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

Ongoing 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 4 16 705 1106 623 861 635 379 69 20 4 4424
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1 1 . 3 1 28 10 63 38 14 1 1 . 161
- APVMA . . . . 8 12 20 56 49 27 4 . . 176
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 2 11 . 2 1 14 44 83 82 44 5 3 1 292
Attorney-General's 1 48 5 9 33 177 226 358 374 241 135 28 5 1640
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 15 50 142 49 89 51 33 3 . . 433
- ACLEI . . . . . 1 5 8 13 7 2 . . 36
- AUSTRAC . . . . 9 20 41 114 96 53 7 2 . 342
- Australian Crime Commission . . . 1 30 82 71 85 209 70 7 1 . 556
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 13 112 55 62 112 71 27 7 . . 459
- Australian Human Rights Commission . 4 . . 2 20 5 28 18 19 2 1 . 99
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 3 3 1 1 . . 10
- Commonwealth DPP . . 2 6 28 68 49 35 125 58 15 5 1 392
- CrimTrac Agency . 5 2 . 4 26 39 49 82 15 2 . . 224
- Family Court and Federal Circuit Court . . 1 40 142 92 117 39 105 56 3 2 . 597
- Federal Court of Australia . . . 6 13 63 29 107 35 33 5 2 . 293
- National Archives of Australia . . 19 21 31 60 62 75 62 22 4 . . 356
- OAIC . . . . . 4 5 38 14 8 2 . . 71
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . 1 7 22 12 8 26 16 4 1 97
Communications and the Arts . 8 . 1 8 50 66 144 163 71 22 7 2 542
- ACMA . . . . 1 30 34 128 163 58 10 4 . 428
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . 1 8 23 14 21 19 8 . . . 94
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 5 19 34 31 31 19 10 2 . . 151
- National Library of Australia . 4 . 25 61 81 65 74 66 22 5 . . 403
- National Museum of Australia . . . 37 10 34 33 44 29 18 2 . . 207
- National Portrait Gallery . . . 1 8 4 7 8 12 3 . . . 43
- Old Parliament House . . . . 13 7 11 12 11 6 1 . . 61
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 1 3 4 3 . . . 12
Defence 108 284 83 867 1680 1987 3222 5180 3408 1524 68 37 8 18456
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 111 106 87 89 84 59 5 3 . 544
Education and Training 15 42 1 2 40 142 277 612 636 196 55 15 4 2037
- AIATSIS . . . 1 13 29 26 22 21 8 1 . . 121
- Australian Research Council . . . 1 . 3 28 26 39 16 1 1 . 115
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 7 8 27 51 48 21 2 . . 164
- TEQSA . . . . . 2 5 17 18 7 . . . 49
Employment 7 43 . 3 53 178 309 522 529 189 44 10 2 1889
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . 1 4 2 . . . 7
- Comcare . 5 1 25 44 104 127 158 111 39 6 1 1 622
- Fair Work Commission . . . 4 4 40 28 117 16 39 4 . . 252
- OFWBII . . . . 8 19 24 33 27 13 6 1 . 131
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . 4 . 4 67 138 260 149 95 33 7 2 1 760
- Safe Work Australia . 1 . . . 5 13 27 36 14 4 . . 100
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 1 1 5 8 4 5 . 1 . 25
Environment 1 29 6 28 73 201 284 615 477 211 43 11 3 1982
- Bureau of Meteorology 4 16 4 9 136 59 179 398 422 195 13 5 . 1440
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 3 . 7 26 62 91 84 41 8 3 . 330
- Climate Change Authority . . 1 . . . 3 5 4 4 . 1 . 18
- GBRMPA . . 2 15 16 26 25 54 36 12 3 . . 189
Finance . 22 22 24 56 119 224 286 419 206 56 14 4 1452
- Australian Electoral Commission . 5 . 132 137 75 115 197 132 35 8 2 . 838
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . 2 4 25 26 23 4 36 . 3 1 124
Foreign Affairs and Trade 5 71 . 5 54 120 775 666 1178 564 189 57 11 3695
- ACIAR . . . . . 13 7 5 6 1 1 . . 33
- AUSTRADE . . . . 3 35 18 103 173 141 39 12 3 527
Health . 14 12 22 120 482 705 1421 1226 509 104 30 7 4652
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 27 19 26 113 12 6 3 . . 206
- ACSQHC . . . . 1 2 10 15 38 15 . 1 . 82
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 9 . 2 3 24 51 85 103 34 6 . . 317
- ARPANSA . . . 8 11 4 17 25 40 17 4 . . 126
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . 1 7 8 9 10 4 2 1 . 42
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 9 26 11 6 2 1 . 55
- FSANZ . . . . 1 4 9 23 33 23 1 . . 94
- Independent Hospital Pricing Authority . . . . . 3 1 11 17 8 . . . 40
- National Blood Authority . . . . 1 5 11 8 20 5 1 . . 51
- NHMRC . . . 1 11 14 33 43 59 24 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 . . . . . 2 2 2 4 3 1 . . 14
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 3 6 8 4 1 1 . 23
- Professional Services Review . . . . 1 3 3 3 1 4 1 . . 16
Human Services 187 96 150 199 4099 14798 3310 5189 2549 887 123 31 8 31626
Immigration and Border Protection 126 40 20 44 3062 1948 2792 2712 2000 621 109 31 8 13513
Industry, Innovation and Science 22 58 3 18 88 407 509 1480 1112 523 72 22 5 4319
- NOPSEMA . . . . 2 12 7 12 46 27 3 . . 109
Infrastructure and Regional Development . 34 . 1 19 69 196 288 338 149 39 9 3 1145
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 2 12 10 18 49 3 . . 94
- National Capital Authority . . . 3 5 5 5 8 14 5 2 . . 47
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 30 3 15 41 204 263 477 645 255 71 18 8 2030
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 2 . 82 14 47 12 12 21 14 4 3 . . 211
- ANAO . 18 . 4 13 34 37 66 52 75 21 5 2 327
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . 4 3 23 15 47 68 27 9 . 1 197
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 14 21 26 31 37 13 4 . . 146
- Digital Transformation Office . . . . . 1 2 7 16 8 1 1 . 36
- OIGIS . . . . . . 1 3 5 3 1 . . 13
- Office of National Assessments . . . . . 7 10 27 39 37 8 3 . 131
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 6 1 5 11 7 7 6 . . . 43
Social Services 9 54 8 21 28 167 302 711 605 260 47 13 4 2229
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 . 4 1 11 14 12 . . . 43
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . 6 45 154 291 336 160 85 22 11 3 1113
Treasury . 61 . 36 25 79 124 269 252 199 58 23 8 1134
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 131 3 6 60 399 590 801 508 164 30 9 4 2705
- ACCC . 32 . . 21 42 149 177 193 154 31 10 1 810
- ASIC . 22 20 104 92 107 69 325 373 445 2 1 . 1560
- Australian Taxation Office 14 28 68 753 3199 3124 1850 3989 3066 1270 192 23 2 17578
- Productivity Commission . 7 . . 2 11 15 31 51 34 12 3 . 166
Veterans' Affairs . 18 16 51 215 252 460 449 265 96 19 8 2 1851
- Australian War Memorial . . . 29 29 24 60 48 36 16 3 . . 245
Total ongoing 504 1262 542 2672 15100 28184 19907 31461 24637 11035 1911 515 118 137848
Last reviewed: 
14 May 2018