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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

FY 2011 Annual Report on the Federal Work Force Part II

Permanent Workforce: 61,230 Temporary Workforce: 24,412 Total Workforce: 85,642

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 61,230 35.29% 64.71% 3.22% 50.98% 20.32% 7.91% 0.09% 17.15% 0.33% 1.00%
Major Occupations:
Medical Officer 6,694 64.58% 35.42% 2.94% 78.28% 5.20% 11.77% 0.10% 1.42% 0.28% 0.48%
Nurse 5,782 16.05% 83.95% 2.78% 69.77% 5.47% 3.16% 0.14% 18.49% 0.19% 0.35%
General Health Science 5,611 40.38% 59.62% 2.83% 70.70% 9.71% 14.26% 0.11% 1.89% 0.50% 0.62%
GS-14 and GS-15* 13,488 43.87% 56.13% 2.93% 70.97% 13.87% 10.27% 0.04% 1.71% 0.20% 0.70%
Senior Pay Level** 813 58.06% 41.94% 2.09% 79.34% 8.61% 7.63% 0.00% 2.34% 0.00% 0.49%
SES** 441 49.66% 50.34% 2.72% 76.87% 12.93% 3.40% 0.00% 4.08% 0.00% 0.45%
First-Level Officials/ Managers 988 27.53% 72.47% 1.11% 25.10% 10.22% 0.40% 0.00% 63.06% 0.10% 0.30%
Mid-Level Officials/ Managers 2,289 42.77% 57.23% 3.93% 61.69% 20.23% 5.77% 0.04% 8.21% 0.13% 0.74%
Senior-Level Officials/ Managers** 3,370 52.17% 47.83% 2.17% 79.11% 10.59% 5.70% 0.00% 2.43% 0.00% 0.59%

*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, HHS employed 747 (0.87%) Individuals with Targeted Disabilities (IWTD). In order to have met the federal 2% participation rate goal, 1,713 IWTD were needed. This represents an increase of 75 employees over FY 2010 and an increase of 151 employees since FY 2007. The participation rate for FY 2010 was 0.81% and for FY 2007 was 0.81%. Over the 5-year period HHS had a net increase of 0.06% in employees with targeted disabilities.

FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011
# %* # %* # %* # %* # %*
Reportable Disabilities 3,561 3,562 3,629 4,138 4,480
Targeted Disabilities 596 16.74% 596 16.73% 592 16.31% 672 16.24% 747 16.67%

*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, HHS employed 39,621 Women in permanent positions. Women occupied only 47.83% of HHS's permanent senior level management positions. This represents an increase of 70 women in senior management positions since FY 2010 and an increase of 302 women since FY 2007.

WOMEN IN: FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011*
# % # % # % # % # %
Permanent Workforce 34,427 63.97% 35,041 64.56% 36,982 64.81% 38,785 64.74% 39,621 64.71%
Senior Level Management 1,310 45.27% 1,389 46.35% 1,501 48.2% 1,542 48.19% 1,612 47.83%
Mid Level Management 1,137 52.69% 1,148 53.4% 1,231 54.98% 1,253 55.74% 1,310 57.23%
1st Level Management 737 71.69% 728 70.54% 756 71.52% 736 71.18% 716 72.47%

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