Table 22: All employees: agency by median length of service (years) and base classification, 30 June 2021

 Agency Classification  Total
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 2 7 8 12 10 10 13 16 20 18 31 12
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 3 8 3 13 12 13 15 * . . 11
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . 1 3 1 3 10 8 * . . 3
- Bureau of Meteorology 3 4 14 4 10 10 12 14 13 4 . 11
- GBRMPA * 11 4 14 1 6 11 15 * . . 9
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . * 0 6 1 9 12 13 6 9 * 10
Attorney-General's * 4 2 2 1 6 9 11 10 19 22 6
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal * 3 3 6 12 13 14 16 8 . . 10
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . * 6 14 14 . . . 12
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . * 1 4 1 10 12 12 * . . 5
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . 10 1 3 5 12 * . . 6
- Australian Financial Security Authority . 7 9 5 7 10 11 16 27 * . 10
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . 0 3 5 3 5 10 * * . 4
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . * . * 2 * * . . . 2
- Comcare * 5 6 6 8 8 12 13 16 . * 10
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . * 2 5 6 13 17 15 . . 8
- Fair Work Commission . * * 4 1 11 10 15 * . . 7
- Federal Court Statutory Agency * 3 6 2 5 11 5 8 8 2 . 5
- National Archives of Australia 2 14 10 10 13 14 19 16 24 . . 13
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . 1 13 17 9 15 22 27 . 14
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . * . * 1 3 5 12 * * . 4
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions * * 16 2 13 4 10 17 26 34 * 7
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . * 1 6 10 13 14 15 20 16 . 10
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . * * 5 6 15 * * * 7
- Safe Work Australia . . . 1 1 7 11 14 * * . 10
Defence 5 16 11 9 10 11 14 19 19 20 20 12
- Defence Housing Australia . * 4 6 9 8 9 9 15 * . 7
Education, Skills and Employment . 1 3 3 6 12 14 16 19 26 20 13
- Australian Research Council . . * 3 8 10 14 15 * . . 12
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 4 5 8 7 9 10 5 * . 9
- TEQSA . . . 3 1 5 6 9 * . . 3
Finance 0 7 6 5 5 10 14 16 19 21 23 11
- Australian Electoral Commission 5 7 12 4 1 12 14 15 14 * . 6
- Future Fund Management Agency . . * 2 1 3 5 7 . * * 4
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . * 6 4 9 9 20 15 * . . 11
Foreign Affairs and Trade . * 19 2 10 10 13 18 24 26 30 13
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . 0 8 4 13 3 * . . 5
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission * * 2 2 1 9 10 13 13 9 * 9
Health 11 1 6 3 9 10 14 15 18 18 23 11
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . 7 7 5 7 12 17 6 * . 7
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . * 5 7 7 8 . * . 7
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . 14 9 15 13 16 * * 14
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . * . 5 5 10 12 15 21 * . 11
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . 17 13 18 12 8 13 13 17 . . 13
- Cancer Australia . . . * 1 6 9 10 * * . 5
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . * 3 1 10 13 22 * . . 13
- National Blood Authority . . . 1 7 7 13 14 * . . 11
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . 10 5 10 12 19 * * . 11
- National Health Funding Body . . * . . 4 5 * . . . 5
- National Mental Health Commission . . . * * 3 4 5 * * . 5
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . * 8 * . . . 7
- Professional Services Review . . . 3 9 4 6 8 * . . 6
- Sport Integrity Australia 9 . 4 * 1 4 9 8 * . . 8
Home Affairs 1 4 10 11 14 14 15 18 18 18 27 13
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission * * 15 3 1 9 11 13 10 * . 9
- AUSTRAC . . * 4 1 7 11 14 11 * . 9
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 2 3 3 5 1 9 12 15 17 20 26 10
- Clean Energy Regulator . 1 1 2 5 9 12 16 17 * * 9
- Climate Change Authority * . . . * * * * * . . 8
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . * 5 5 6 8 11 * . . 8
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications * 2 3 2 1 9 13 16 17 21 23 11
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . * * 3 5 12 14 16 20 18 . 13
- Australian National Maritime Museum . * 6 7 7 6 11 1 * . . 6
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . * * 1 2 5 15 . * . 7
- National Capital Authority . 11 5 5 6 6 9 14 * . . 7
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . * 13 * * . . 18
- National Film and Sound Archive . 1 4 9 9 9 11 9 * . . 7
- National Library of Australia . 9 11 13 10 15 16 17 18 . . 13
- National Museum of Australia 0 7 4 6 9 10 14 17 16 . . 10
- National Portrait Gallery . . 4 7 10 10 14 6 . . . 8
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . * . . * . . . 14
- Screen Australia . . . . * * * * . . . 15
Prime Minister and Cabinet * 1 1 2 1 5 9 14 18 21 29 8
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. * 2 3 2 1 2 10 16 * . . 2
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . * 2 6 6 11 13 15 * . . 9
- Australian National Audit Office 0 * * 1 1 6 10 16 20 * * 7
- Australian Public Service Commission * * * 2 1 9 12 13 18 * . 10
- Digital Transformation Agency * * 2 2 1 5 9 14 16 19 . 9
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . * 1 6 1 12 16 15 * . 8
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 0 1 9 8 9 13 14 16 20 15 * 13
- Office of National Intelligence . * 1 6 5 8 10 15 19 19 * 11
- Old Parliament House . . 3 3 8 8 9 12 * . . 5
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 3 9 7 7 9 9 11 11 . . . 9
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . * 3 1 2 4 13 . . * 3
Social Services 14 27 0 5 6 13 15 16 18 26 22 12
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . 1 3 1 4 5 9 . * . 3
- National Disability Insurance Agency . 5 2 2 1 4 6 7 8 3 * 4
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . 2 2 1 2 3 3 6 11 . 3
- Services Australia 14 27 1 14 15 15 16 19 21 17 15 13
Treasury 0 5 5 5 1 5 10 15 21 22 24 8
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 1 1 3 7 12 16 22 22 25 * 10
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 1 * 2 2 1 5 10 14 19 16 * 7
- Australian Taxation Office 4 1 6 10 13 15 17 18 21 17 * 12
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . * 8 10 15 * * . 10
- Productivity Commission . * * 16 1 11 12 16 25 * * 11
Veterans' Affairs 18 30 5 5 10 14 15 19 16 27 * 13
- Australian War Memorial . * 2 4 9 11 15 12 * . . 8
Total 4 2 3 11 10 12 14 16 18 20 23 11

* Data has been confidentialised

Source: APSED

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