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Table 5: All employees: location by base classification and employment category, 30 June 2016

Ongoing employees
Location 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
Australian Capital Territory 143 990 154 443 1673 4905 7667 14356 15012 6515 1378 391 106 53733
New South Wales 70 64 126 788 4356 7557 3530 4773 2530 1256 139 40 2 25231
Victoria 65 125 80 498 3405 5779 3169 5059 2875 1453 153 43 4 22708
Queensland 90 37 76 425 2504 4474 2260 2957 1597 571 61 6 1 15059
South Australia 40 22 30 220 1198 2004 1324 2008 1080 547 28 5 . 8506
Western Australia 48 13 33 105 1112 1764 989 1125 608 231 36 . . 6064
Tasmania 6 9 11 132 505 1282 437 581 263 112 8 1 . 3347
Northern Territory 42 . 32 61 335 388 333 340 209 52 9 . . 1801
Overseas . 2 . . 12 31 198 262 463 298 99 29 5 1399
Total ongoing 504 1262 542 2672 15100 28184 19907 31461 24637 11035 1911 515 118 137848
Non-ongoing employees
Location 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
Australian Capital Territory 1 4 409 504 616 947 451 574 433 197 33 13 6 4188
New South Wales . . 1468 683 1481 352 151 159 193 117 11 9 1 4625
Victoria . . 527 473 1557 418 166 199 154 82 8 . 1 3585
Queensland . 1 385 275 1024 316 110 95 47 11 1 . . 2265
South Australia 6 . 171 182 396 124 28 31 11 11 1 1 . 962
Western Australia . . 257 136 596 176 62 54 17 5 1 . . 1304
Tasmania . . 57 126 198 89 30 48 14 13 . . . 575
Northern Territory 1 . 114 71 69 71 24 27 12 1 3 . . 393
Overseas . . . . . 2 7 . . 8 3 3 3 26
Total non-ongoing 8 5 3388 2450 5937 2495 1029 1187 881 445 61 26 11 17923
Total employees
Location 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
Australian Capital Territory 144 994 563 947 2289 5852 8118 14930 15445 6712 1411 404 112 57921
New South Wales 70 64 1594 1471 5837 7909 3681 4932 2723 1373 150 49 3 29856
Victoria 65 125 607 971 4962 6197 3335 5258 3029 1535 161 43 5 26293
Queensland 90 38 461 700 3528 4790 2370 3052 1644 582 62 6 1 17324
South Australia 46 22 201 402 1594 2128 1352 2039 1091 558 29 6 . 9468
Western Australia 48 13 290 241 1708 1940 1051 1179 625 236 37 . . 7368
Tasmania 6 9 68 258 703 1371 467 629 277 125 8 1 . 3922
Northern Territory 43 . 146 132 404 459 357 367 221 53 12 . . 2194
Overseas . 2 . . 12 33 205 262 463 306 102 32 8 1425
Total 512 1267 3930 5122 21037 30679 20936 32648 25518 11480 1972 541 129 155771
Last reviewed: 
14 May 2018