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Department of Commerce (DOC)

FY 2011 Annual Report on the Federal Work Force Part II

Permanent Workforce: 42,709 Temporary Workforce: 4,917 Total Workforce: 47,626

Workforce Composition #

Total # Men Women Hispanic or Latino White Black or African American Asian Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Two or More Races Individuals with Targeted Disabilities
Permanent Workforce 42,709 54.60% 45.40% 4.11% 68.11% 15.99% 10.44% 0.13% 0.64% 0.58% 0.83%
Major Occupations:
Patent Examining 7,180 72.69% 27.31% 3.41% 47.99% 14.03% 33.68% 0.07% 0.33% 0.49% 0.52%
Meteorology 2,667 86.39% 13.61% 2.21% 92.76% 1.95% 2.51% 0.07% 0.41% 0.07% 0.45%
Statistics 1,630 45.95% 54.05% 7.36% 65.34% 20.06% 5.64% 0.00% 0.31% 1.29% 1.41%
GS-14 and GS-15* 6,670 65.94% 34.06% 3.45% 62.98% 12.13% 20.85% 0.06% 0.27% 0.25% 0.51%
Senior Pay Level** 489 69.73% 30.27% 2.45% 80.78% 9.82% 6.34% 0.00% 0.20% 0.41% 0.41%
SES** 489 69.73% 30.27% 2.45% 80.78% 9.82% 6.34% 0.00% 0.20% 0.41% 0.41%
First-Level Officials/ Managers 430 36.98% 63.02% 9.53% 56.51% 31.40% 1.63% 0.00% 0.23% 0.70% 1.40%
Mid-Level Officials/ Managers 2,056 62.69% 37.31% 3.75% 74.56% 15.52% 5.69% 0.05% 0.10% 0.34% 0.58%
Senior-Level Officials/ Managers** 895 68.38% 31.62% 3.80% 80.45% 11.28% 3.46% 0.00% 0.34% 0.67% 1.01%

*This data represents only the General Schedule (GS) workforce. **Agency MD-715 reports are now the source for all FY 11 senior level positions data.

Targeted Disabilities

As of September 30, 2011, DOC employed 386 (0.81%) Individuals with Targeted Disabilities (IWTD). In order to have met the federal 2% participation rate goal, 953 IWTD were needed. This represents an increase of 10 employees over FY 2010 and an increase of 63 employees since FY 2007. The participation rate for FY 2010 was 0.76% and for FY 2007 was 0.78%. Over the 5-year period DOC had a net increase of 0.03% in employees with targeted disabilities.

FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011
# %* # %* # %* # %* # %*
Reportable Disabilities 2,332 2,444 3,000 2,855 2,934
Targeted Disabilities 323 13.85% 337 13.79% 385 12.83% 376 13.17% 386 13.16%

*The % of Targeted Disabilities in this table represents the # of employees with reportable disabilities that are targeted disabilities.

Women in Management #

As of September 30, 2011, DOC employed 19,388 Women in permanent positions. Women occupied only 31.62% of DOC's permanent senior level management positions. This represents a decrease of 461 women in senior management positions since FY 2010 and a decrease of 279 women since FY 2007.

WOMEN IN: FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011*
# % # % # % # % # %
Permanent Workforce 18,126 46.06% 18,308 45.63% 18,731 45.66% 18,730 45.57% 19,388 45.4%
Senior Level Management 562 26.29% 622 27.94% 658 28.95% 744 30.05% 283 31.62%
Mid Level Management 540 35.71% 553 35.65% 590 37.48% 1,135 36.6% 767 37.31%
1st Level Management 298 57.09% 286 61.51% 290 62.1% 322 61.33% 271 63.02%

# Numbers represent permanent employees only. *Agency MD-715 reports are now the source for all FY 2011 senior level positions data.