Table 22: All employees: agency by median length of service (years) and base classification, 31 December 2020

Table 22: All employees: agency by median length of service (years) and base classification, 31 December 2020
  Classification  
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 3 7 10 11 11 10 13 16 19 20 33 12
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 3 7 10 12 10 13 14 * . . 12
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . 1 2 1 2 10 7 * . . 2
- Bureau of Meteorology 3 4 14 3 10 10 12 14 13 3 . 11
- GBRMPA 6 9 5 14 5 9 11 16 * . . 9
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . * 5 6 1 8 12 12 6 9 * 10
Attorney-General's * 1 2 2 5 6 9 11 9 19 22 6
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal * 3 3 5 12 13 13 15 15 . . 9
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . * . * 5 14 . . . 8
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . 11 1 4 7 13 * . . 9
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . * 1 5 1 9 11 11 13 . . 6
- Australian Financial Security Authority . 7 8 5 6 10 10 16 27 * . 9
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . * 3 7 7 4 10 * * . 5
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . * . * 2 * * . . . 2
- Comcare * 5 5 8 8 9 12 13 16 . * 9
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . * 3 5 8 13 15 18 . . 10
- Fair Work Commission . * * 3 1 11 10 14 * . . 6
- Federal Court Statutory Agency * 4 6 2 6 11 6 11 8 2 . 6
- National Archives of Australia 2 10 10 12 13 13 18 16 24 . . 13
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . 2 1 3 6 10 * * . 4
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions * * 15 2 14 3 9 17 25 33 * 6
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . * 1 7 11 12 13 14 19 16 . 11
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . * 5 10 15 * * . 9
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . 1 13 12 9 15 20 26 . 13
- Safe Work Australia . . . * 1 6 10 12 16 . . 9
Defence 5 14 10 9 9 11 14 18 19 21 19 12
- Defence Housing Australia . . 4 6 9 8 9 8 14 * . 7
Education, Skills and Employment . 1 2 3 7 12 14 16 18 26 16 13
- Australian Research Council . * * 3 7 10 14 15 * * . 11
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . 3 5 8 7 9 9 1 * . 8
- TEQSA . . . 2 1 4 4 8 * . . 4
Finance 1 6 5 6 6 10 14 16 19 21 23 11
- Australian Electoral Commission 5 9 12 5 5 12 14 16 15 * . 8
- Future Fund Management Agency . * * 2 1 3 5 7 . * * 4
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . * 8 4 1 14 17 15 * . . 13
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . 19 3 10 11 14 18 25 27 30 13
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . . . 6 9 13 3 * . . 6
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . 1 4 1 10 11 14 13 15 * 11
Health 11 2 8 4 9 10 14 15 18 19 23 12
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . 7 7 7 7 12 16 7 * * 7
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . * 1 6 7 8 . * . 7
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . * * 8 14 13 13 . * 12
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . * . 3 1 9 12 15 21 * . 11
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . 16 10 17 8 8 13 13 17 . . 12
- Cancer Australia . . . * 1 6 8 12 . * . 5
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . * 8 1 9 13 22 * . . 13
- National Blood Authority . . . 1 7 9 13 14 * . . 11
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . * 9 6 10 11 17 * * . 11
- National Health Funding Body . . . . * 4 12 * . . . 5
- National Mental Health Commission . . . * * 2 8 3 . * . 8
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . * 8 * * . . 8
- Professional Services Review . . . 3 14 7 3 5 * . . 6
- Sport Integrity Australia 8 . 3 * 1 4 11 8 * . * 8
Home Affairs 16 3 10 10 13 14 14 17 18 19 28 13
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission * * 15 4 1 8 10 13 10 17 . 9
- AUSTRAC . . * 5 1 9 11 13 12 * . 9
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 2 4 4 5 5 9 12 16 18 20 21 10
- Clean Energy Regulator 1 * 1 2 1 9 11 16 16 * . 8
- Climate Change Authority . . . . * * * * . . . 11
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . * 5 5 7 8 11 * . . 8
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 0 2 4 3 1 9 13 16 18 21 23 12
- Australian Communications & Media Authority . * * 3 6 12 14 16 20 17 . 13
- Australian National Maritime Museum . * 3 9 8 6 6 2 * . . 6
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . 1 3 6 14 * . . 9
- National Capital Authority . 10 4 * 6 4 6 14 * . . 6
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . * * * * . . 16
- National Film and Sound Archive . 1 3 9 10 10 10 8 * . . 8
- National Library of Australia . 9 12 14 11 16 16 17 18 . . 14
- National Museum of Australia * 6 4 9 9 10 14 17 16 . . 9
- National Portrait Gallery . . 4 * 7 10 14 5 . . . 6
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . * . . * . . . 10
- Screen Australia . . . . * * * * . . . 14
Prime Minister and Cabinet * 0 2 3 1 5 10 14 17 23 28 8
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 11 1 3 2 1 3 6 16 . . . 2
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . * 1 7 7 10 12 15 * . . 9
- Australian National Audit Office * * * 2 1 6 10 16 21 24 * 9
- Australian Public Service Commission * 2 2 2 1 8 13 14 18 * * 10
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . . * 1 12 3 14 13 * * . 8
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 1 * 9 7 8 13 14 16 19 15 * 13
- Office of National Intelligence . * 1 4 5 8 10 14 18 18 * 11
- Old Parliament House . . 2 4 7 7 8 17 * . . 5
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 4 9 7 8 9 8 11 12 . . . 8
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . 2 * 5 2 4 5 . . . 3
Social Services 14 27 1 5 6 13 15 17 18 25 * 13
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . * 2 1 4 5 9 . . . 4
- Digital Transformation Agency . . 2 2 5 7 9 15 16 * . 10
- National Disability Insurance Agency . 5 1 2 1 4 6 7 7 5 * 3
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . * 2 2 1 2 3 3 6 11 . 3
- Services Australia 14 27 3 14 15 15 17 19 20 16 11 14
Treasury 1 5 5 5 1 5 10 15 21 22 24 9
- Australian Bureau of Statistics . 1 1 3 9 13 16 21 23 24 * 11
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 1 1 1 1 1 5 10 14 19 21 * 8
- Australian Taxation Office 4 1 7 11 13 15 18 18 20 16 * 12
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . * * . * 2 2 2 * . . 2
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . * 9 10 15 * * . 10
- Productivity Commission . * * 10 1 6 12 18 24 * * 11
Veterans' Affairs * 30 11 10 10 13 15 18 16 27 * 13
- Australian War Memorial . 5 3 4 10 11 14 13 * . . 8
Total 5 2 5 12 10 12 14 16 18 20 23 12

Source: APSED

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