Federal Statistical Agency Budget to Staff ratio

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	AA
1	Updated 1/16/25 with FY23 staffing levels and FY21 and FY22 revisions																	FY16 FY17		FY19 FY20		FY21 FY22		FY23
2		Budget $M								Staff Size (authorized)								Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median	Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median	Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median	Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median
3	Agency*	FY16	FY17	FY 18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median	Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median	Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median	Ratio of Budget ($M) to Staff**	Ratio normalized to ratio median
4	Bureau of Economic Analysis**	105.1	103.8	99	101	108	108.4	111.7	121.9	493	488	480	495	480	453	436	458	0.21	0.62	0.21	0.58	0.25	0.70	0.27	0.72	BEA	Commerce BEA
5	Bureau of Justice Statistics***†	64.1	68.1	75.7	76.8	72.0	76.1	72.6	78.5	57	56	55	55	49	52	52	63	1.17	3.39	1.43	3.88	1.43	4.03	1.25	3.36	BJS	Justice BJS
6	Bureau of Labor Statistics	609	609	612	615	628	642.0	659.5	698.0	2,036	2,035	1,865	1,838	1,840	1,890	1,955	2,015	0.30	0.87	0.34	0.92	0.34	0.95	0.35	0.93	BLS	Labor BLS
7	Bureau of Transportation Statistics‡	26	26	26	26	26	35	35	38.8	66	68	52	57	57	59	77	82	0.39	1.12	0.46	1.24	0.51	1.45	0.47	1.28	BTS	Transportation BTS
8	U.S. Census Bureau	1370	1457	2814	3821	7558	1107	1354	1485	5,808	7,265	6,675	6,728	6,253	7,462	8,270	8,116	0.22	0.63	0.88	2.38	0.16	0.44	0.18	0.49	Census	Census
9	Energy Information Administration	122	122	125	125	126.8	126.8	129.1	135.0	326	341	317	326	357	357	364	364	0.37	1.06	0.37	1.00	0.35	1.00	0.37	1.00	EIA	Energy EIA
10	Economic Research Service	85.4	86.8	86.8	86.8	84.8	85.5	87.8	92.6	346	348	312	308	300	288	310	329	0.25	0.72	0.28	0.77	0.29	0.82	0.28	0.76	ERS	USDA ERS
11	National Agricultural Statistics Service	168.4	171.2	191.7	174.5	180.3	183.9	190.2	211.0	1,038	1,037	1,033	845	821	843	862	862	0.16	0.47	0.21	0.58	0.22	0.62	0.24	0.66	NASS	USDA NASS
12	National Center for Education Statistics†	273.7	271.9	272.5	272.4	275.5	288.8	307.6	323.6	93	95	95	79	79	79	101	104	2.90	8.41	3.47	9.41	3.31	9.33	3.11	8.39	NCES	Education NCES
13	National Center for Health Statistics	174.4	174.4	174.4	174.4	174.4	175.4	180.5	187.4	508	503	443	484	470	476	474	474	0.35	1.00	0.37	0.99	0.37	1.06	0.40	1.07	NCHS	Health NCHS
14	Nat'l Center for Science & Engineering Statistics, NSF	58.3	59.7	62.4	64	65	66.7	67.7	88.9	50	52	56	56	56	51	51	57	1.16	3.35	1.15	3.12	1.32	3.71	1.56	4.21	NCSES	NSF NCSES
15	Office of Research, Evaluation, & Statistics, SSA	25.9	24	27	35.4	38.8	35.7	39.4	40.9	67	64	63	79	69	67	66	66	0.38	1.10	0.50	1.36	0.56	1.59	0.62	1.67	ORES	Social Security ORES
16	Statistics of Income Division, IRS	37.8	34.3	33.7	35.9	34.7	40	40.7	41.7	117	140	136	135	136	140	136	141	0.28	0.81	0.26	0.71	0.29	0.82	0.30	0.80	SOI	IRS SOI
17	BEA staffing levels are based on BEA public information for actual number of employees versus OMB levels of authorized levels. See row 40 below for the latter. Source: https://copafs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/3.-Arora_COPAFS_06DEC24_final.pdf
18	***BJS budget includes its annual set-aside through the appropriations process															Median:		0.345	Median:	0.369	Median:	0.355	Median:	0.371
19	†The BJS and NCES lines include an estimate of their salary budget, approximated by multiplying their number of FTE's by row 20 in next tab
20	‡The FY21, FY22, and FY23 funding levels of BTS include estimated funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund via the FAA for airline statistics work and $5 million in funding through interagency agreements with DOT agencies and other Federal agencies.
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22	NCES Statistics only	124.7189764	123.4082629	123.4982264	121.4316462	122.5270993	123.7549092	127.5932253		93	95	95	79	79	74	84		1.32	3.83	1.54	4.19	1.59	4.48
23		112.0	110.0	109.5	109.5	110.5	111.5	111.5
24	Data Sources																	**Amounts averaged over two years to account for year to year variation
25	https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp content/uploads/2020/12/statistical programs 20192020.pdf
26	https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp content/uploads/2018/05/statistical programs 2018.pdf
27	https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/statistical-programs-20212022.pdf
28	https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FY23-Blue-Book-Statistical-Programs.pdf
29	https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_xt8oI2neZyTwaZvtyQOtujzuHnjemZPwPuYVsEELr0/edit#gid=0
30	Budget data also compiled here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_xt8oI2neZyTwaZvtyQOtujzuHnjemZPwPuYVsEELr0/edit#gid=150885081
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32	*This table maintained by American Statistical Association Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson: pierson [at] amstat [dot] org
33	This table was updated 1/16/26 to update figures based on FY23 Blue Book. Besides the FY23 staffing levels, the updates also inlcude revisions to the FY21 and FY22 staffing levels.
34	For information on ASA support of the federal statistical agencies, follow this link
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