Table 21: All employees: agency by base classification group, 31 December 2019 and 2020 *

Table 21: All employees: agency by base classification group, 31 December 2019 and 2020 *
Agency Trainee & Graduate APS 1-2 APS 3-4 APS 5-6 EL SES Total
2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 29 29 217 168 520 2342 1136 2558 942 1871 72 141 2916 7109
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 2 1 16 13 24 20 73 72 46 46 3 3 164 155
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 24 20 80 94 62 66 6 3 172 183
- Bureau of Meteorology 2 2 9 9 157 161 644 663 743 770 19 25 1574 1630
- GBRMPA . . 35 28 42 35 105 108 64 62 3 3 249 236
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 10 3 1 2 8 9 121 135 135 132 12 14 287 295
Attorney-General's 41 63 12 12 282 285 676 685 720 755 175 171 1906 1971
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 3 . 36 33 365 335 167 171 125 124 4 4 700 667
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . 1 3 3 9 8 . . 12 12
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . 5 6 16 16 28 32 2 2 51 56
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . 3 1 44 39 55 66 48 52 4 4 154 162
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . 8 7 167 153 194 188 108 102 8 7 485 457
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . 1 . 29 28 44 40 59 61 3 3 136 132
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . 4 1 5 8 2 4 . . 11 13
- Comcare 4 4 16 17 145 116 279 314 154 178 6 7 604 636
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . 30 31 103 91 86 88 6 5 225 215
- Fair Work Commission . . 4 3 67 55 168 176 63 67 2 2 304 303
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 97 99 464 455 349 342 266 281 16 16 1192 1193
- National Archives of Australia . . 62 59 101 102 139 152 74 82 3 4 379 399
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . 3 4 50 65 50 56 4 5 107 130
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 5 3 92 88 134 147 166 178 23 21 420 437
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . 4 2 220 210 463 507 146 166 14 15 847 900
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . 7 10 22 20 3 3 32 33
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . 11 12 32 29 38 43 23 25 104 109
- Safe Work Australia . 2 . . 9 2 38 39 49 45 2 4 98 92
Defence 274 332 664 585 2982 2875 7762 8055 5125 5297 140 161 16947 17305
- Defence Housing Australia . . 2 . 260 219 217 171 154 126 11 10 644 526
Education, Skills and Employment 8 13 8 10 165 408 536 1481 584 1615 55 124 1356 3651
- Australian Research Council . . 5 1 10 13 68 69 56 64 4 4 143 151
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 35 29 99 90 75 73 2 5 211 197
- TEQSA . . . . 3 5 60 59 27 27 1 1 91 92
Finance 30 31 343 297 197 237 466 503 578 588 68 68 1682 1724
- Australian Electoral Commission . . 1222 811 189 171 294 295 139 154 9 9 1853 1440
- Future Fund Management Agency . . 1 1 31 46 72 92 55 60 4 4 163 203
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . 3 1 17 13 17 18 17 18 3 2 57 52
Foreign Affairs and Trade 83 91 . . 135 101 1464 1435 1789 1911 294 276 3765 3814
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 4 4 . . 10 . 17 25 23 25 3 3 57 57
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . 49 50 145 159 363 384 51 56 608 649
Health 9 14 49 42 489 477 1723 1826 1771 1900 146 160 4187 4419
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 50 54 307 350 96 124 6 7 459 535
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . 3 1 27 26 62 61 2 2 94 90
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . 1 1 17 15 31 40 7 6 56 62
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 8 4 1 1 30 22 136 135 197 200 10 10 382 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 4 4 18 18 55 58 59 65 4 4 140 149
- Cancer Australia . . . . 1 2 56 50 19 20 3 1 79 73
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 8 6 40 42 58 59 2 2 108 109
- National Blood Authority . . . . 3 4 21 23 31 34 2 2 57 63
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . 13 10 96 93 98 97 5 5 212 205
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . 9 10 11 9 . . 20 19
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . 1 1 14 11 18 22 1 2 34 36
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 6 2 16 19 1 1 23 22
- Professional Services Review . . . . 4 4 11 8 11 10 1 1 27 23
- Sport Integrity Australia . . . 169 . 50 . 43 . 37 . 4 . 303
Home Affairs 163 211 535 636 4507 4230 5588 5862 2867 2971 181 169 13841 14079
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 6 8 3 3 120 116 254 239 361 375 17 15 761 756
- AUSTRAC . . . . 26 17 227 230 144 140 10 10 407 397
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 32 57 149 128 474 452 2117 2403 1635 1934 87 109 4494 5083
- Clean Energy Regulator . 5 4 6 61 48 156 167 107 109 11 10 339 345
- Climate Change Authority . . . . . . 3 4 5 5 . . 8 9
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 1 . . . 16 19 22 23 80 83 3 3 122 128
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications . . 25 40 52 116 377 589 483 757 54 93 991 1595
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 6 6 2 2 21 23 169 162 237 245 15 17 450 455
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . 1 1 37 34 47 46 37 38 1 1 123 120
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . 2 . 35 31 62 73 2 1 101 105
- National Capital Authority . . 15 4 12 9 20 18 25 24 2 2 74 57
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . 1 3 2 6 . 1 3 10
- National Film and Sound Archive . . 18 16 63 61 70 72 27 33 1 2 179 184
- National Library of Australia . . 29 25 141 103 137 140 82 105 5 5 394 378
- National Museum of Australia . . 65 44 65 62 94 90 56 48 1 4 281 248
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . 18 18 20 20 14 20 . . 52 58
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . 1 1 1 2 . . 2 3
- Screen Australia . . . . 1 . 3 3 3 3 . . 7 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 26 33 14 21 73 74 345 424 446 526 63 72 967 1150
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 284 290 98 103 26 37 14 17 1 . 423 447
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . 2 1 37 32 49 60 31 43 2 2 121 138
- Australian National Audit Office 31 12 3 3 28 28 113 128 132 125 28 27 335 323
- Australian Public Service Commission 2 1 13 7 29 27 72 63 141 139 13 12 270 249
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . . . . 5 . 40 . 25 . 2 . 72
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . . 2 11 143 128 459 505 552 577 54 53 1210 1274
- Office of National Intelligence . . . 3 12 14 76 79 143 155 24 28 255 279
- Old Parliament House . . . . 67 56 29 28 21 18 1 1 118 103
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 45 38 37 41 53 50 24 27 . . 159 156
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 3 5 15 17 9 11 . . 27 33
Social Services 2 . 11 9 214 201 1240 1141 937 835 69 64 2473 2250
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . 11 9 47 43 42 45 . . 100 97
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 8 . 17 20 86 97 111 151 11 12 233 280
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . 6 7 1191 1116 2201 2353 624 676 45 58 4067 4210
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . 2 23 28 101 106 87 102 8 9 219 247
- Services Australia . 191 . 142 . 18067 . 8798 . 3376 . 166 . 30740
Treasury 38 35 63 64 130 130 444 507 533 618 102 103 1310 1457
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 4 . 101 147 680 753 1355 1397 630 636 47 45 2817 2978
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 2 1 21 21 113 110 502 535 519 550 49 46 1206 1263
- Australian Taxation Office 205 343 2114 2986 5805 6095 5587 6110 4561 5109 211 218 18483 20861
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . 1 1 1 3 7 12 15 1 1 17 25
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . 3 . 17 17 9 9 2 2 31 28
- Productivity Commission 13 7 1 1 13 14 47 54 76 75 14 13 164 164
Veterans' Affairs 1 1 30 27 325 304 890 905 416 412 34 38 1696 1687
- Australian War Memorial . . 5 5 122 123 139 138 69 74 3 3 338 343
Agriculture 38 . 19 . 1963 . 1760 . 1179 . 104 . 5063 .
Human Services (NC) 83 . 167 . 17816 . 8582 . 3306 . 158 . 30112 .
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) . . 180 . 48 . 41 . 28 . 3 . 300 .
Communications (NC) . . 6 . 67 . 200 . 251 . 33 . 557 .
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 5 . 3 . 235 . 972 . 979 . 70 . 2264 .
Total 1165 1504 6772 7069 42437 42119 53608 55565 37778 39645 2788 2834 144548 148736

Source: APSED*
A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2020. Appendixes A1 and A2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

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