Table 54: Engagements of ongoing employees: prior service in APS by classification and gender, 2021 | Australian Public Service Commission

Men

Classification
Prior service in APS (years)	Trainee	Graduate	APS 1	APS 2	APS 3	APS 4	APS 5	APS 6	EL 1	EL 2	SES 1	SES 2	SES 3	Total
None	192	595	35	89	238	404	563	561	309	104	16	5	2	3113
Under 1	11	59	1	30	222	216	128	105	65	24	3	.	.	864
1 and < 2	5	19	2	53	174	125	78	76	51	7	1	1	.	592
2 and < 3	3	12	.	14	47	64	60	52	23	11	2	1	.	289
3 and < 5	5	1	.	17	61	61	40	55	48	20	1	3	.	312
5 and < 10	2	1	2	11	33	20	19	80	78	24	5	1	1	277
10 and < 15	.	.	1	3	5	8	20	27	37	27	3	1	.	132
15 and < 20	.	.	.	2	6	2	8	11	15	8	1	.	.	53
20 and < 30	.	.	.	.	7	8	12	14	24	7	2	.	.	74
30 & over	.	.	.	.	3	7	2	5	7	1	1	.	.	26
Total men	218	687	41	219	796	915	930	986	657	233	35	12	3	5732

Women

Classification
Prior service in APS (years)	Trainee	Graduate	APS 1	APS 2	APS 3	APS 4	APS 5	APS 6	EL 1	EL 2	SES 1	SES 2	SES 3	Total
None	267	584	41	131	395	771	743	768	336	126	18	5	.	4185
Under 1	14	72	4	54	467	456	259	212	91	23	3	.	.	1655
1 and < 2	12	26	2	94	357	256	181	143	67	21	1	.	.	1160
2 and < 3	.	14	5	22	79	130	105	105	51	12	1	.	.	524
3 and < 5	8	2	2	19	94	117	60	90	49	30	3	1	.	475
5 and < 10	2	1	3	25	59	75	61	100	82	31	6	1	.	446
10 and < 15	.	.	2	12	23	30	37	55	56	26	3	.	.	244
15 and < 20	.	1	2	5	14	19	21	27	19	12	2	.	.	122
20 and < 30	.	.	.	2	16	8	11	21	19	6	1	.	1	85
30 & over	.	.	.	.	6	2	8	7	6	5	2	.	.	36
Total women	303	700	61	364	1510	1864	1486	1528	776	292	40	7	1	8932

Total

Classification
Prior service in APS (years)	Trainee	Graduate	APS 1	APS 2	APS 3	APS 4	APS 5	APS 6	EL 1	EL 2	SES 1	SES 2	SES 3	Total
None	464	1184	76	220	645	1189	1319	1332	650	231	34	10	2	7356
Under 1	25	131	5	84	691	672	388	319	156	47	6	.	.	2524
1 and < 2	18	45	4	147	531	382	259	219	118	28	2	1	.	1754
2 and < 3	3	26	5	36	126	196	165	157	74	23	3	1	.	815
3 and < 5	13	3	2	36	155	178	100	145	97	50	4	4	.	787
5 and < 10	4	2	5	36	92	95	80	180	160	55	11	2	1	723
10 and < 15	.	.	3	15	28	38	57	83	93	53	6	1	.	377
15 and < 20	.	1	2	7	20	21	29	38	34	20	3	.	.	175
20 and < 30	.	.	.	2	23	16	23	35	43	13	3	.	1	159
30 & over	.	.	.	.	9	9	10	12	13	6	4	.	.	63
Total	527	1392	102	583	2320	2796	2430	2520	1438	526	76	19	4	14733

Source: APSED

Note: prior service includes service as a non-ongoing employee prior to being engaged as an ongoing employee, as well as prior ongoing employment in the APS where that service has been recorded on APSED.

Note: classification is the level at engagement, not the classification of the prior service.