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Table 7: All 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 . . 3 22 538 1502 717 1001 719 386 67 19 3 4977
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 5 . 21 7 22 13 66 35 13 2 1 . 185
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 15 20 21 58 56 26 5 . . 201
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 2 16 . 2 3 11 30 101 86 45 7 3 1 307
Attorney-General's 1 27 2 22 71 184 172 325 292 194 125 24 7 1446
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . 1 1 44 82 265 60 98 61 54 4 . . 670
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 6 3 11 23 9 1 . . 53
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 9 104 82 77 117 87 27 6 2 . 511
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . 1 3 31 13 40 34 18 1 1 . 142
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . 2 . 3 2 3 . . . 10
- Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions . . 3 3 16 61 49 70 114 51 13 5 . 385
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 102 199 223 229 151 159 103 8 6 . 1181
- National Archives of Australia . . 43 25 31 77 64 74 57 23 5 . . 399
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 9 8 40 22 8 2 1 . 90
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 6 26 14 13 22 15 6 . 102
Communications and the Arts . 15 2 5 11 62 60 158 180 76 21 7 1 598
- Australian Communications and Media Authority . 2 . 2 1 31 33 132 164 56 11 4 . 436
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . 1 17 25 25 27 25 12 1 . . 133
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 4 33 36 34 36 23 11 2 . . 179
- National Library of Australia . 2 . 34 62 91 73 76 66 20 8 . . 432
- National Museum of Australia . . 1 56 26 42 38 48 35 17 2 . . 265
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 22 4 9 12 13 4 1 . . 65
- Old Parliament House . . . . 43 10 16 15 12 5 1 . . 102
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 1 2 1 2 . . . 7
Defence 198 354 111 682 1465 1937 3074 5251 3836 1723 98 39 12 18780
- Defence Housing Australia . . 2 . 78 186 120 109 96 79 8 3 . 681
Education and Training 5 31 . 4 33 149 255 489 538 204 50 15 3 1776
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 11 28 19 24 20 9 2 . . 114
- Australian Research Council . . . 2 2 11 30 32 45 20 2 2 . 146
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 16 14 24 61 49 20 2 . . 186
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . . . . 2 6 23 17 5 . . . 53
Environment and Energy 2 14 130 34 177 285 341 709 561 251 53 11 3 2571
- Bureau of Meteorology 3 5 8 6 117 69 171 513 518 239 16 7 . 1672
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 4 2 6 48 70 86 82 32 7 2 . 344
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . . . 4 3 2 . 1 . 10
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . . 40 16 19 22 28 59 40 15 3 . . 242
Finance . 19 22 270 50 150 207 295 397 180 57 14 3 1664
- Australian Electoral Commission . 5 1075 140 126 92 108 215 109 31 9 2 . 1912
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 13 3 6 29 27 30 8 41 . 3 1 161
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . 3 13 7 8 9 11 4 3 . . 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade 1 102 . 1 56 72 867 701 1116 567 206 60 18 3767
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . 3 . . . 2 11 10 5 19 3 . . 53
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 5 40 25 106 190 140 42 12 1 561
Health . 7 12 47 94 523 656 1315 1197 512 93 32 6 4494
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency . . . . 35 22 34 152 17 13 3 . . 276
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . 1 . 2 7 12 39 21 . 2 . 84
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . 1 7 9 20 6 4 . . 47
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 17 . 1 1 32 44 90 110 40 7 1 . 343
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 5 10 9 19 36 42 18 4 . . 143
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . 260 . 36 6 10 10 17 5 1 . 1 346
- Cancer Australia . . . . . 1 15 42 11 7 2 1 . 79
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 1 5 13 21 36 20 2 . . 98
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 4 13 8 23 7 1 . . 56
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . 1 7 10 34 50 54 30 3 1 . 190
- National Health Funding Body . . 1 . . . 5 5 8 3 . . . 22
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 . 10 8 6 1 . . 26
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 1 8 11 7 1 . . 28
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 4 4 6 2 4 1 . . 21
Home Affairs 196 80 12 678 2946 1932 2806 2885 2059 714 108 40 7 14463
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 2 2 29 115 101 146 290 87 13 3 . 788
- AUSTRAC . . . . 7 19 41 124 84 47 8 4 . 334
Human Services 235 88 121 161 6547 14049 3202 5170 2307 810 120 34 8 32852
Industry, Innovation and Science 5 60 95 46 81 380 511 1469 1031 501 63 16 5 4263
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 2 12 7 13 54 25 3 . . 116
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities . 21 . 1 11 54 138 205 287 135 36 7 3 898
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . 1 2 13 21 29 42 2 1 . 111
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . . . 2 1 2 2 1 . . 8
- National Capital Authority . . . 13 9 7 11 8 15 6 2 . . 71
Jobs and Small Business 3 26 4 3 59 203 342 583 657 213 47 12 3 2155
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . 2 1 1 4 3 . . . 11
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . 4 17 26 22 29 25 19 6 . . 148
- Comcare . 3 1 25 39 116 135 172 118 38 5 . 1 653
- Fair Work Commission . . . 4 5 61 76 81 31 33 3 . . 294
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 5 97 122 287 163 98 37 10 4 . 823
- Safe Work Australia 3 1 . . 1 4 15 37 33 11 3 1 . 109
Prime Minister and Cabinet 8 50 3 10 34 203 249 522 675 286 83 21 8 2152
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 301 20 72 34 13 15 10 5 1 . . 471
- Australian National Audit Office . 27 2 3 6 43 55 57 62 67 21 5 1 349
- Australian Public Service Commission . 6 2 2 2 19 18 39 106 39 8 1 1 243
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 17 21 38 50 55 18 6 . . 205
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . 4 13 30 57 66 52 9 3 . 234
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . 2 1 16 1 2 . . 22
- Office of National Assessments . . . 1 1 7 13 46 54 53 11 5 1 192
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 1 . 17 23 24 11 30 25 22 5 . . . 158
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 2 2 4 7 5 5 . . . 25
Social Services . 2 6 10 93 210 341 688 611 281 52 18 6 2318
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . 1 5 8 17 22 25 12 . . . 90
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 4 4 98 672 698 701 261 133 39 9 3 2622
Treasury . 75 5 57 54 89 130 328 279 203 66 24 9 1319
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 28 . 123 97 596 515 687 465 136 33 11 3 2694
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 40 21 9 30 42 215 194 247 179 30 10 1 1018
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission . 38 39 137 79 138 80 338 468 525 2 1 . 1845
- Australian Taxation Office 19 2 516 1834 3162 3389 2093 4360 3258 1424 193 29 2 20281
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . 1 . 2 15 5 3 1 1 . 28
- Productivity Commission . 6 . 1 2 12 16 31 41 32 12 2 1 156
Veterans' Affairs . 15 4 40 252 248 486 448 254 95 22 8 1 1873
- Australian War Memorial . . . 7 75 32 70 67 48 19 4 . . 322
Total 682 1198 2889 4796 17610 29458 20849 32981 25672 11761 2017 557 124 150594

Source: APSED

Last reviewed: 
26 September 2018