Table 21: All employees: agency by base classification group, 31 December 2020 and 2021*

  Trainee & Graduate APS 1-2 APS 3-4 APS 5-6 EL SES Total
Agency 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 31 2 163 146 2334 2226 2555 2708 1870 2174 140 149 7093 7405
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 1 2 13 15 20 24 71 72 46 49 3 3 154 165
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . 21 20 93 90 66 71 3 3 183 184
Bureau of Meteorology 1 1 10 6 173 152 651 622 771 849 25 24 1631 1654
GBRMPA . . 16 9 35 38 109 138 62 61 3 3 225 249
Murray Darling Basin Authority 1 1 2 3 8 8 137 132 132 126 14 12 294 282
Attorney-General's 63 57 12 6 284 331 687 648 754 856 170 174 1970 2072
Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . 33 16 335 308 171 175 123 128 4 6 666 633
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . 1 . 3 7 8 11 . . 12 18
Australian Building and Construction Commission . . 2 1 39 49 66 62 52 47 3 2 162 161
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . 6 8 16 33 32 49 2 3 56 93
Australian Financial Security Authority . . 7 7 153 125 188 170 102 85 7 7 457 394
Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . 28 27 40 54 61 61 3 3 132 145
Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . 1 1 8 6 4 5 . . 13 12
Comcare 4 3 17 16 116 93 314 326 178 183 7 6 636 627
Commonwealth Ombudsman . 1 . 1 31 23 91 93 88 93 5 6 215 217
Fair Work Commission . . 3 2 55 55 177 173 66 65 2 2 303 297
Federal Court Statutory Agency . . 94 89 454 492 342 403 279 346 16 16 1185 1346
National Archives of Australia . . 58 44 103 100 152 133 82 79 4 4 399 360
Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . 12 10 29 38 43 39 25 23 109 110
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . 1 4 2 64 53 56 59 5 5 129 120
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . 3 3 88 83 147 148 179 184 21 19 438 437
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . 2 2 210 222 507 543 166 187 15 15 900 969
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . 2 9 12 21 27 3 4 33 45
Safe Work Australia 1 . . . 3 7 39 36 45 51 4 5 92 99
Defence 330 321 580 497 2876 2583 8054 7616 5300 5405 161 167 17301 16589
Defence Housing Australia . . . . 219 217 171 196 127 126 9 9 526 548
Education, Skills and Employment 9 20 10 19 411 402 1481 1609 1617 1776 123 123 3651 3949
Australian Research Council . . 1 . 13 15 69 57 64 60 4 6 151 138
Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . 29 22 90 81 74 83 5 5 198 191
TEQSA . . . . 5 6 59 60 27 25 1 . 92 91
Finance 30 2 302 255 232 259 502 489 589 585 68 61 1723 1651
Australian Electoral Commission . 4 806 1449 172 228 293 391 154 204 9 12 1434 2288
Future Fund Management Agency . . 1 . 46 39 92 94 60 63 4 3 203 199
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . 1 2 13 17 18 18 18 18 2 3 52 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade 91 110 . 1 100 118 1443 1365 1921 2187 277 309 3832 4090
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 4 2 . . . 4 25 18 25 26 3 3 57 53
Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . 1 50 71 159 246 385 500 56 66 650 884
Health 9 9 42 69 487 610 1828 2176 1891 2294 159 192 4416 5350
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . 54 51 348 423 126 196 5 5 533 675
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . 1 1 26 24 61 58 2 2 90 85
Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . 1 10 16 38 40 59 6 7 63 114
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 5 10 1 1 18 14 136 148 203 221 11 10 374 404
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 4 4 18 16 58 54 65 62 4 4 149 140
Cancer Australia . . . . 2 . 50 48 20 23 1 3 73 74
Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . 6 7 42 42 59 61 2 2 109 112
National Blood Authority . . . . 4 9 23 24 34 30 2 2 63 65
National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . 10 6 94 96 97 98 5 5 206 205
National Health Funding Body . . . . . 1 10 7 9 14 . . 19 22
National Mental Health Commission . . . . 1 1 11 10 22 31 2 3 36 45
Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . 2 3 19 19 1 1 22 23
Professional Services Review . . . . 4 3 9 20 10 10 1 1 24 34
Sport Integrity Australia . . 160 182 50 53 43 60 37 49 3 3 293 347
Home Affairs 317 215 524 502 4227 4127 5858 5432 2973 2940 169 174 14068 13390
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 4 1 3 3 120 117 239 230 375 371 15 14 756 736
AUSTRAC . . . . 17 20 230 252 140 170 10 11 397 453
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 50 30 125 120 448 431 2410 2387 1931 2106 111 118 5075 5192
Clean Energy Regulator 9 . 2 6 47 40 165 165 109 114 10 12 342 337
Climate Change Authority . . . 1 . . 4 3 5 4 . 1 9 9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . . . 19 16 23 29 83 88 3 3 128 136
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications . 1 40 49 116 138 588 707 756 899 92 95 1592 1889
Australian Communications & Media Authority 6 6 2 . 23 22 163 155 245 263 17 18 456 464
Australian National Maritime Museum . . 1 1 34 29 46 45 38 37 1 1 120 113
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . 32 31 71 75 1 1 104 107
National Capital Authority . . 4 4 9 8 18 18 24 25 2 1 57 56
National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . 3 2 6 5 1 1 10 8
National Film and Sound Archive . . 17 10 61 61 72 73 33 33 2 2 185 179
National Library of Australia . 1 25 11 103 105 140 142 104 106 5 5 377 370
National Museum of Australia . . 44 51 62 63 90 90 48 53 4 4 248 261
National Portrait Gallery . . . 4 19 16 19 21 20 18 . . 58 59
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . 1 . 2 1 . . 3 1
Screen Australia . . . . . . 3 3 3 3 . . 6 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 32 12 21 24 75 94 422 437 528 606 71 75 1149 1248
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . 291 312 101 106 37 40 17 18 2 3 448 479
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2 . 1 1 30 35 60 47 43 37 2 1 138 121
Australian National Audit Office 12 27 3 2 28 18 128 125 125 141 27 26 323 339
Australian Public Service Commission 1 7 7 7 27 20 63 97 134 194 11 14 243 339
Digital Transformation Agency . . . 1 20 12 97 70 151 115 12 9 280 207
National Recovery and Resilience Agency . . . . 5 8 41 83 23 70 2 8 71 169
National Indigenous Australians Agency 2 16 11 11 126 116 504 478 574 607 53 51 1270 1279
Office of National Intelligence . . 3 2 14 14 79 66 152 167 28 28 276 277
Old Parliament House . . . . 57 42 28 25 18 15 1 1 104 83
Torres Strait Regional Authority . . 39 38 40 30 50 49 27 23 . . 156 140
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . 5 5 17 18 11 10 . 1 33 34
Social Services 9 5 9 9 193 269 1141 1280 834 877 65 71 2251 2511
Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . 9 31 43 42 45 36 . 3 97 112
National Disability Insurance Agency . 3 7 7 1132 1397 2341 2603 674 784 57 55 4211 4849
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . 2 3 27 29 106 205 101 124 9 7 245 368
Services Australia 190 216 142 130 18071 19916 8790 9047 3376 3873 166 180 30735 33362
Treasury 35 38 64 62 131 143 505 636 619 767 103 112 1457 1758
Australian Bureau of Statistics . 34 144 696 753 816 1397 1421 635 688 45 43 2974 3698
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . 21 10 111 78 534 546 550 631 46 53 1262 1318
Australian Taxation Office 340 425 2978 2060 6080 5438 6112 6356 5111 5742 217 198 20838 20219
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . 17 17 9 9 2 2 28 28
Productivity Commission 7 5 1 1 14 16 54 50 75 80 13 13 164 165
Veterans' Affairs . . 27 24 306 416 905 1122 412 489 38 43 1688 2094
Australian War Memorial . . 5 2 122 100 138 138 74 72 3 3 342 315
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) . . 1 . 1 . 7 . 15 . 1 . 25 .
Total 1596 1587 6907 7011 42119 43511 55538 57071 39639 43654 2827 2962 148626 155796

Source: APSED

*A number of agencies were affected by AAO changes during 2021. Appendixes A1 and A2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

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