Labour Market

national government public servant employment by department, FY99-FY07
Department FY991 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY072
President & Cabinet 24 23 22 23 23 22 26 27 32
Chief Secretary Office 15 14 14 13 12 18 20 21 24
Special Appropriations 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0
Council of Iroij 17 17 17 15 14 15 15 16 15
Nitijela 39 35 37 37 38 42 45 48 49
Auditor General 7 7 8 11 11 11 10 11 10
Foreign Affairs 30 56 34 34 33 32 36 34 37
Public Service Commission 12 11 12 11 11 13 13 14 15
Judiciary 22 21 22 22 20 30 35 40 41
Attorney General Office 9 10 16 18 24 25 25 26 25
Ministry of Education 3 472 474 478 671 706 720 800 1,028 1,029
Health & Environment 386 389 376 389 437 480 529 535 542
Transport & Communications 33 24 41 84 92 108 108 100 66
R & D 61 45 33 33 32 27 26 28 29
Internal Affairs 51 54 56 53 54 69 61 64 62
Justice 158 170 153 144 163 168 168 170 167
Finance 89 86 93 99 104 107 112 121 120
Public Works 52 50 111 114 115 99 100 99 91
Epa 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 19 19
Compact II Capital 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3
Total 1,475 1,486 1,522 1,771 1,892 1,999 2,151 2,402 2,375

1 - 1 Based on last 2 quarters of FY99, 2 based on first 3 quarters of FY07, 3 Headstart program was incorporated in FY2005/2006

Source: Social Security plus EPPSO 'non-reported' estimate