Appendix 2—Staffing

The figures in these tables include staff on long-term paid leave, but exclude staff on leave without pay or on temporary movements out of the department at 30 June 2018, as well as non-ongoing staff employed on an irregular or intermittent basis who did not work on 30 June 2018.

Staff numbers, by classification, salary range and gender, 30 June 2018
  Salary ($) Gender Total
Classification   Male Female  
Clerk of the Senate 417,800* 1 - 1
Deputy Clerk of the Senate
(SES Band 2)
219,254–230,793 - 1 1
Clerks Assistant and Usher of the Black Rod
(SES Band 1)
180,911–190,002 2 2 4
Parliamentary Executive Level 2 (PE 2) 136,952–146,435 9 12 21
Parliamentary Executive Level 1 (PE 1) 110,093–123,319 13 16 29
Parliamentary Service Level 6 (APS 6) 91,093–99,924 13 31 44
Parliamentary Service Level 5 (APS 5) 80,817–85,882 3 3 6
Parliamentary Service Level 4 (APS 4) 72,388–77,755 9 19 28
Parliamentary Service Level 3 (APS 3) 64,545–69,727 5 19 24
Parliamentary Service Level 2 (APS 2) 56,798–63,243 3 2 5
Parliamentary Service Level 1 (APS 1) 50,525–56,113 1 1 2
Total   59 106 165

SES = Senior Executive Service, PE = Parliamentary Executive, APS = Australian Parliamentary Service

* Indicates total remuneration package

Employees by classification
  2017–2018 2016–2017
Classification Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Clerk of the Senate - 1 - 1
SES2 1 - 1 -
SES1 4 - 3 -
PEL2 24 - 26 -
PEL1 27 2 25 2
APS6 38 6 36 10
APS5 6 - 5 -
APS4 25 3 23 2
APS3 19 5 14 9
APS2 5 - 5 1
APS1 2 - 1 -
Total 148 17 139 25
Full-time and part-time employees
  2016–2017 2015–2016
Full-time or part-time Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Full-time 125 15 116 18
Part-time 23 2 23 7
Total 148 17 139 25
Employees by gender
  2016–2017 2015–2016
Gender Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Female 94 12 83 18
Male 54 5 56 7
Total 148 17 139 25