Table 55–Number of paid employees by type of appointment for selected fiscal years

Table 54–Number of paid employees by occupational category for selected fiscal years 1/          
Occupation 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
Professional 11,327 11,441 11,830 12,987 13,318
Administrative 4,519 4,627 4,330 4,684 4,663
Technical 20,172 21,970 23,094 25,165 24,812
Clerical 3,050 3,234 3,312 3,962 4,274
Other 312 353 558 673 828
Wage System 2,042 2,060 2,446 2,480 2,681
Total 41,422 43,685 45,570 49,951 50,576
Full-time equivalents (FTE's) 2/ 37,205 38,330 40,612 42,798 43,427
1/ The above data include permanent, summer, seasonal, cooperative education students, stay-in-school, and many other types          
of employees. These data do not include some Human Resource Programs (HRP) such as volunteers (who are not paid          
salary) and the Senior Community Service Employment Program (who are paid by the Department of Labor).          
2/ One Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) equals 2,080 paid hours of employment. These data include emergency FTE's.          
Table 55–Number of paid employees by type of appointment for selected fiscal years          
Type of Appointment 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
Permanent 1/ 30,347 30,676 30,978 34,588 35,425
Temporary/Excepted 2/ 11,075 13,009 14,592 15,363 15,151
Total 41,422 43,685 45,570 49,951 50,576
1/ Permanent are those employees who have career or career-conditional appointments. Term employees were included as          
temporary in 1994, 1995, and 1996.          
2/ Temporary/excepted are any non-permanent employees who are paid from agency funds. Includes summer,          
seasonal, cooperative education students, stay-in-school, any many other types of employees. These data do          
not include some HRP Programs such as volunteers (who are not paid salary) and the Senior Community Service Employment          
Program (who are paid by the Department of Labor).          

Last Updated on 9/18/97
By USDA Forest Service