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  **TRENDS BY                                                                                                                                                                
  GENERAL                                                                                                                                                                    
  SCHEDULE AND                                                                                                                                                               
  RELATED (GSR)                                                                                                                                                              
  GRADE                                                                                                                                                                      
  GROUPINGS**                                                                                                                                                                

  **(All                                                                                                                                                                     
  Employees)**                                                                                                                                                               

  **1994 -                                                                                                                                                      Table 1-5    
  2004**                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                              

                          ** **               ** **                     ** **                 ** **              ** **                **ASIAN/PACIFIC**         **AMERICAN   
                                                                                                                                                                INDIAN/**    

  ** **                   **TOTAL**           **NON-MINORITY**          **MINORITY**          **BLACK**          **HISPANIC**         **ISLANDER**              **ALASKA     
                                                                                                                                                                NATIVE**     

  **GSR GRADE             \#          \%      \#                 \%     \#             \%     \#          \%     \#             \%    \#                  \%    \#           \%
  GROUPING**                                                                                                                                                                 

  **Total, GS &                                                                                                                                                               
  Related**                                                                                                                                                                  

                 1994     1,587,069   100.0   1,146,990          72.3   440,079        27.7   265,926     16.8   86,816         5.5   57,535              3.6   29,802       1.9

                 2002     1,406,576   100.0   973,957            69.2   432,619        30.8   243,884     17.3   96,333         6.8   63,882              4.5   28,520       2.0

                 2004     1,416,099   100.0   972,737            68.7   443,362        31.3   244,736     17.3   102,612        7.2   67,984              4.8   28,030       2.0

  **GS 1-4**                                                                                                                                                                  

                 1994     161,438     100.0   90,029             55.8   71,409         44.2   46,189      28.6   12,033         7.5   6,574               4.1   6,613        4.1

                 2002     96,728      100.0   55,005             56.9   41,723         43.1   23,841      24.6   8,314          8.6   5,366               5.5   4,202        4.3

                 2004     86,092      100.0   48,798             56.7   37,294         43.3   20,797      24.2   7,969          9.3   4,921               5.7   3,607        4.2

  **GS 5-8**                                                                                                                                                                  

                 1994     477,461     100.0   303,999            63.7   173,462        36.3   115,966     24.3   30,749         6.4   15,262              3.2   11,485       2.4

                 2002     397,218     100.0   237,807            59.9   159,411        40.1   97,731      24.6   34,201         8.6   16,222              4.1   11,257       2.8

                 2004     389,544     100.0   231,765            59.5   157,779        40.5   95,798      24.6   34,380         8.8   16,445              4.2   11,156       2.9

  **GS 9-11**                                                                                                                                                                 

                 1994     382,101     100.0   285,445            74.7   96,656         25.3   53,177      13.9   23,135         6.1   13,949              3.7   6,395        1.7

                 2002     337,640     100.0   235,171            69.7   102,469        30.3   54,988      16.3   26,487         7.8   14,199              4.2   6,795        2.0

                 2004     347,735     100.0   238,731            68.7   109,004        31.3   56,120      16.1   30,375         8.7   15,735              4.5   6,774        1.9

  **GS 12-13**                                                                                                                                                                

                 1994     420,614     100.0   340,862            81.0   79,752         19.0   42,005      10.0   16,944         4.0   16,651              4.0   4,152        1.0

                 2002     425,102     100.0   323,025            76.0   102,077        24.0   54,771      12.9   21,822         5.1   20,634              4.9   4,850        1.1

                 2004     432,105     100.0   323,828            74.9   108,277        25.1   57,650      13.3   23,577         5.5   22,077              5.1   4,973        1.2

  **GS 14-15**                                                                                                                                                                

                 1994     145,455     100.0   126,655            87.1   18,800         12.9   8,589       5.9    3,955          2.7   5,099               3.5   1,157        0.8

                 2002     149,888     100.0   122,949            82.0   26,939         18.0   12,553      8.4    5,509          3.7   7,461               5.0   1,416        0.9

                 2004     160,623     100.0   129,615            80.7   31,008         19.3   14,371      8.9    6,311          3.9   8,806               5.5   1,520        0.9

                                                                                                                                                                              

  **Senior Pay                                                                                                                                                                
  Levels**                                                                                                                                                                   

                 1994     14,594      100.0   13,114             89.9   1,480          10.1   865         5.9    323            2.2   210                 1.4   82           0.6

                 2002     17,855      100.0   15,428             86.4   2,427          13.6   1,207       6.8    594            3.3   485                 2.7   141          0.8

                 2004     18,991      100.0   16,337             86.0   2,654          14.0   1,238       6.5    656            3.5   607                 3.2   153          0.8

                                                                                                                                                                              

  *Source: U.S.                                                                                                                                                               
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