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 2019, as well as non-ongoing staff employed on an irregular or intermittent basis who did not work on 30 June 2019.

Staff numbers, by classification, salary range and gender, 30 June 2019
  Salary ($) Gender Total
Classification   Male Female  
Clerk of the Senate 434,690* 1 - 1
Deputy Clerk of the Senate (SES Band 2) 225,875–237,763 - 1 1
Clerks Assistant and Usher of the Black Rod
(SES Band 1)
186,374–195,740 2 2 4
Parliamentary Executive Level 2 (PEL 2) 141,088–150,857 10 12 22
Parliamentary Executive Level 1 (PEL 1) 113,417–127,043 10 18 28
Parliamentary Service Level 6 (APS 6) 93,844–102,942 13 23 36
Parliamentary Service Level 5 (APS 5) 83,314–88,476 3 3 6
Parliamentary Service Level 4 (APS 4) 74,575–80,103 7 20 27
Parliamentary Service Level 3 (APS 3) 66,494–71,833 6 16 22
Parliamentary Service Level 2 (APS 2) 58,514–65,153 3 3 6
Parliamentary Service Level 1 (APS 1) 52,050–57,808 - 2 2
Total   55 100 155

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

* Indicates total remuneration package

Employees by classification
  2018–2019 2017–2018
Classification Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Clerk of the Senate - 1 - 1
SES2 1 - 1 -
SES1 4 - 4 -
PEL2 22 - 21 -
PEL1 28 1 27 2
APS6 35 1 38 6
APS5 6 - 6 -
APS4 26 1 25 3
APS3 21 1 19 5
APS2 5 1 5 -
APS1 2 - 2 -
Total 151 4 148 17
Full-time and part-time employees
  2018–2019 2017–2018
Full-time or part-time Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Full-time 132 4 125 15
Part-time 19 - 23 2
Total 151 4 148 17
Employees by gender
  2018–2019 2017–2018
Gender Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Female 99 1 94 12
Male 52 3 54 5
Total 151 4 148 17