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Table 7: Non-ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 31 December 2019
| 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 | . | . | 2 | 8 | 104 | 268 | 36 | 90 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | . | 540 |
| - Australian Fisheries Management Authority | . | . | . | 17 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 23 |
| - Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | . | . | . | . | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | . | . | . | 24 |
| - Murray Darling Basin Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 25 |
| Attorney-General's | . | . | . | 7 | 45 | 67 | 30 | 40 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 254 |
| - Administrative Appeals Tribunal | . | . | . | 28 | 56 | 71 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 20 | . | . | . | 196 |
| - Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| - Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 10 |
| - Australian Building and Construction Commission | . | . | . | 2 | 9 | 6 | . | 6 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 27 |
| - Australian Financial Security Authority | . | . | . | . | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 30 |
| - Australian Human Rights Commission | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | . | . | . | 44 |
| - Australian Law Reform Commission | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 7 |
| - Comcare | . | . | . | 5 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | . | . | . | 69 |
| - Commonwealth Ombudsman | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | 14 |
| - Fair Work Commission | . | . | . | 1 | . | 24 | 42 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 69 |
| - Federal Court Statutory Agency | . | . | 1 | 75 | 64 | 158 | 64 | 26 | 18 | 20 | . | 1 | . | 427 |
| - National Archives of Australia | . | . | 23 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 79 |
| - Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 15 |
| - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | . | . | . | . | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 20 |
| - Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | . | . | . | 3 | 28 | 5 | 15 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 55 |
| - Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| - Office of Parliamentary Counsel | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 6 |
| - Safe Work Australia | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Communications and the Arts | . | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 30 |
| - Australian Communications and Media Authority | . | . | . | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | . | . | . | 27 |
| - Australian National Maritime Museum | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 34 |
| - National Film and Sound Archive | . | . | . | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 39 |
| - National Library of Australia | . | . | . | 11 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | . | . | . | 55 |
| - National Museum of Australia | . | . | . | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 60 |
| - National Portrait Gallery | . | . | . | . | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 13 |
| - Screen Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Defence | 5 | . | 34 | 92 | 32 | 36 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 314 |
| - Defence Housing Australia | . | . | . | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5 | . | . | . | 69 |
| Education | . | . | . | 8 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 3 | . | . | . | 76 |
| - Australian Research Council | . | . | . | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 8 |
| - Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 9 |
| Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business | . | . | . | . | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | . | . | . | 46 |
| - Australian Skills Quality Authority | . | . | . | . | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 26 |
| Environment and Energy | . | . | 162 | 18 | 231 | 103 | 81 | 96 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 2 | . | 757 |
| - Bureau of Meteorology | . | . | 1 | . | 19 | 11 | 14 | 52 | 72 | 24 | 1 | 1 | . | 195 |
| - Clean Energy Regulator | . | . | . | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 30 |
| - Climate Change Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | . | . | 24 | 1 | . | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 41 |
| Finance | . | . | 1 | 310 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | 367 |
| - Australian Electoral Commission | . | . | 1125 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | . | . | . | 1175 |
| - Future Fund Management Agency | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 |
| - Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 10 |
| Foreign Affairs and Trade | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 30 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 98 |
| - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | . | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 12 | 1 | . | . | 19 |
| - Australian Trade and Investment Commission | . | . | . | . | 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 4 | . | 68 |
| Health | . | . | . | 22 | 5 | 38 | 13 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 146 |
| - Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | . | . | . | . | 20 |
| - Australian Digital Health Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 14 |
| - Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority | . | . | 210 | . | 46 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 265 |
| - Cancer Australia | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 16 |
| - Food Standards Australia New Zealand | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 14 |
| - National Blood Authority | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 5 |
| - National Health and Medical Research Council | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 16 |
| - National Health Funding Body | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| - National Mental Health Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 12 |
| - Organ and Tissue Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 4 |
| - Professional Services Review | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Home Affairs | . | . | . | 501 | 89 | 63 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | 690 |
| - Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | 21 |
| - AUSTRAC | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | . | . | 47 |
| Industry, Innovation and Science | . | . | 95 | 36 | 18 | 107 | 39 | 92 | 38 | 13 | 1 | . | . | 439 |
| - National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | . | . | . | . | 25 |
| Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development | . | . | 20 | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | . | . | . | 43 |
| - Australian Transport Safety Bureau | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . | 11 |
| - National Capital Authority | . | . | . | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 19 |
| - National Faster Rail Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| - North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Prime Minister and Cabinet | . | . | 1 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| - Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. | . | . | 241 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | . | . | . | 322 |
| - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 8 |
| - Australian National Audit Office | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 10 |
| - Australian Public Service Commission | . | . | 1 | 8 | . | 6 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 5 | . | . | . | 60 |
| - National Indigenous Australians Agency | . | . | . | . | 11 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 9 | . | . | . | 91 |
| - Office of National Intelligence | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | . | 14 |
| - Old Parliament House | . | . | . | . | 44 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | . | . | . | . | 61 |
| - Torres Strait Regional Authority | . | . | 19 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | . | . | . | 104 |
| - Workplace Gender Equality Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
| Services Australia | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2617 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2716 |
| - Digital Transformation Agency | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 14 |
| Social Services | . | . | . | . | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 7 | . | . | . | 64 |
| - Australian Institute of Family Studies | . | . | . | . | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 6 | . | . | . | 65 |
| - National Disability Insurance Agency | . | . | . | . | 247 | 318 | 286 | 168 | 73 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1129 |
| - NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 5 |
| Treasury | . | . | 1 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 114 |
| - Australian Bureau of Statistics | . | . | 2 | 97 | 109 | 174 | 78 | 66 | 20 | 9 | . | . | . | 555 |
| - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | . | . | 8 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | . | . | . | 90 |
| - Australian Taxation Office | . | . | 343 | 1345 | 141 | 39 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 22 | . | . | . | 1964 |
| - Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 4 |
| - Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| - Productivity Commission | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | 13 |
| Veterans' Affairs | . | . | . | . | 24 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | . | . | 66 |
| - Australian War Memorial | . | . | 6 | . | 36 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | . | . | . | 73 |
| Total non-ongoing | 6 | 4 | 2327 | 2762 | 4244 | 1948 | 1152 | 1220 | 825 | 394 | 41 | 30 | 19 | 14972 |