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Table 5: Ongoing employees: agency by base classification and employment category, 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 8 376 1350 685 919 696 377 67 18 3 4500
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 5 . 4 3 21 13 65 35 13 2 1 . 162
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 10 18 17 50 49 23 5 . . 172
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 2 16 . 1 2 8 26 94 82 42 7 3 1 284
Attorney-General's 1 27 2 5 34 145 146 306 281 182 119 24 5 1277
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . 1 1 12 27 209 49 92 54 32 4 . . 481
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 3 2 9 18 8 1 . . 41
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 9 85 68 69 115 87 26 6 2 . 467
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . 1 17 7 32 21 16 1 1 . 96
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 2 2 3 . . . 9
- Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions . . 3 3 14 60 47 65 112 50 13 4 . 371
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 35 146 127 137 129 146 79 8 5 . 813
- National Archives of Australia . . 17 14 22 65 58 67 57 22 5 . . 327
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 6 3 35 19 8 2 1 . 74
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 6 25 14 13 22 15 5 . 100
Communications and the Arts . 15 . 2 7 54 54 147 172 76 21 7 1 556
- Australian Communications and Media Authority . 2 . . 1 27 30 113 153 53 11 4 . 394
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 8 21 11 21 16 8 . . . 85
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 2 19 29 29 35 19 10 2 . . 145
- National Library of Australia . 2 . 19 49 75 64 71 62 20 7 . . 369
- National Museum of Australia . . . 41 12 28 29 40 29 17 2 . . 198
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 8 3 5 9 12 4 . . . 41
- Old Parliament House . . . . 10 8 13 12 9 5 1 . . 58
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 1 2 1 2 . . . 7
Defence 189 354 68 650 1426 1913 3056 5237 3828 1711 98 37 10 18577
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . 63 172 112 96 92 73 7 3 . 618
Education and Training 5 31 . 2 24 134 241 472 521 200 50 15 3 1698
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 11 28 19 24 20 9 2 . . 114
- Australian Research Council . . . 1 . 7 28 31 44 20 1 1 . 133
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 5 9 20 51 44 18 2 . . 149
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . . . . 1 6 23 17 5 . . . 52
Environment and Energy . 14 8 20 72 188 291 641 536 233 50 11 3 2067
- Bureau of Meteorology 3 5 7 6 98 54 158 439 429 213 15 6 . 1433
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 4 2 5 41 65 84 81 31 7 2 . 327
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . . . 4 3 2 . 1 . 10
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . . 2 14 16 21 25 54 39 14 3 . . 188
Finance . 19 22 20 42 130 202 292 392 178 57 14 3 1371
- Australian Electoral Commission . 5 . 130 111 74 96 198 102 29 9 2 . 756
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 7 3 2 27 26 30 8 40 . 3 1 147
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 12 7 8 8 10 4 3 . . 52
Foreign Affairs and Trade 1 102 . 1 56 67 836 693 1105 557 198 56 14 3686
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . 1 9 8 4 4 1 . . 27
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 3 35 16 97 176 136 33 11 1 508
Health . 7 12 19 76 479 616 1279 1171 501 89 31 5 4285
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 32 19 24 128 14 10 3 . . 230
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 2 7 9 32 20 . 2 . 72
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . 1 7 9 20 6 4 . . 47
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 17 . 1 1 30 44 89 109 40 7 1 . 339
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 3 9 8 15 30 37 16 4 . . 122
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . . 6 8 8 15 5 1 . 1 44
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 9 33 9 6 2 1 . 60
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 1 4 11 17 34 18 2 . . 87
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 1 12 8 22 7 1 . . 51
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . 1 7 10 34 49 54 27 3 1 . 186
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . 3 3 7 3 . . . 16
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 . 8 7 5 1 . . 22
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 6 10 6 1 . . 23
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 1 4 6 2 4 1 . . 18
Home Affairs 196 80 12 39 2847 1887 2789 2858 2039 706 107 40 6 13606
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 2 2 25 105 97 145 287 85 13 3 . 764
- AUSTRAC . . . . 5 15 36 115 80 39 7 4 . 301
Human Services 235 88 99 133 4135 13778 3177 5154 2302 800 120 32 6 30059
Industry, Innovation and Science 5 60 1 12 67 282 481 1389 999 487 63 15 5 3866
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 2 11 6 12 49 25 3 . . 108
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities . 21 . . 11 51 134 201 279 131 36 7 3 874
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . 1 13 21 28 37 2 . . 102
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . . . 1 1 2 2 1 . . 7
- National Capital Authority . . . 3 5 6 10 8 13 6 2 . . 53
Jobs and Small Business 3 26 3 3 44 189 333 571 646 209 47 12 3 2089
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . 1 1 1 3 3 . . . 9
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . 2 5 23 21 26 23 15 6 . . 121
- Comcare . 3 1 14 34 103 128 162 116 38 5 . 1 605
- Fair Work Commission . . . 4 1 44 37 80 30 33 3 . . 232
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 3 53 121 284 163 95 35 10 4 . 768
- Safe Work Australia 3 1 . . 1 3 13 35 32 11 3 1 . 103
Prime Minister and Cabinet 7 50 2 5 26 174 234 492 640 281 80 20 7 2018
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 62 12 50 8 7 10 6 2 . . . 157
- Australian National Audit Office . 27 . 1 5 41 53 55 61 67 21 5 1 337
- Australian Public Service Commission . 6 1 2 2 16 16 36 63 30 8 1 1 182
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 15 17 33 46 47 18 6 . . 182
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . 4 11 29 52 63 48 8 3 . 218
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . 2 1 16 1 2 . . 22
- Office of National Assessments . . . . 1 6 12 38 52 49 11 5 1 175
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 6 . 8 10 11 7 4 . . . 46
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . 2 3 6 3 5 . . . 19
Social Services . 2 6 10 88 191 322 671 599 277 52 18 5 2241
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 . 3 1 8 15 8 . . . 36
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . 2 51 451 497 578 192 107 29 7 3 1917
Treasury . 75 . 35 37 71 121 317 271 193 61 22 9 1212
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 28 . 3 32 424 474 652 454 128 32 10 3 2240
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 40 . 1 19 31 209 184 232 173 30 10 1 930
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission . 38 18 98 79 101 78 302 411 488 2 1 . 1616
- Australian Taxation Office 19 2 29 641 3014 3348 2081 4333 3234 1395 192 28 2 18318
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . 1 . 2 14 5 3 1 1 . 27
- Productivity Commission . 6 . . 2 11 13 29 37 30 12 2 1 143
Veterans' Affairs . 15 4 38 175 216 406 438 253 94 21 8 1 1669
- Australian War Memorial . . . 7 39 30 63 58 42 18 4 . . 261
Total ongoing 669 1195 395 2106 13782 27601 19755 31881 24865 11330 1954 532 110 136175
Last reviewed: 
25 September 2018