APS At a Glance

In June 2018, there were 150,594 employees in the APS. This was down 0.9 per cent from June 2017. There were 136,175 ongoing employees and 14,419 non-ongoing employees, down 8 per cent and 2.9 per cent, respectively from June 2017.

APS BY CLASSIFICATION AND GENDER

A stacked bar chart displays the number of APS employees by classification and the proportion within each classification by gender.

Note: while data for Gender X employees was collected, proportions are too small to be presented.

DIVERSITY & APS AGE PROFILE

A stacked bar chart displays the number of APS employees by classification and the proportion within each classification by gender.
There are 105 APS agencies, 11 years is the median length of service in the APS, 10,042 employees left the APS in 2017-18, 9,000 new employees joined the APS in 2017-18 and employment in the APS represents 1.1 per cent of the employed Australian labour fo

AVERAGE APS EMPLOYEE

The average APS employee is female, 43 years of age, employed as an APS 6, is located in Canberra, is working in a service delivery role and has 11 years of service in the APS.

 

LOCATION

 

A map displaying headcounts and proportion of employees by state is included in the infographic.
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