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 2020, as well as non-ongoing staff employed on an irregular or intermittent basis who did not work on 30 June 2020.

Staff numbers, by classification, salary range and gender, 30 June 2020
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 - 2 2
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 11 12 23
Parliamentary Executive Level 1 (PEL 1) 113,417–127,043 10 20 30
Parliamentary Service Level 6 (APS 6) 93,844–102,942 12 36 48
Parliamentary Service Level 5 (APS 5) 83,314–88,476 2 3 5
Parliamentary Service Level 4 (APS 4) 74,575–80,103 9 18 27
Parliamentary Service Level 3 (APS 3) 66,494–71,833 7 14 21
Parliamentary Service Level 2 (APS 2) 58,514–65,153 3 2 5
Parliamentary Service Level 1 (APS 1) 52,050–57,808 - 2 2
Total 57 111 168

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

* Indicates total remuneration package

Employees by classification
2019–2020 2018–2019
Classification Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Clerk of the Senate - 1 - 1
SES2 2 - 1 -
SES1 4 - 4 -
PEL2 23 - 22 -
PEL1 27 3 28 -
APS6 41 7 35 1
APS5 5 - 6 -
APS4 25 2 26 1
APS3 16 5 21 1
APS2 5 - 5
APS1 2 - 2 -
Total 150 18 151 4

Full-time and part-time employees
2019–2020 2018–2019
Full-time or part-time Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Full-time 129 14 132 4
Part-time 21 4 19 -
Total 150 18 151 4

Employees by gender
2019–2020 2018–2019
Gender Ongoing Non-ongoing Ongoing Non-ongoing
Female 98 13 99 1
Male 52 5 52 3
Total 150 18 151 4