Table 36: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 30 June 2021

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, Water and the Environment . 7 9 28 233 1311 850 1431 1431 789 133 39 11 6272
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 2 . . 1 13 4 61 33 17 2 1 . 134
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 2 6 28 44 52 24 4 . . 160
- Bureau of Meteorology . 23 . 1 34 35 106 382 490 294 17 8 . 1390
- GBRMPA . . . 5 11 19 27 77 55 15 3 . . 212
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 . . 1 5 5 24 71 86 53 11 5 . 262
Attorney-General's . 61 1 3 13 166 200 346 488 293 155 34 7 1767
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 1 7 8 168 78 91 79 56 6 . . 494
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . 1 5 5 3 . . . 14
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . 6 25 34 31 24 22 4 . . 146
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . 3 4 11 27 14 4 . . 63
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . 4 52 54 64 124 75 27 5 1 . 406
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . . 15 9 27 28 19 2 1 . 101
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . 2 3 3 2 . . . 10
- Comcare . 3 1 3 14 57 111 148 143 48 6 . . 534
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . 1 . . 1 23 47 51 59 26 9 . . 217
- Fair Work Commission . . . 2 1 38 62 74 41 33 2 . . 253
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 1 18 88 123 140 135 147 105 9 5 . 771
- National Archives of Australia . . 7 8 16 60 59 74 61 23 5 . . 313
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . 13 20 11 15 24 21 4 1 109
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . 1 20 33 34 21 2 1 . 112
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 1 1 15 59 17 88 124 72 22 6 2 407
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . 1 58 96 287 197 144 64 15 4 . 866
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 2 1 7 14 6 2 2 1 35
- Safe Work Australia . 5 . . . 3 10 21 32 13 6 2 . 92
Defence 122 233 59 308 988 1499 2674 4979 3824 1939 120 52 8 16805
- Defence Housing Australia . . . 2 51 143 84 76 77 46 8 3 . 490
Education, Skills and Employment 13 76 . 6 33 216 422 936 1252 519 124 33 8 3638
- Australian Research Council . . . . 1 5 20 38 41 24 5 . . 134
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 6 11 23 51 56 30 6 1 . 184
- TEQSA . . . . . 3 11 42 20 8 1 . . 85
Finance . 35 24 16 33 124 188 298 413 201 65 20 4 1421
- Australian Electoral Commission . 6 . 60 72 64 104 197 123 43 10 3 . 682
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . . 3 41 39 49 20 42 . 2 1 197
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 6 8 11 9 12 8 3 . . 57
Foreign Affairs and Trade . 113 . 1 31 63 659 638 1370 598 257 68 14 3812
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . . . 13 5 7 5 2 . . 32
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . . 23 21 91 206 168 41 12 2 564
Health . 7 10 16 40 318 510 1106 1438 772 174 39 8 4438
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 15 26 34 321 128 44 4 . . 572
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . 1 1 12 33 27 . 1 . 75
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . 4 7 26 14 5 2 . 58
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 7 . 1 . 18 31 88 158 59 9 1 . 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . 3 10 5 15 34 41 19 4 . . 131
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . 8 29 10 10 2 1 . 60
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . 6 6 14 42 22 1 . . 91
- National Blood Authority . . . . . 5 6 17 21 11 2 . . 62
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . 4 30 59 74 30 3 3 . 203
- National Health Funding Body . . . . 1 . . 8 11 3 . . . 23
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . 1 1 4 9 8 1 1 . 25
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . 2 10 3 1 . . 16
- Professional Services Review . . . . . 2 6 9 5 4 1 . . 27
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . . . 3 10 32 31 13 3 . . 92
Home Affairs 160 53 13 102 1803 1779 2558 3049 2429 1003 167 49 10 13175
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . 1 1 2 19 78 92 135 303 86 14 5 2 738
- AUSTRAC . . . . 2 12 51 169 118 56 9 3 . 420
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources . 35 11 10 42 224 513 1572 1472 682 98 33 7 4699
- Clean Energy Regulator . 4 . 2 2 26 47 89 95 36 11 2 1 315
- Climate Change Authority . . 1 . . . . 4 2 2 1 . . 10
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 1 8 6 9 46 19 3 . . 92
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 8 35 . 4 8 63 184 339 544 305 87 21 8 1606
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . 7 . . 3 18 30 104 175 75 13 5 . 430
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . 6 11 8 21 18 7 . . . 71
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . 7 17 31 37 . 1 . 93
- National Capital Authority . . . 3 3 3 8 7 15 9 2 . . 50
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . 2 4 3 1 . . 10
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . 2 11 19 34 34 24 10 1 . . 135
- National Library of Australia . 1 . 7 30 63 68 67 79 32 5 . . 352
- National Museum of Australia . . 1 18 7 24 28 48 30 22 4 . . 182
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 8 2 8 13 15 4 . . . 50
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 2
- Screen Australia . . . . . . 1 2 1 2 . . . 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet . 23 1 1 4 44 123 194 355 195 60 22 4 1026
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 1 126 43 12 14 13 6 6 1 . . 222
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . 1 2 23 17 29 33 15 2 . . 122
- Australian National Audit Office . 16 . . 1 24 47 63 63 58 22 4 1 299
- Australian Public Service Commission . 8 1 2 4 12 20 42 72 47 11 2 1 222
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 1 1 3 10 33 56 105 62 12 4 . 287
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . 1 1 7 22 34 18 6 1 . 90
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . 18 6 3 6 77 119 296 415 205 45 12 2 1204
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . 1 4 17 50 82 81 19 7 2 263
- Old Parliament House . . . . 9 2 11 11 12 5 1 . . 51
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 3 2 3 8 18 15 7 . . . 56
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . 1 5 8 3 4 . . . 21
Social Services . 68 4 5 20 105 452 612 615 310 65 17 7 2280
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . . 3 7 8 10 2 . . 30
- National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 . 4 37 586 916 1128 474 275 45 8 1 3477
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . 1 19 64 98 81 45 5 5 . 318
- Services Australia 245 101 59 66 2306 9282 4094 6165 3173 1246 147 39 7 26930
Treasury . 76 . 29 38 54 178 347 444 266 80 29 7 1548
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 43 . 1 13 227 475 771 578 195 31 12 3 2349
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 22 . . 4 32 217 260 325 269 41 14 2 1186
- Australian Taxation Office . 435 23 394 1528 2816 1852 4431 4252 1985 233 38 2 17989
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 1 15 5 4 1 1 . 27
- Productivity Commission . 5 . . 1 8 21 21 37 34 13 2 1 143
Veterans' Affairs . 9 4 16 78 125 373 448 362 153 31 14 1 1614
- Australian War Memorial . . . 2 28 39 64 56 50 17 3 . . 259
Total 549 1542 241 1299 7923 20720 19911 33536 30148 14636 2589 705 136 133935

Source: APSED

Note: Employees on temporary assignment as an agency head have been excluded from this table.

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