
Last reviewed: 
14 May 2018