Table 22: All employees: agency by median length of service (years) and base classification, 31 December 2021

  Classification  
Agency APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 3 6 12 11 9 9 13 16 20 19 29 12
Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 4 8 7 13 10 14 14 * . . 11
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . 1 3 1 3 6 9 * . . 3
Bureau of Meteorology 4 * 13 4 11 9 12 14 13 4 . 11
GBRMPA * 10 3 12 1 5 11 19 * . . 8
Murray Darling Basin Authority . * * 7 1 9 12 13 13 10 * 10
Attorney-General's * 0 1 2 1 5 8 10 9 20 21 7
Administrative Appeals Tribunal * 4 2 6 11 12 13 16 20 . . 9
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . * 8 14 16 . . . 12
Australian Building and Construction Commission . * 1 3 1 10 13 12 * . . 5
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . * 9 1 3 8 13 * . . 6
Australian Financial Security Authority . 8 9 6 7 11 11 11 23 * . 10
Australian Human Rights Commission . . 1 4 1 4 5 14 * * . 5
Australian Law Reform Commission . . * . * 3 * * . . . 3
Comcare * 1 6 6 9 7 12 13 18 . * 9
Commonwealth Ombudsman . * * 3 5 7 12 16 16 . . 8
Fair Work Commission . * * 5 1 12 11 15 * . . 6
Federal Court Statutory Agency * 3 5 2 1 12 4 4 8 3 . 4
National Archives of Australia 2 14 11 11 14 13 19 17 25 . . 13
Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . 1 1 17 9 14 19 27 . 13
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . * . * 1 5 6 11 * * . 5
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions * * 10 1 1 3 6 17 24 34 . 6
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . * 2 4 9 12 14 14 20 16 . 10
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . * * 6 7 13 * * * 7
Safe Work Australia . . . 1 1 7 11 15 17 * . 11
Defence 5 15 11 9 10 11 14 18 19 21 25 12
Defence Housing Australia . . 1 6 8 8 11 9 15 * . 7
Education, Skills and Employment * 1 1 2 5 12 15 16 19 26 17 13
Australian Research Council . . * 3 10 9 15 16 16 . . 12
Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 4 6 9 5 10 10 10 * . 8
TEQSA . . . 3 1 3 3 10 . . . 3
Finance 1 8 6 3 5 10 14 16 20 21 25 11
Australian Electoral Commission 2 4 6 1 1 9 11 15 15 * . 3
Future Fund Management Agency . . * 2 1 3 7 8 . * * 4
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . * 4 5 5 12 20 9 * . . 11
Foreign Affairs and Trade . * 17 3 10 10 13 18 24 27 30 13
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . 1 1 10 10 3 * . . 4
Australian Trade and Investment Commission . * 1 2 1 5 8 13 14 6 * 7
Health 11 1 3 2 7 9 14 15 17 18 24 11
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . 8 8 1 8 11 15 7 * . 8
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . * 5 7 7 9 . * . 8
Australian Digital Health Agency . . . 0 1 2 11 16 20 * * 9
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . * * 6 1 8 12 16 22 * . 11
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . 17 13 19 11 8 14 14 18 . . 13
Cancer Australia . . . . 1 5 9 11 * * . 5
Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . * 9 1 8 13 22 * . . 13
National Blood Authority . . . 1 1 10 14 15 * . . 11
National Health and Medical Research Council . . . 10 1 11 12 17 * * . 11
National Health Funding Body . . * . . 3 5 * . . . 5
National Mental Health Commission . . . * * 4 2 1 * * . 3
Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . * * 9 23 * . . 9
Professional Services Review . . . * 5 5 7 4 * . . 5
Sport Integrity Australia 9 . 4 3 1 4 9 7 * . . 7
Home Affairs 2 4 9 11 14 14 15 17 18 17 10 13
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission * * 16 3 1 8 10 13 7 * * 9
AUSTRAC . . * 7 1 6 11 14 12 * . 9
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 2 2 3 4 5 8 12 16 16 20 26 10
Clean Energy Regulator . 2 1 2 1 7 11 16 18 * * 9
Climate Change Authority * . . . * * * * * . . 10
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . 1 6 6 3 8 12 * . . 8
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications * 0 3 1 1 7 13 16 19 20 23 11
Australian Communications & Media Authority . . * 4 5 11 14 15 20 18 . 13
Australian National Maritime Museum . * 12 7 1 6 8 1 * . . 6
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . 1 2 5 15 . * . 7
National Capital Authority . 11 5 6 7 8 6 14 * . . 7
National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . * * * * . . 21
National Film and Sound Archive . 2 3 10 7 11 11 6 * . . 7
National Library of Australia . 10 11 13 10 15 16 17 19 . . 13
National Museum of Australia 1 4 3 4 8 11 13 18 17 . . 8
National Portrait Gallery . 0 1 4 13 6 15 6 . . . 6
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . . * . . . 19
Screen Australia . . . . * * * * . . . 15
Prime Minister and Cabinet * 0 1 1 1 4 9 13 18 26 26 7
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 0 2 3 3 5 3 13 16 * . . 3
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . * 2 6 1 11 14 16 * . . 8
Australian National Audit Office * . 1 3 1 4 10 16 21 24 * 7
Australian Public Service Commission * 2 * 3 1 9 10 14 19 * * 10
Digital Transformation Agency * . * 1 1 6 9 14 16 * . 9
National Recovery and Resilience Agency . . * 2 1 2 13 16 16 * . 9
National Indigenous Australians Agency 1 1 6 7 8 13 14 16 20 16 * 13
Office of National Intelligence . * 1 5 6 9 11 15 19 15 * 11
Old Parliament House . . 3 4 9 12 10 12 * . . 6
Torres Strait Regional Authority 3 10 7 9 10 11 9 13 . . . 9
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . * 4 1 3 5 6 . . * 4
Social Services 15 28 1 3 1 12 15 17 19 26 24 11
Australian Institute of Family Studies . . 0 4 1 3 5 9 * * . 3
National Disability Insurance Agency . 6 1 2 1 5 6 8 8 3 * 4
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . * 2 1 1 3 3 3 7 * . 3
Services Australia 15 25 2 15 15 16 16 19 21 18 28 13
Treasury 1 6 5 4 1 5 9 15 21 21 25 8
Australian Bureau of Statistics 0 1 1 3 7 12 16 22 23 26 * 6
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 0 0 2 2 1 4 10 14 20 15 * 7
Australian Taxation Office 5 2 8 10 13 15 17 19 21 17 * 13
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . * 9 11 16 * * . 11
Productivity Commission . * * 10 1 5 13 14 23 * * 11
Veterans' Affairs * 33 3 4 1 12 15 17 17 27 * 11
Australian War Memorial . * 3 4 9 11 15 12 * . . 8
Total 2 3 3 10 9 12 14 16 19 20 23 11

Source: APSED
* Data has been confidentialised

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